Pictures at an Exhibition was composed by Modest Mussorgsky who was a Russian composer. Written in 1874, it is a ten piece suite of programme music. Mussorgsky wrote the music in reflection to an exhibition which held in memory of a late friend, Victor Hartmann. The music depicts himself walking (Promenade) around the gallery and representations of the paintings.

Charles Finnegan. (2014, January 19). Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version) [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8z1_A-Zlbw

mahlerman77. (2013, May 22). Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXy50exHjes