Rachmaninoff

Author : Sergei Bertensson
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1787204340
Total Pages : 455 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sergei Rachmaninoff written by Sergei Bertensson and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2017-04-07 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout his career as composer, conductor, and pianist, Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) was an intensely private individual. When Bertensson and Leyda’s 1956 biography appeared, it lifted the veil of secrecy from several areas of Rachmaninoff’s life, especially concerning the genesis of his compositions and how their critical reception affected him. The authors consulted a number of people who knew Rachmaninoff, who worked with him, and who corresponded with him. Even with the availability of such sources and full access to the Rachmaninoff Archive at the Library of Congress, Bertensson and Leyda were tireless in their pursuit of privately held documents, particularly correspondence. The wonderfully engaging product of their labors masterfully incorporates primary materials into the narrative. Almost half a century after it first appeared, this volume remains essential reading. Sergei Bertensson, who knew Rachmaninoff, published other works on music and film, often with a documentary emphasis.

Author : Max Harrison
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780826493125
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rachmaninoff written by Max Harrison and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2006-11-28 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive biography of the virtuoso pianist and legendary composer of piano symphonies

Author : Rebecca Mitchell
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1789145759
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sergei Rachmaninoff written by Rebecca Mitchell and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2022-06-20 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing extensively on Russian-language sources, a concise yet comprehensive survey of the life and work of one of classical music’s great composers. Unquestionably one of the most popular composers of classical music, Sergei Rachmaninoff has not always been so admired by critics. Detractors have long perceived Rachmaninoff as part of an outdated Romantic tradition from a bygone Russian world, aloof from the modernist experimentation of more innovative contemporaries such as Igor Stravinsky. In this new assessment, Rebecca Mitchell resituates Rachmaninoff in the context of his time, bringing together the composer and his music within the remarkably dynamic era in which he lived and worked. Both in Russia and later in America, Rachmaninoff and his music were profoundly modern expressions of life in tune with an uncertain world. This concise yet comprehensive biography will interest general readers as well as those more familiar with this giant of Russian classical music.

Author : Joseph Banowetz
Publisher : Alfred Music Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780739043462
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 10 selected piano works written by Joseph Banowetz and published by Alfred Music Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Internationally renowned concert pianist Joseph Banowetz presents this inspired collection of Sergei Rachmaninoff's most cherished original masterworks. This volume includes a comprehensive preface with detailed performance notes on the music, vintage photographs, and the composer's biography. The companion CD features a brilliant performance by Joseph Banowetz. Titles: Untitled Composition, Op. posth. * Flight of the Bumble Bee * Humoresque, Op. 10, No. 5 (second version) * Nocturne, Op. 10, No. 1 * Morceau de fantaisie (Fantasy Piece) * Elégie, Op. 3, No. 1 * Romance, Op. 10, No. 6 * Polichinelle, Op. 3, No. 4 * Prélude, Op. 3, No. 2 * Moment musical, Op. 16, No. 5 Joseph Banowetz graduated with a First Prize from the Vienna Akademie für Musik und darstellende Kunst. Banowetz has been a piano recitalist and orchestral soloist on five continents. He was awarded the Liszt Medal by the Hungarian Liszt Society in recognition of his outstanding performances of Liszt and the Romantic literature.

Author : Barrie Martyn
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351552422
Total Pages : 599 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book "Rachmaninoff: Composer, Pianist, Conductor " written by Barrie Martyn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 599 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study is the first to consider all three of Rachmaninoff's careers in detail. After surveying his place in Russian musical history and his creative activity, the author examines, with musical examples, each working chronological order against the background of the composer's life. Among the the many subjects upon which new light is shed are the operas, the songs, and the religious music. Rachmaninoff's remarkable career as a pianist, his style of playing and repertoire are analysed along with his historically important contribution to the gramophone and his work for the reproducing piano. The book includes a survey of his activity as a conductor. There are extensive references to Russian sources and the first appearance of a complete Rachmaninoff disconography is included. This book is the only comprehensive study in any language of the three aspects of Rachmaninoff's musical career and is a stimulating read for music lovers everywhere.

Author : Michael Scott
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752472429
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rachmaninoff written by Michael Scott and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-10-21 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The musical child of Russia’s golden age, Sergei Rachmaninoff, was the last of the great Romantics. Scorned by the musical establishment until very recently, his music received hostile reviews from critics and other composers. Conversely, it never failed to find widespread popular acclaim, and today he is one of the most popular composers of all time. Biographer Michael Scott investigates Rachmaninoff’s intense and often melodramatic life, following him from imperial Russia to his years of exile as a wandering virtuoso and his death in Beverly Hills during the Second World War, worn out by his punishing schedule. In this remarkable biography which relates the man to his music, Michael Scott tells the colourful story of a life that spanned two centuries and two continents. His original research from the Russian archives, so long closed to writers from the West, brings us closer to the spirit of a man who genuinely believed that music could be both good and popular, a belief that is now triumphantly vindicated.

Author : Oskar von Riesemann
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317430654
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rachmaninoff's Recollections written by Oskar von Riesemann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-07-24 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1934, contains the recollections of the varied and coloured life of a great pianist and composer, who is one of the most striking figures of the musical world. Rachmaninoff dictated his memoires to the author of this book, and much of the story is therefore told in the first person. The final chapter is Riesemann’s own contribution. It is an estimate of Rachmaninoff’s qualities as composer; it shows knowledge of all his more important works; and it shows discrimination. The whole book is an authoritative and interesting study of a popular artist.

Author : Richard D. Sylvester
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253012597
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rachmaninoff's Complete Songs written by Richard D. Sylvester and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-22 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sergei Rachmaninoff—the last great Russian romantic and arguably the finest pianist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries—wrote 83 songs, which are performed and beloved throughout the world. Like German Lieder and French mélodies, the songs were composed for one singer, accompanied by a piano. In this complete collection, Richard D. Sylvester provides English translations of the songs, along with accurate transliterations of the original texts and detailed commentary. Since Rachmaninoff viewed these "romances" primarily as performances and painstakingly annotated the scores, this volume will be especially valuable for students, scholars, and practitioners of voice and piano.

Author : Joslyn Chase
Publisher : Joslyn Chase
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rachmaninoff's Peasant written by Joslyn Chase and published by Joslyn Chase. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These stories appear in the short story collection, What Leads A Man To Murder Two stories from prize-winning author, Joslyn Chase Rachmaninoff’s Peasant In the high-stakes world of Kristelhof Fine Arts Academy, pianist Georgia Findlay plays to win. The high-tension level of talent, drive, and competition on campus keeps students scrambling for position, but Georgia never misses a quarter of a beat. Not even the death of her best mentor slows her down. The story of a cutthroat rivalry and one girl’s break from the life of a peasant in a bid for the golden crown. What Leads A Man To Murder One woman, dead by midnight, snuffed out in a gush of blood and water, like the day she came in. Naked in body and soul. One man, wondering what makes a killer. What twisted workings of fate and character lead one person to steal the life of another? Neil Anderson starts his day with two things on his lips— a cup of strong coffee and this question: What leads a man to murder? Before day’s end, he’ll learn more about it than he ever wanted to know.

Author : Murray Baylor
Publisher : Alfred Music Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780739010242
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rachmaninoff -- Fantasy Pieces, Op. 3 written by Murray Baylor and published by Alfred Music Publishing. This book was released on 1986-07 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition is based on the first editions corrected by the composer and the versions found in The Complete Works of Rachmaninoff published in Russia since 1949. Brief analyses, together with practice and performance suggestions, should help pianists unfamiliar with these works to begin their study effectively. Elegie, Op. 3, No. 1" and "Melodie Op. 3, No. 3" are Federation Festivals 2016-2020 selections. A Federation Festivals 2020-2024 selection."