Vladimir Stasov
Mussorgsky referred to this piece under the title "Glorification of Chernobog" (, "Slavlenye Chornoboga") in a list of his compositions given to Vladimir Stasov. In 1930, Pavel Lamm, in his edition of Mussorgsky's complete works, referred to the piece as "Worship of the Black Goat" (, "Sluzheniye chornomy kozlu").