Pictures at an Exhibition

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musical composition piano suite

Pictures at an Exhibition is a famous 1874 piano suite by Modest Mussorgsky, inspired by an art exhibition and later widely known through orchestral arrangements, especially Maurice Ravel’s.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Pictures at an Exhibition canonical	6
"Pictures at an Exhibition"	1
Modest Mussorgsky’s "Pictures at an Exhibition" movement "The Hut on Fowl’s Legs"	1
Pictures at an Exhibition (piano cycle)	1
Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky	1
The Great Gate of Kiev (movement from Pictures at an Exhibition)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6984588 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Pictures at an Exhibition
Context triple: [Modest Mussorgsky, notableWork, Pictures at an Exhibition]

A. Boléro
Boléro is a famous orchestral piece by Maurice Ravel, renowned for its hypnotic repeating melody and gradual, relentless crescendo.
B. Scythian Suite
Scythian Suite is a vivid, rhythmically intense orchestral work by Sergei Prokofiev, inspired by ancient Scythian legends and noted for its bold harmonies and powerful orchestration.
C. Peter and the Wolf
Peter and the Wolf is a 1936 musical symphony and narrated fairy tale by Sergei Prokofiev that introduces children to the instruments of the orchestra through a story about a boy who captures a wolf.
D. The Rite of Spring
The Rite of Spring is a groundbreaking early 20th-century ballet and orchestral work by Igor Stravinsky, famous for its avant-garde music, depiction of pagan rituals, and the scandal it caused at its 1913 Paris debut.
E. Three Musicians
Three Musicians is a famous 1921 Cubist painting by Pablo Picasso depicting three abstracted, brightly colored figures playing musical instruments.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Pictures at an Exhibition
Target entity description: Pictures at an Exhibition is a famous 1874 piano suite by Modest Mussorgsky, inspired by an art exhibition and later widely known through orchestral arrangements, especially Maurice Ravel’s.

A. Boléro
Boléro is a famous orchestral piece by Maurice Ravel, renowned for its hypnotic repeating melody and gradual, relentless crescendo.
B. Scythian Suite
Scythian Suite is a vivid, rhythmically intense orchestral work by Sergei Prokofiev, inspired by ancient Scythian legends and noted for its bold harmonies and powerful orchestration.
C. Peter and the Wolf
Peter and the Wolf is a 1936 musical symphony and narrated fairy tale by Sergei Prokofiev that introduces children to the instruments of the orchestra through a story about a boy who captures a wolf.
D. The Rite of Spring
The Rite of Spring is a groundbreaking early 20th-century ballet and orchestral work by Igor Stravinsky, famous for its avant-garde music, depiction of pagan rituals, and the scandal it caused at its 1913 Paris debut.
E. Three Musicians
Three Musicians is a famous 1921 Cubist painting by Pablo Picasso depicting three abstracted, brightly colored figures playing musical instruments.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	musical composition ⓘ piano suite ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Kartinki s vystavki ⓘ
basedOnWorksBy	Viktor Hartmann ⓘ
catalogueNumber	without opus number ⓘ
composer	Modest Mussorgsky ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Russian Empire ⓘ
dateCompleted	1874-06-22 ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Vladimir Stasov ⓘ
firstPublicationDate	1886 ⓘ
firstPublisher	W. Bessel & Co. ⓘ linked to: Bessel & Co.
genre	classical music ⓘ
hasOrchestralVersion	Pictures at an Exhibition (Emerson, Lake & Palmer rock adaptation) ⓘ linked to: Pictures at an Exhibition Pictures at an Exhibition (Henry Wood orchestration) ⓘ linked to: Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestration by Maurice Ravel) Pictures at an Exhibition (Leopold Stokowski orchestration) ⓘ Pictures at an Exhibition (Ravel orchestration) ⓘ linked to: Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestration by Maurice Ravel) Pictures at an Exhibition (Sergei Gorchakov orchestration) ⓘ Pictures at an Exhibition (Vladimir Ashkenazy orchestration) ⓘ
hasPart	Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks ⓘ Bydło ⓘ Catacombs ⓘ Cum mortuis in lingua mortua ⓘ Gnomus ⓘ Limoges, the Market ⓘ linked to: Limoges Promenade ⓘ Promenade (recurring theme) ⓘ Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle ⓘ The Great Gate of Kiev ⓘ linked to: The Great Gate of Kiev design The Hut on Fowl’s Legs ⓘ The Old Castle ⓘ Tuileries ⓘ linked to: Tuileries Garden
hasRecording	numerous piano and orchestral recordings ⓘ
influenced	orchestral repertoire through Ravel’s arrangement ⓘ
inspiredBy	art exhibition of Viktor Hartmann ⓘ
key	various keys ⓘ
language	instrumental ⓘ
movementOrder	Promenade – Gnomus – Promenade – The Old Castle – Promenade – Tuileries – Bydło – Promenade – Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks – Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle – Promenade – Limoges, the Market – Catacombs – Cum mortuis in lingua mortua – The Hut on Fowl’s Legs – The Great Gate of Kiev ⓘ linked to: Promenade
notableArrangementBy	Maurice Ravel ⓘ
notableArrangementType	orchestral arrangement ⓘ
notableFeature	programmatic depiction of paintings and drawings ⓘ recurring Promenade theme linking movements ⓘ
numberOfMovements	10 ⓘ
originalInstrumentation	solo piano ⓘ
originalTitleLanguage	Russian ⓘ
period	Romantic era ⓘ
placeComposed	Russia ⓘ
prominentKeyOfFinalMovement	E-flat major ⓘ
structure	suite of movements ⓘ
style	Romantic ⓘ
subjectMatter	imaginary tour of an art exhibition ⓘ
yearComposed	1874 ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Modest Mussorgsky → notableWork → Pictures at an Exhibition ⓘ

Viktor Hartmann → inspiredWork → Pictures at an Exhibition ⓘ

Emerson, Lake & Palmer → adaptedWork → Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky ⓘ