Rachmaninoff: Composer, Pianist, Conductor

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Contents: Introduction: Rachmaninoff the Composer: Rachmaninoff and Russian Musical History
Chronological Summary of Rachmaninoff's Principal Compositions
Rachmaninoff's Composing Career and Musical Style
Student Years, 1886-1892
Free Artist, 1892-1897
Moscow, 1897-1906
Dresden, 1906-1909
Ivanovka, 1909-1917
New World, 1917-1943
Rachmaninoff's Career as a Pianist
Concert Statistics
Rachmaninoff the Pianist: Rachmaninoff's Art as a Pianist
Piano Repertoire
Rachmaninoff and the Gramaphone
Discography
Rachmaninoff and the Reproducing Piano
Rachmaninoff's Career as a Conductor: Conducting Repertoire
Chronological List of Performances
Notes
Index of Rachmaninoff Works
Index of Persons and Works referred to in the Text.

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This study is the first to consider all three of Rachmaninoff's careers in detail. After surveying his place in Russian musical history and his creative activity, the author examines, with musical examples, each working chronological order against the background of the composer's life. Among the the many subjects upon which new light is shed are the operas, the songs, and the religious music. Rachmaninoff's remarkable career as a pianist, his style of playing and repertoire are analysed along with his historically important contribution to the gramophone and his work for the reproducing piano. The book includes a survey of his activity as a conductor. There are extensive references to Russian sources and the first appearance of a complete Rachmaninoff disconography is included. This book is the only comprehensive study in any language of the three aspects of Rachmaninoff's musical career and is a stimulating read for music lovers everywhere.

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a much-needed assessment of Rachmaninov which amply reflects Mr Martyn's painstaking research, devotion and skill and significantly extends our understanding of this protean musician

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