<P> Night on Bald Mountain ( Russian : Ночь на лысой горе , Noch ′ na lysoy gore ) , also known as Night on the Bare Mountain , is a series of compositions by Modest Mussorgsky ( 1839 -- 1881 ) . Inspired by Russian literary works and legend , Mussorgsky composed a `` musical picture '' , St. John 's Eve on Bald Mountain ( Russian : Иванова ночь на лысой горе , ' Ivanova noch ′ na lysoy gore ) on the theme of a witches ' sabbath occurring on St. John 's Eve , which he completed on that very night , 23 June 1867 . Together with Nikolay Rimsky - Korsakov 's Sadko ( 1867 ) , it is one of the first tone poems by a Russian composer . </P>
<P> Night on Bald Mountain ( Russian : Ночь на лысой горе , Noch ′ na lysoy gore ) , also known as Night on the Bare Mountain , is a series of compositions by Modest Mussorgsky ( 1839 -- 1881 ) . Inspired by Russian literary works and legend , Mussorgsky composed a `` musical picture '' , St. John 's Eve on Bald Mountain ( Russian : Иванова ночь на лысой горе , ' Ivanova noch ′ na lysoy gore ) on the theme of a witches ' sabbath occurring on St. John 's Eve , which he completed on that very night , 23 June 1867 . Together with Nikolay Rimsky - Korsakov 's Sadko ( 1867 ) , it is one of the first tone poems by a Russian composer . </P>
when was night on bald mountain first performed
when was night on bald mountain first performed
23 June 1867
23 June 1867