Editing Pictures at an Exhibition (section)

===4. Cattle===
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Stasov's comment: "A Polish cart on enormous wheels, drawn by oxen."

The movement is cast in through-composed [[ternary form]] (ABA) with coda. Mussorgsky's original piano version of this movement begins [[Dynamics (music)|''fortissimo'']] ({{serif|'''''ff'''''}}), suggesting that the lumbering [[Bullock cart|oxcart]]'s journey begins in the listener's foreground. After reaching a climax (''con tutta forza''), the dynamic marking is abruptly ''piano'' (bar 47), followed by a [[Crescendo|''diminuendo'']] to a final ''pianississimo'' ({{serif|'''''ppp'''''}}), suggesting the oxcart receding into the distance. [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov|Rimsky-Korsakov]]'s edition, and arrangements based on it such as Ravel's, begin quietly, build gradually (''crescendo'') to ''fortissimo'' and then undergo a ''diminuendo'', suggesting the oxcart approaching, passing the listener, and then receding.

{{Block indent|<score sound="1">
{\new PianoStaff << 
\new Staff  \relative c'
{\clef bass \key gis\minor \set Score.tempoHideNote=##t \time 2/4 \tempo "Sempre moderato pesante"4=46 \override DynamicLineSpanner.staff-padding = #2.5 r4_\ff dis,4 ~(dis8 fis16 e16) dis8-- e8-- dis8-- gis8-- ais8-- b8-- ais4-- gis8-- r8 cis4-- (gis'8) r8 cis,4-- (gis'8) gis8-- dis4-- cis4-- b8 (dis8 ais8) r8 gis4 fis8 (e8 dis8) r8}
\new Staff \relative c{\clef bass \time 2/4 \key gis\minor
\repeat unfold 8{<gis, dis' gis>8-- <b dis b'>8}
\repeat unfold 2 {<a cis a'>8 <cis e cis'>8 <e, gis e'>8 <gis b gis'>8} <fisis ais fisis'>8 <ais dis ais'>8 <fisis ais fisis'>8 <ais dis ais'>8  <gis dis' gis>8 <b dis b'>8 <fisis ais fisis'>8 <ais cis ais'>8 
<gis b gis'>8 <b dis b'>8 <a cis a'>8 <cis e cis'>8 <gis dis' gis>8 <b dis b'>8}
>>}
</score>}}