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	The Golub-Kaplan-Carr Trio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Rachmaninoff was on the brink of international fame at the time, having just premiered his prelude in c-sharp minor (which would soon catapult him to stardom) and made his first public appearances as a pianist.
		First, Rachmaninoff’s choice of a piano trio was a bow to a trio Tchaikovsky himself wrote to commemorate the death of Nikolai Rubinstein, which he dedicated to "the memory of a great artist" (Op.
		The trio was a very personal tribute, on which Rachmaninoff had worked "earnestly, intensely, and painstakingly" as a young composer, and a piece he would return to again and again, bringing out new versions in 1907 and 1917.
	saintpaulsunday.publicradio.org /featured_artists/golubkaplan.html (306 words)

	Rachmaninoff & Tchaikovsky
		Rachmaninoff scored it for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, timpani, strings, and solo piano.
		When Rachmaninoff was finally cured and able to finish the concerto he had long been trying to write, he expressed his gratitude by dedicating the score to Dr. Dahl.
		Rachmaninoff makes the piano "sing" with the passion of an operatic hero, though at the same time he also has it perform the most dazzling musical acrobatics with fiendish arpeggios (broken chords) and other types of virtuoso passagework.
	www.clevelandorch.com /images/FTPImages/Performance/program_notes/081603.html (2455 words)

	SingaporeMoms - Parenting Encyclopedia - Sergei Rachmaninoff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Rachmaninoff made his first recordings for Edison Records on their "Diamond Disc" records, as at the time the Edison company had the best audio fidelity in recording the piano.
		Rachmaninoff was angered, left Edison, and thereafter recorded for the Victor Talking Machine Company (and later its successor, RCA Victor), which was pleased to abide by Rachmaninoff's restrictions and proudly advertised him as one of the great artists who recorded for the Victor Company.
		Sergei Rachmaninoff is interred in Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.
	www.singaporemoms.com /parenting/Sergei_Rachmaninoff (1198 words)

	Sergei Rachmaninoff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Rachmaninoff quickly recovered his confidence; one result of these sessions was the Piano Concerto No. 2, written 1900/1901, which Rachmaninoff dedicated to Dr. Dahl.
		Rachmaninoff's spirits were further bolstered when, after years of engagement, he was finally allowed to marry Natalia.
		Rachmaninoff was angered, left Edison, and thereafter recorded for the Victor Talking Machine Company (and later its successor, RCARCA Victor), which was pleased to abide by Rachmaninoff's restrictions and proudly advertised him as one of the great artists who recorded for the Victor Company.
	www.infothis.com /find/Sergei_Rachmaninoff (1323 words)

	Contra Costa Wind Symphony: Sergei Rachmaninoff
		Rachmaninoff was offered a job as conductor at the Bolshoi Theatre in 1904, although he resigned two years later for political reasons.
		Rachmaninoff made his first tour of the United States as a pianist in 1909, an event for which he composed the Piano Concerto No. 3.
		He was one of the greatest pianists of his generation, having legendary technical facilities and rhythmic drive, and his large hands were able to cover an interval of a twelfth on the piano.
	www.ccwindsymphony.org /Rachmaninoff.htm (599 words)

	classical music - andante - rachmaninoff -- master musician
		Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943) was a consummate master musician — composer, pianist and conductor.
		Rachmaninoff began composing while still a student at the Moscow Conservatoire, where his first piano teacher, Nikolai Zverev, introduced him to many of the leading musical figures of the day, including the composer who was to have the most immediate impact on his own works, Tchaikovsky.
		Lincoln Center's "Rachmaninoff Revisited" does just that, presenting as it does a series of works that reveal him as a composer who, while developing markedly over the years, maintained a distinctive voice, and one whose sincerity of expression shines through every note he wrote.
	www.andante.com /article/article.cfm?id=15470 (1286 words)

	Young Students Learning Library: RACHMANINOFF, SERGEI (1873-1943)@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff was a Russian musician who won fame both as a concert pianist and as a composer.
		Rachmaninoff was born on his family's estate near Novgorod, Russia.
		Rachmaninoff's first symphony was so severely criticized that he stopped composing for a time.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:28017098&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (161 words)

	Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sergei Rachmaninoff was born in Russia in 1873 (Elder, 1993).
		Rachmaninoff wrote the Rhapsody late in his life, in the summers from 1932-1934 at his Swiss villa, Senar (Abraham, MacDonald, Norris, McAllister, and Schwarz, 1986).
		Rachmaninoff used the Dies Irae in The Isle of the Dead, a symphonic poem on Arnold Bocklin's picture, Op.
	www.mid-mo.net /slgreene/rhap.htm (2328 words)

	Sergei Rachmaninoff \| Russian Composer
		Sergei Rachmaninoff was born on April 1, 1873, on a large estate near the ancient city of Novgorod, Russia.
		In 1892, Rachmaninoff graduated from the conservatory with high honors.
		Rachmaninoff died on March 28, 1943, only a few weeks after attaining his American citizenship, and five days before his seventieth birthday.
	www.lucidcafe.com /library/96apr/rachmaninoff.html (364 words)

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		Rachmaninoff did what he could to promote Chaliapin's career, and the two remained close friends until Chaliapin's death.
		Rachmaninoff later conducted at the Bolshoi opera, and such was his reputation that when it became known that he had fled Russia in 1917 he was immediately offered the conductorship of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
		This, perhaps, is the heart of Rachmaninoff's genius in this masterpiece: the unity of his expression is rarely matched in choral literature.
	home.nycap.rr.com /octavosingers/vespers.htm (1016 words)

	Sergei Rachmaninoff, The Bells
		Rachmaninoff completed his choral symphony, The Bells, in 1913, and thereafter liked it best of all his works.
		A girl he had never met, who admired the poems of Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) and the music of Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), sent the composer an anonymous letter, urging him to set to music "The Bells," which she included, in a very free Russian version by Konstantin Balmont.
		This is the scherzo of Rachmaninoff’s symphony, and a grim affair it is. There is no soloist in this movement and the chorus, no matter how expert in projecting words, will scarcely be understood in the many passages where it must sing against a raging orchestra.
	www.americansymphony.org /dialogues_extensions/99_2000season/1999_10_15/rachmaninoff.cfm (551 words)

	Sergei Rachmaninoff Notes
		The society invited Rachmaninoff to appear at one of its concerts then specifying the Prelude, as it has now come to be known, should be in his group of solos.
		Siloti conducted when Rachmaninoff played; and at these concerts as well as the composer other notable artists who appeared were the cellists, Pablo Casals and Brandoukov, the violinist, Eugene Ysäye, and Fedor Chaliapin.
		Rachmaninoff dedicated the concerto to Dr. Dahl as an expression of his gratitude for the success of his care.
	www.wisdomportal.com /RachmaninoffNotes.html (865 words)

	INKPOT -- Rachmaninoff - Transcriptions and Original Pieces - Vladimir Ashkenazy - DECCA
		Rachmaninoff said of them, “I wrote them easily and happily,” and that joy permeates all but one of these inventive works.
		Rachmaninoff was a masterly transcriber, adept at keeping the basic flavor of the music while spicing it up with his own harmonic and contrapuntal touches.
		The only other Rachmaninoff transcription disc that comes close to this one – and it is no relation in the works that are played – is Earl Wild’s recording of his own transcriptions of Rachmaninoff songs (once on Dell’Arte – could an Ivory reissue be pending?).
	inkpot.com /classical/deccashtrans.html (916 words)

	Sergei Rachmaninoff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Rachmaninoff was an early wunderkind - he entered the Moscow conservatory when he was 14.
		Rachmaninoff wrote very melodic, romantic music that was very emotional, but not revolutionary.
		As a person Rachmaninoff was somewhat distant and was considered "stiff." He did have a good sense of humor, which he didn't show very often.
	home.uchicago.edu /~nat222/viktor/rachmaninoff.html (496 words)

	Sergei Rachmaninoff
		Sergei Vassileivitch Rachmaninoff was born on April 2, 1873 at Oneg, Novgorod, Russia.
		Rachmaninoff's style of composition grew out of the Romantic period of the late-19th century, in the tradition begun by Mendelssohn, Schumann and Liszt, as carried on by Brahms, Dvorak and Rachmaninoff's own teacher and mentor, Tchaikovsky.
		Indeed, it is quite ironic that Rachmaninoff - a Russian noble who admired the Czar and chose exile, rather than to live under the Soviets - so hated and ignored by the critics, was a perennial favourite of the public.
	www.eroica.com /phoenix/jdt124-sr.html (891 words)

	The Rachmaninoff Revival -- Objectivist Center -- Reason, Individualism, Achievement, and Freedom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It seems the music of Rachmaninoff struck both institutions as important because, despite decades of relentless sneering and savaging by the self-anointed musical elite, Rachmaninoff continues to escalate in both popularity and respect among performers and concertgoers, who ultimately have the final say on what will be heard.
		Rachmaninoff, the critics said, was a throwback, a security blanket for those who lacked the sophistication to handle newer and more "difficult" music.
		Meanwhile, the ideas expressed in the words of Rand, the music of Rachmaninoff, and the visions of Hollywood flow directly into the culture that is not only that of modern America but of all those in the world who love their lives and their freedoms.
	www.objectivistcenter.org /articles/ebarnhill_rachmaninoff-revival.asp (380 words)

	Rachmaninoff, Sergei Vasilyevich on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		As a composer he was strongly influenced by his friend Tchaikovsky.
		Rachmaninoff's music, particularly his piano compositions, are characterized by their dark and massive chords, whose dramatic effects and strong melodic lines have made them enormously popular.
		His best-known works are the second (1901) of his four piano concertos, and the Prelude in C Sharp Minor (1892), for piano.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/r/rachmani.asp (303 words)

	Assessment (from Rachmaninoff, Sergey) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Rachmaninoff's music, although written mostly in the 20th century, remains firmly entrenched in the 19th-century musical idiom.
		He was, in effect, the final expression of the tradition embodied by Tchaikovsky—a melodist of Romantic dimensions still writing in an era of explosive change and experimentation.
		He is especially known for his piano concerti and the piece for piano and orchestra entitled Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (1954).
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-214806?tocId=214806 (840 words)

	Crescat Sententia: April 27, 2004 Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		But my recording is of Rachmaninoff's own arrangement, piano-violin-cello, and I don’t see a balance problem (unlike my other favorite piano trio, the Fauré, where the strings sometimes get lost altogether).
		A likewise young and very upset Rachmaninoff wrote the d-minor trio to express his grief at the death of Tchaikovsky, but it is damn near impossible to imagine this piece anywhere near a funeral.
		Rachmaninoff mourned his losses like I wish I could mine: not passively, not numbly, but intensely, furiously, firing forth his anguish like a shaken bottle of champagne.
	www.crescatsententia.org /archives/2004_04_27.html (1370 words)

	Stravinsky and Rachmaninoff
		Rachmaninoff was born on April 1, 1873, whereas Stravinsky was born on June 18, 1882.
		Rachmaninoff chose to use motifs, which were reminiscent of his childhood in Novgorod at his grandmother’s estate.
		Rachmaninoff goes on to blame “the performance” for the failure of his piece.
	www.ocf.berkeley.edu /~sina/papers/stravinsky/stravinskyFinal.htm (5646 words)

	Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Yet for nearly a century it had been an earlier work, the Second, that consistently won accolades and enthralled audiences, and the composer's struggle to complete that concerto is surely as fascinating as that of David Helfgott, the pianist at the center of Shine, to master the Third.
		Sergei Rachmaninoff's difficulties began in 1897, when his newly completed First Symphony was viciously denounced by critics-one even suggested that the work might have been produced by ``a Conservatory in Hell.'' The young man was devastated, and for several years had great difficulty applying himself to his work.
		Rachmaninoff played the piano for the legendary writer, who reacted by saying, ``Tell me, is such music needed by anybody?...
	fmg-www.cs.ucla.edu /geoff/prognotes/rachmaninoff/pianoCon2.html (430 words)

	Sergei Rachmaninoff
		However, Rachmaninoff was not a good student, as he often cut class and wandered about the grand city, sometimes even spending his time at the skating rink.
		Rachmaninoff went on to compose many more pieces, including his twenty-three preludes, none of which he ever copyrighted, losing the fame and fortune in royalties.
		Rachmaninoff soon became a touring virtuoso, specializing in the works of Chopin and his own.
	atdp.soe.berkeley.edu /9931/htsai/rachmaninoff.html (614 words)

	Marilyn Monroe, Rachmaninoff and...Hypnosis?
		As the character Candy Kane, she is listening to Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, one of the most sensuous and romantic pieces of music ever written.
		Rachmaninoff struggled unsuccessfully to continue composing, and finally stopped trying altogether.
		Although it has been 100 years since Rachmaninoff composed his Second Piano Concerto, its lyrical magic has survived the hackings of the record industry and the melodramatic applications of Hollywood.
	www.laughingcherub.com /rachmaninoffandhypnosis.htm (813 words)

	Rachmaninoff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Rachmaninoff was born on April 1, 1873, near Novgorod on his family's estate, Semyonovo.
		There also, Rachmaninoff studied with three eminent Russian composers Anton Arensky, Sergey Taneyev, and his most important musical mentor, Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky.
		Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C-sharp Minor (1892), his first concerto for piano and orchestra, and his opera Aleko (1893) established his reputation as a composer.
	uhaweb.hartford.edu /KARPYUK/rachmaninoff.htm (342 words)

	Notherby's :: Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff/Concerto for Piano in Dm; Sonata for Piano No2/Vladimir Horowitz, Pianist
		Rachmaninoff agreed and had Horowitz himself add back in what he thought was appropriate.
		Rachmaninoff approved the changes and that became the official version.
		There are other versions, Byron Janis is wonderful, Argerich is awful, she plays Rachmaninoff like Horowitz plays Mozart, her chief inspiration is the metronome.
	www.northerbys.com /store/index.php?Operation=ItemLookup&ItemId=B000003ER1 (910 words)

	Rachmaninoff Webring Homepage
		Rachmaninoff was born on an estate belonging to his grandparents, situated near Lake Ilmen in the Novgorod district.
		In his youth, Rachmaninoff's passionate nature was not sustained by the will and equilibrium he later developed, and he was subject to emotional crises over the success or failure of his works as well as in his personal relationships.
		The one notable composition of Rachmaninoff's second period of residence in Moscow was his choral symphony The Bells (1913), based on Konstantin Dmitriyevich Balmont's Russian translation of the poem by Edgar Allan Poe.
	www.gmlile.com /webrings/rachring/rachring.html (1579 words)

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