San Antonio College Library

Throughout his career as composer, conductor, and pianist, Sergei Rachmaninoff [Rachmaninov] (1873-1943) was an intensely private individual. This book lifts 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 consult a number of people who knew Rachmaninoff, who worked with him, and who corresponded with him. Even with the availability...

This episode of Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics is about Sergei Rachmaninoff.

Rakhmaninov [Rachmaninov] was a true master musician. Arguably the finest pianist of his day and renowned also as a conductor, he was, as a composer, one of the most prominent figures of Russian late Romanticism. This study aims not only to reassess the solo piano music and concertos for which Rakhmaninov is best known, but also to emphasize for example the skill of orchestral coloring in his symphonic pieces and the sensitive response to words which...

Studies the social, cultural, and political spheres that affected the lives and works of approximately 50 composers.