What is Night on Bald Mountain?
{{italictitle}} {{listen|filename=Modest Mussorgsky - night on bald mountain.ogg|title=Night on Bald Mountain <br>(Rimsky-Korsakov edition, 1886)|image=[[File:Musorgskiy in 1865b.jpg|100px]]|description=(Left) Mussorgsky in 1865; Performed by the Skidmore College Orchestra. Courtesy of [http://www.musopen.com Musopen]|format=[[ogg]]}} '''''Night on Bald Mountain''''' or '''''Night on Bare Mountain''''' is a [[musical composition|piece of music]] ([[tone poem]]) for [[orchestra]] by [[Modest Mussorgsky]]. He completed it in 1867. It was first performed in 1886 in a version by [[Rimsky-Korsakov]] after Mussorgsky's 1881 death. The music depicts a witches' Sabbath on St. John's Night. The music was used in [[Walt Disney]]'s [[animation|animated movie]], ''[[Fantasia (movie)|Fantasia]]'' in 1940. [[Category:Compositions by Modest Mussorgsky]] [[Category:Orchestral works]] [[Category:Compositions in D minor]] {{music-stub}}