Rachmaninoff

@00000400@Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) is now widely regarded as one of the greatest 20th-century composers and pianists.In this illuminating and accessible biography, Max Harrison covers the span of Rachmaninoff's life, taking in his career as composer, pianist and conductor, offering full analyses of hisscores and a uniquely detailed treatment of his 1919-1942 recordings. Afascinating account of the man, his life and work, this book sheds much new light on its subject and the ways that Rachmaninoff was viewed during hisown timeandbeyond. @00000163@

'...an honest, enormously detailed and very interesting book on a fascinating subject.'

Vorwort
A comprehensive biography of the virtuoso pianist and legendary composer of piano symphonies

Autorentext
Max Harrison is a musicologist who reviewed for The Times and The Gramophone from 1967-90, has written widely on jazz, and contributed to the 1980 edition of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and other reference works.

Zusammenfassung
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) is regarded as one of the greatest 20th-century composers and pianists. This biography covers the span of Rachmaninoff's life, taking in his career as composer, pianist and conductor, and offering analyses of his scores and a detailed treatment of his 1919-1942 recordings.

Inhalt
Introduction
1. Before the beginning
2. The family breaks up
3. Zveref and Moscow
4. Composition starts
5. The break with Zveref
6. To Ivanovka
7. More compositions
8. Towards graduation
9. Aleko and the graduation
10. First moves as 'Free Artist'
11. More productions and Tchaikovsky's death
12. The long road to Symphony No. 1
13. A symphony misunderstood
14. London visit, Moscow cure
15. The Crimea, Italy, Concerto No. 2
16. Composition concludes and there is a marriage
17. Variations, Preludes and a child is born
18. Two operas
19. An abortive revolution, the operas produced
20. Sonata, Symphony, part of an opera
21. The Isle of the Dead and Concerto No. 3
22. America and the Liturgy
23. 1910, more preludes, more conducting
24. Etudes Tableaux, Marietta Shaginian, more songs
25. The Bells and a last sonata
26. World War I, All-Night Vigil, last songs
27. Final composing in Russia, escape from Petrograd
28. The expatriate artist: first concerts, first recordings
29. Rachmaninoff fully established
30. Two more seasons, more recordings
31. Concerto No. 4, Chansons Russes
32. Rachmaninoff the pianist
33. Classic recordings and orchestration by another
34. Senar and LaFolia
35. Rapsodie, Sympony No. 3
36. Four more seasons, major recordings
37. Symphonic Dances
38. Last recordings, a final tour
39. Envoi
Appendices: Chronological list of works
Classified list of works
Discography
Bibliography
Index

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