ok, the last and laziest bc i'm tired...
this has always been my favorite movement of the pictures, from the first time i played the suite to the third. i like the orchestral version's depiction of the ox coming, hulking by, and disappearing down the street (apparently the piano version does not have quite that range of color or movement).
here are both arrangements, mussorgsky's original for piano solo and ravel's orchestration.
it's a pretty simple depiction of an oxcart apparently hulking down the road. but i just looked up the picture of hartmann's that is apparently associated with this terrifically impressive little musical painting, and i'm actually kind of confused,
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