Modeste Petrovich Musorgsky was born in Karevo, which lies on the banks of Lake Zhizhitso near Toropets, approximately 250 miles south of St. Petersburg Russia, in the government of Pskov, on March 21st, 1939. .
Musorgsky's father was Pyotr, who was initially a civil servant but because Modeste was born out of wedlock, had to resign his commission and instead, inheriting his family's estate, worked there. His mother, Yuliya Chirikova, was the daughter of a high-ranking government official and was also a land owner herself. Initially, his mother taught him piano. Pyotr worshipped the arts and then hired Anton Herke to give piano lessons to his son; however, the most influence actually came from his nurse, a German woman whose name is unknown.
Musorgsky's actual training was nothing formal. He attended military school and started composing music on his own. In the spring of 1857, he met Balakirev, and persuaded him to teach him theory, form, and analysis. This is whom he learned mostly from.
The only instrument Musorgsky ever played was piano, however, he did compose for the orchestra, as well as one of the most famous of Russian Operas, (he was known as one of the "five"), and various pieces for choral, vocal etc.
Musorgsky is considered a composer in the Romantic Period, which ran from 1825 to 1925.
Balakirev, Berlioz, Glinka, Verdi, Schumann, Russian Folk Music, Meyerbeer, Liszt, Dargomizhsky, and art influenced Musorgsky.
During Musorgsky's career he composed mostly for piano. In fact, Pictures at an Exhibition was composed for piano and later was orchestrated by Ravel. He typically wrote operas, piano pieces, orchestral pieces, choral pieces, and songs.
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