Rachmaninoff: Composer, Pianist, Conductor

Barrie Martyn

• 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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