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Modest Petrovitch Moussorgsky was born March 16th, 1839, in the village of Karevo in the government of Pskow, Russia. His parents were members of the lesser nobility. His mother gave him his first piano lessons. At the age of ten he was sent to the School of St. Peter and St. Paul in Petrograd. His piano-studies were continued with a certain Professor Herke.
In addition to the above, let us consult simply the sound of the names of places, and we can form some idea of the extent of races and nationalities. Nowgorod, Kaluga, Pskow are Rossian; Telsze, Szawle, Rosienie Lithuanian; Winszpilis, Gielgawa, Libosie Courland; Lublin, Ostrolenka, Plock Polish; Wlodrimirz, Zytomirz, Berdyczev Volhynian.
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