Rachmaninoff : life, work, recordings / Max Harrison.

Author/creator Harrison, Max
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York ; London : Continuum, 2005.
Descriptionvi, 422 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943.
Composers--Russia. --Biography.

Variant title Rachmaninov : life, work, recordings
Contents Before the beginning -- The family breaks up -- Zveref and Moscow -- Composition starts -- The break with Zveref -- To Ivanovka -- More compositions -- Towards graduation -- Aleko and the graduation -- First moves as 'free artist' -- More productions and Tchaikovsky's death -- The long road to Symphony No. 1 -- A symphony misunderstood -- London visit, Moscow cure -- The Crimea, Italy, [Piano] Concerto No. 2 -- Composition continues and there is a marriage -- Variations, preludes, a child is born -- Two operas -- An abortive revolution, the operas produced -- Sonata, symphony, part of an opera -- The isle of the dead and [Piano] Concerto No. 3 -- American and the liturgy -- 1910, more preludes, more conducting -- Études-tableaux, Marietta Shaginian, more songs -- The Bells and a last sonata -- World War I, all-night vigil, last songs -- Final music in Russia, escape from Petrograd -- The expatriate artist: first concerts, first recordings -- Rachmaninoff fully established -- Another two seasons, more recordings -- [Piano] Concerto No. 4, Chansons Russes -- Rachmaninoff the pianist -- Classic recordings and orchestration by another -- Senar and LaFolia -- Rapsodie and symphony -- Four more seasons, major recordings -- Symphonic dances -- Last recordings, a final tour -- Envoi.
Abstract This book provides a unified biography of Rachmaninov covering his life, works and performances. It offers a full analysis of his works and a complete account of his careers as a distinguished conductor, composer and concert pianist.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 402-406), discography (pages 390-401), and indexes.
ISBN0826453449 (hbk.)

Availability

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Music Music Stacks ML410.R12 H37 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold