La réception de M. P. Moussorgski en Europe (II)
The reception of M.P. Moussorgski in Europe (II)

Summary/Abstract: Mussorgsky is named The “Dostoyevsky of Music” by Blaise Cendrars, a French writer with Switherland origins. Passionate about Russian culture, using the pseudonyms of Freddy Sausey, Jack Lee and Diogenes, he left Switzerland at the age of 17, for a long stay in Russia. Blaise Cendrars is one of the many people interested in Russian culture.In this article I will present Mussorgsky and the interest that Europe has shown for his activity and of course its importance for Russia and for Europe. I would show why he was not fully appreciated in Russia, and why France listened to him a lot? Mussorgsky became famous in Europe thanks to his immortal works, the most famous of which are the opera Boris Godunov and the concert Pictures at an Exhibition.Why did the promotion movement start in Paris? Who started it and how? In order to answer all these questions, I consulted the authentic sources and several sources on the internet, the books of the national archive. The main information on the life of the composer and on the people who took care of the promotion of his music, I found in the works of I. Fyodorov, G. Denizeau, P. Kile, I. Moskalenko, and Encyclopedia Universalis consulted online. I found many quotes in the book published by the Alheim spousses (Moskva, 1912) and the Russian reviews Novisti i birjevaya gazeta, 1902; Soviet music, Nr. 12, 1949 even the thesis Diaghilev and the music of the Russian Seasons by Versenina, 2002.

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