Mussorgsky “Pictures at an Exhibition”: The “Promenade” Music

Description

While the way in which the memorable “Promenade” sections create a degree of structural unity as they reappear amongst the otherwise disparate collection of pictures, they also function programmatically. It is through these sections that we observe Mussorgsky’s journey through the exhibition. The activities and information in the “Student Booklet” will encourage your students to listen to, think about and then write about how the elements of music come together to evoke Mussorgsky’s physical as well as emotional journey through the exhibition. The “Answers, Notes and Observations” are designed in such a way, so that if your students are self-marking, they will have to read exemplar commentaries in order to find the answers to the questions posed in the “Student Booklet”. (I highly recommend that your students complete the Aural Exercise based on the opening Promenade as well as “A Closer Look at the Opening ‘Promenade’“,  in the “Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition Introductory Learning Bundle” before completing “The ‘Promenade’ Music”