Goodbye Russia [electronic resource] : Rachmaninoff in Exile
Fiona Maddocks2023
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In 1940 Sergei Rachmaninoff, living in exile in America, broke his creative
silence and composed a swan song to his Russian homeland. What happened in those
final haunted years and how did he come to write his farewell masterpiece, the
Symphonic Dances? Rachmaninoff left Petrograd in 1917 in the throes of the
Russian Revolution. He was 44 years old, at the peak of his powers as
composer-conductor-performer, moving in elite Tsarist circles, as well as
running the family estate, his refuge and solace. He had already written the
music which, today, has made him one of the most popular composers of all time:
the second and third Piano Concertos and two symphonies. The story of his years
in exile in America and Switzerland, has only been told in passing. Reeling from
the trauma of a life in upheaval, he wrote almost no music and quickly had to
reinvent himself as a fĂȘted virtuoso pianist, building up untold wealth and
meeting the stars- from Walt Disney and Charlie Chaplin to hi...
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Goodbye Russia [electronic resource] : Rachmaninoff in Exile / Fiona Maddocks
Author:
Fiona Maddocks, Author
Imprint:
United Kingdom : Faber & Faber, 2023
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1 online resource (1 text file) (1456023.0 Bytes)
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Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780571371167
Language:
English
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438500
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