Editing Pictures at an Exhibition (section)

===9. The Hut on Hen's Legs (Baba Yaga)===
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Stasov's comment: "Hartmann's drawing depicted a clock in the form of [[Baba Yaga]]'s hut on hen's legs. Mussorgsky added the witch's flight in a [[mortar and pestle|mortar]]."

A [[scherzo]] marked ''Feroce'' with a slower middle section. [[Motif (music)|Motives]] in this movement evoke the bells of a large clock and the whirlwind sounds of a chase. Structurally, the movement mirrors the grotesque qualities of "Gnomus" on a grand scale.

The movement is cast in [[ternary form]] (ABA):

*Allegro con brio, feroce
*Andante mosso
*Allegro molto (a nearly literal repeat)
*Coda

The coda leads without a break into the final movement of the suite.

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  \clef treble
  \bar ""
  \time 2/4
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  R2
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  R2
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