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CLASSICAL MUSIC ARCHIVES: Biography of Sergei Rachmaninov |
 | | Rachmaninov withdrew the work, which was never again played in his lifetime. |
| | of the Moscow Private Russian Opera Co., forming a lifelong friendship with the co.'s then unknown bass Chaliapin. |
| | His first professional visit abroad was to London in 1899, where he played ‘the’ Prelude and cond. |
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