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This article perfectly captures Mussorsky's music which itself perfectly describes Hartman's paintings. I remember taking "Music appreciation" in the 8th grade (second form) at school, a contradiction in terms if you have ever taken a school course thus named. This was the only piece of music that really struck a chord within me, as it was so pictorial and descriptive.

Fantastic entry!

sorry I didn't notice this posting before...

Thanks Tashalls I don't completely agree about music appreciation. But I think something thats crucial for it is to have a class of people who really want to be there, and an accessible teacher who really loves his/her subject... while my music history lessons weren't just about music appreciation, what I learned in them has made me enjoy a lot of music more....

I didn't mean to imply music appreciation is an oxymoron itself, just that in my experience a school class usually lacked the elements of either an interested class or a passionate teacher. For just one heavenly year, I had both This was one of the pieces the teacher taught, and the class was spellbound!

Its a wonderful piece too, perfect for music appreciation class I would guess because it has so much variety... btw would you like to add your approval of this entry to its peer review thread? ;-) http://www.h2g2.com/F48874?thread=75789

Sure thing!

*heads off to thread now*

Thank you