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1 day ago · Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff (1 April [O.S. 20 March] 1873 – 28 March 1943) was a Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music .
May 30, 2024 · Sergey Rachmaninoff was a composer who was the last great figure of the tradition of Russian Romanticism and a leading piano virtuoso of his time. He is especially known for his piano concerti and the piece for piano and orchestra titled Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (1934).
5 days ago · His “Grand Fantasy on Airs from Porgy and Bess,” in the style of the grand opera fantasies of Liszt, was the first extended piano paraphrase of an American opera. He also wrote two sets of “Virtuoso Etudes after Gershwin,” and reworked 14 songs by Rachmaninoff, including the “Vocalise.”.
2 days ago · Having safely left Russia during the 1917 revolution, legendary pianist-composer Sergei Rachmaninoff made his home in the United States. In 1942, at the age of 68, he received American citizenship ...
May 22, 2024 · Sergei Rachmaninoff (b Oneg, 20 March/April 1, 1873; d Beverly Hills, CA, March 28, 1943). Russian composer, pianist and conductor. He was one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, the last great representative of Russian late Romanticism.
May 31, 2024 · Having safely left Russia during the 1917 revolution, legendary pianist-composer Sergei V. Rachmaninoff made his home in the United States.
May 10, 2024 · In spite of his demeanor, Sergei Rachmaninoff was a commanding presence in the music world as a virtuoso pianist, conductor, and composer. As the first half of the twentieth century grappled with modernism in all of its forms, Rachmaninoff remained an unrepentant romantic.
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