In memory of the deceased illustrator and architect Viktor A. Hartmann (1834–1873), an exhibition of his watercolours and drawings was organised in 1874. Modest Mussorgsky, who had been Hartmann’s friend, was inspired by his visit to this exhibition to compose the cycle “Pictures at an Exhibition” for piano solo; a milestone of piano literature. He wrote it in June 1874 in St. Petersburg and subtitled it “Memories of Viktor Hartmann”. The picturesque and evocative musical language, which lets the pictures come to life, has remained fascinating to the present day. The source of the Henle Urtext edition is the cleanly written autograph. The layout of the musical text is based on Mussorgsky’s notation.
為了紀念已故插畫家兼建築師維克托·A·哈特曼(1834-1873),1874年舉辦了他的水彩畫和素描作品展。哈特曼的好友莫傑斯特·穆索斯基參觀了此次展覽,深受啟發,創作了鋼琴獨奏組曲《圖畫展覽會》,這部作品堪稱鋼琴音樂史上的里程碑。他於1874年6月在聖彼得堡完成了這部作品,並題為“維克托·哈特曼的回憶”。作品中生動傳神的音樂語言,賦予畫面生命,至今仍令人著迷。亨勒原版樂譜的來源是穆索斯基清晰的手稿。樂譜的排版則是基於穆索斯基的記譜法。