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	Sergei Rachmaninoff biography - 8notes.com
		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.8notes.com /biographies/rachmaninoff.asp (1386 words)

	Sergei Rachmaninoff Biography
		Sergei Rachmaninoff is of course known for all 4 of his big Piano Concertos.
		The thing that makes Sergei Rachmaninoff so popular is not that he composed the great piano concerto number 3 in C minor, but the fact that ALL of his piano concertos are musically thought out well, and great works of art.
		Of course every composer has his flaw, and the flaw that Sergei Rachmaninoff had was that he got a bit carried away when writing these concertos, and sometimes overused chords, made chords way bigger than they had to be, thus, being a little showy.
	www.recordhall.com /sergei-rachmaninoff.html (624 words)

	Sergei Rachmaninoff
		Sergei Rachmaninoff was born in Semyonovo just outside of Novgorod in the north-west region of Russia, he was the forth out of six children.
		Rachmaninoff soon found himself lacking interest and focus in his musical studies and failed many of his exams and was even threatened to be expelled from the conservatory.
		Rachmaninoff did not compose much because of his demand to perform and the need to support his family, but also because he felt that his inspiration was left at his home in Russia.
	www.plu.edu /~hortondc (1062 words)

	Contra Costa Wind Symphony: Sergei Rachmaninoff
		Rachmaninoff’s spirits were further bolstered when, after years of engagement, he was finally allowed to marry Natalia.
		Rachmaninoff was offered a job as conductor at the Bolshoi Theatre in 1904, although he resigned two years later for political reasons.
		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)

	Sergei Rachmaninov - Biography - AOL Music
		Sergei Rachmaninoff was born to a well-to-do family, but his father squandered most of the family fortune.
		Rachmaninoff started to concertize in Europe again in the early 1920s, and the family returned there during the middle of the decade.
		Rachmaninoff was so successful as a performing artist that it interfered with his work as a composer.
	music.aol.com /artist/sergei-rachmaninov/1336/biography (1080 words)

	A1 Sergei Vassilievitch Rachmaninoff - ClassicalEnthusiast.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Rachmaninoff was born at the estate of Oneg, near Novgorod.
		Sergei was born into a wealthy family, but by the time Rachmaninoff turned nine his family had to move out of the estate and were left with nothing because of his father's wastefulness.
		This hypnotherapist pulled Rachmaninoff out of depression (which was caused by the awful performance of his first symphony) and back to composing.
	www.classicalenthusiast.com /rachmaninoff.htm (512 words)

	Emanuel Ax and Yo-Yo Ma Play Sergei Rachmaninoff and Sergei Prokofiev
		Virtual contemporaries, Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev demonstrate the best of Russian music from the end of the 18th and the first half of the 19th centuries.
		That last statement is also true of the Rachmaninoff sonata, though his gives more prominence to the piano, of which he was a famous virtuoso.
		Gojowy writes that Rachmaninoff creates "great challenges not only for the interpreter but also for the listener," a statement that could also be applied to Prokofiev, if to a lesser degree.
	www.greenmanreview.com /cd/cd_rachmaninoff_prokofiev_sonatas.html (719 words)

	Sergei Vassilyevich Rachmaninoff
		A diphtheria epidemic was running rapid through the city, and Sergei, and two of his siblings became ill. His sister, Sophia was unable to overcome the illness, and eventually succumbed to it.
		From 1883-1885, Sergey studied at the conservatory in St. Petersburg, but troubles within his family life, and his obsession with the piano, drew his attention away from his studies.
		Rachmaninoff slipped into a self-imposed exile, and the quantity of new compositions from him diminished.
	www.geocities.com /moondarlin/mrachmaninoff.html (856 words)

	Sergei Rachmaninoff
		Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), Russian-American composer, pianist, and conductor, one of the most brilliant pianists of the 20th century, whose compositions are considered the last major musical expression of the romantic era.
		Rachmaninoff was born on April 1, 1873, near Novgorod on his family's estate, Semyonovo.
		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.
	www.learn-to-play-piano-online.com /sergei-rachmaninoff.html (385 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)

	Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer
		Sergei Vassilyevich Rachmaninoff was the 5th child of a Russian aristocratic family.
		Rachmaninoff lost confidence in himself as a composer and actually saw a psychologist to undergo hypnosis for help in gaining back his self-esteem.
		Rachmaninoff is buried in the Kensico Cemetery near New York.
	www.dsokids.com /2001/dso.asp?PageID=463 (634 words)

	Sergei Rachmaninoff: Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Sergey's work slowly continued to gain recognition and praise until 1897, when the premiere of his First Symphony met with an unprecedented abysmal reception.
		Sergey suffered a severe psychological setback which caused a complete loss of self-confidence and left him unable to compose for the next three years.
		Sergey Rachmaninoff died in Beverly Hills on March 28, 1943, only a few weeks after attaining his American citizenship and only five days before his seventieth birthday.
	www.netmagic.net /~sapiens/rach/bio.html (553 words)

	Lekan's Lair - Sergei Rachmaninoff
		Rachmaninoff was bron in Semyonovo, near Novgorod, Russia.
		Soon, Rachmaninoff went to Moscow to study piano with Nikolay Zverev and Alexander Siloti, a student of Franz Liszt and Rachmaninoff's cousin.
		Rachmaninoff was not only a skilled composer, but was an impeccable pianist.
	www.stanford.edu /~lekanw/trivia/people/sergeirachmaninoff.html (695 words)

	Sergei Rachmaninoff
		Brilliant composer, talented pianist, and control-demanding conductor, Sergei Rachmaninoff was born on a family estate near Novgorod, Russia.
		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.
	www-atdp.berkeley.edu /9931/htsai/rachmaninoff.html (614 words)

	Sergei Rachmaninoff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Sergei Rachmaninoff was one of the finest pianists who ever lived.
		Rachmaninoff was an early wunderkind - he entered the Moscow conservatory when he was 14.
		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.
		All during his life, and for many decades after his passing, Sergei Rachmaninoff was regarded as - at best - an anomoly, a throwback to the 19th century, as his music always expressed itself through an unabashedly Romantic language: At times haunting, morose and forboding; at others, gentle, passionate and con molte dolce.
		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.
	www.eroica.com /phoenix/jdt124-sr.html (891 words)

	Sergei Rachmaninoff News
		Sergei Rachmaninoff's Vespers is worlds removed from the flamboyant piano concertos and lush romantic symphonies we most often associate with that composer.
		Sergei Rachmaninoff's devilishly difficult Piano Concerto No. 3 will be the focus of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra's program 8 p.m.
		Link to this article Thursday night, Leonard Slatkin and the NSO were in top form for a largely Romantic evening of Edward Elgar and Sergei Rachmaninoff, interspersed with the Washington premi re of a new Piano...
	www.topix.net /who/sergei-rachmaninoff (593 words)

	Sergei Rachmaninoff \| Russian Composer
		Sergei Rachmaninoff was born on April 1, 1873, on a large estate near the ancient city of Novgorod, Russia.
		By all accounts Young Sergei was a problem child, but had an extraordinary talent at the piano.
		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)

	The Rachmaninov Lover's Home Page
		His father squandered the famiIy fortune so quickly that Sergey was only nine years old when he saw the estate at Novgorod where they had lived, the last of their property, auctioned off to pay debts.
		Young Sergey reacted by failing all his final examinations at school (he was then twelve).
		Along with his happy marriage to a cousin, Natalya Satina, and the eventual birth of two children, Sergey Rachmaninov began to enjoy international acclaim as a pianist, conductor, and composer.
	www.radix.net /~chinatom/rach.html (1487 words)

	Sergei Rachmaninoff (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		'''Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff''', also Sergey Rachmaninov or Serge Rakhmaninov (''&1057;&1077;&1088;&1075;&1077;&769;&1081; &1042;&1072;&1089;&1080;&769;&1083;&1100;&1077;&1074;&1080;&1095; &1056;&1072;&1093;&1084;&1072;&769;&1085;&1080;&1085;&1086;&1074;''), (April 1, 1873 – March 28, 1943) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor.
		Rachmaninoff told Zverev he would like to compose more, and asked for a private room where he could compose in silence.
		His first three piano concertos are among the greatest in the literature — often considered "definitive" interpretations are those by Vladimir Horowitz, a close friend of Rachmaninoff; Byron Janis, the only student acknowledged by Horowitz and who had also worked with Rachmaninoff; as well as extant records by Rachmaninoff himself.
	sergei-rachmaninoff.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888 (1260 words)

	WGUC 90.9 FM \| Essential Rachmaninoff
		Sergei Rachmaninoff was born nearly two decades before Sergei Prokofiev, in 1873.
		Rachmaninoff's lifelong love of plainchant and his obsession with the Dies Irae (Day of Reckoning) are already apparent as quotations in each movement of the Symphony No. 1.
		As well as being an outstanding composer, Sergei Rachmaninoff was one of the most outstanding pianists of his age.
	www.wguc.org /content/display.asp?id=43 (1951 words)

	Sergei Rachmaninoff Notes
		It was Siloti who introduced the music of Rachmaninoff to London audiences by the playing the Prelude in C sharp minor, Op.
		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.
		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)

	SERGEI VASILYEVITCH RACHMANINOFF
		Rachmaninoff briefly considered a career as a conductor (the Boston Symphony even offered to make him its music director), but opted instead to become a full-time concert pianist, playing his own concertos with symphony orchestras and giving numerous solo recitals that established him as one of the half-dozen greatest piano virtuosos of the 20th century.
		6 Today, Rachmaninoff is seen as the quintessential romantic, imperiously high-handed in his free treatment of the printed text; but in his own time he was thought to be (in the phrase of the American critic-composer H. Parker) “the puritan of pianists,” austere and direct to the point of matter-of-factness.
		Rather, Rachmaninoff’s music was widely dismissed by tonal and atonal modernists alike, and it was only because of the unswerving loyalty of performers—and, of course, audiences—that he continued to be performed throughout the era of high modernism.
	www.arlindo-correia.com /041202.html (4404 words)

	Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Works American Music Teacher - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Works is geared to the advanced student.
		Rachmaninoff was a composer, pianist and conductor, and his constant traveling and concertizing may be the reason his body of works only reached Op.
		Rachmaninoff was a young boy of 13 when Franz Liszt died, and he carried on where Liszt left off.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2493/is_2_54/ai_n6228942 (398 words)

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