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Chapter One Happy Childhood In The Country, 1873--1882 |
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Life of the Russian aristocracy in the seventies and eighties of the nineteenth century |
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The parents and grandparents of the artist |
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First recollections of his childhood |
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The piano mistress, A. D. Ornazkaya |
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The parents differ about the future of their sons |
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The Rachmaninoff children and their parents |
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Removal to St. Petersburg |
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Little Sergei enters the Conservatoire |
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Chapter Two The St. Petersburg Conservatoire, 1882--1885 |
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The modest home in St. Petersburg |
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Rachmaninoff pupil of Demyansky as a preparation for his work under Professor Cross, who had secured him a scholarship |
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The two first profound musical impressions: the singing of his sister Yelena and of the choirs in the churches and cathedrals of St. Petersburg |
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Death of his sister Sophie |
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Summer on the estate "Borissovo," belonging to his grandmother, Boutakova |
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Cousin Siloti becomes a star of the first order in the musical world of St. Petersburg |
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Rachmaninoff's mother consults him about little Sergei's hopeless laziness |
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The last summer in "Borissovo" |
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Chapter Three Moscow. Sverev And Arensky, 1885--1889 |
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Strict discipline under Sverev in Moscow |
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Rubinstein's visit to Moscow |
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The "Historical Concerts" and the hundredth performance of Demon |
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First meeting with Tchaikovsky |
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Difference of musical opinions between Moscow and St. Petersburg |
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Rachmaninoff's arrangement of Manfred for two pianos |
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Summer in the Crimea with Professor Ladukhin |
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Arensky's harmony class at the Moscow Conservatoire |
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First attempt at composition |
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Finishing examination in harmony (Tchaikovsky's attitude) |
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S. I. Taneyev's counterpoint class |
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Siloti as a Professor of pianoforte |
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Last pianoforte examination |
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"The art of the fugue" with Arensky |
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Last examination in the fugue class |
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Chapter Four A Dramatic Incident. The Moscow Conservatoire, 1889--1892 |
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Life with the Satins, with interruptions |
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Summer on the Satins' estate in the government of Tambov |
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Serious illness in Moscow in the autumn of 1891 |
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Consequences of the illness |
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The First Concerto for pianoforte |
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Premature termination of studies at the Conservatoire |
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The examination and Rachmaninoff's sensational success |
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Reconciliation with Sverev |
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Gutheil, the publisher, makes his appearance |
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First performance of the examination opera Aleko at the Moscow Grand Theatre |
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Chapter Five The "Free Artist" In Moscow. Performance Of The First Symphony And Its Consequences, 1893--1895 |
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Rich musical harvest of the summer of 1893 |
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Settling down in rooms in "America," Moscow |
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Op. 3, the Prelude in C sharp minor |
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Last meeting with Tchaikovsky |
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Hard struggle for existence |
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The "Belayev Circle" in St. Petersburg |
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The First Symphony and its performance in St. Petersburg under Glazounov |
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Parting from Granny Boutakova in Novgorod |
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Chapter Six Serious Mental Shock And Final Recovery, 1895--1902 |
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Mental change after the failure of the First Symphony |
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As conductor of Mamontov's Private Opera in Moscow |
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Disagreeable experiences as a beginner in conducting opera |
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Appearance at the London Philharmonic Society |
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Relapse into his former apathy |
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Princess Lieven and Leo Tolstoy |
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The Second Concerto for pianoforte |
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Rachmaninoff's marriage to his cousin, Natalie Satin |
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The honeymoon and return to Moscow |
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Chapter Seven Growing Popularity As Composer And Conductor, 1902--1906 |
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Growth of his fame as a composer in Moscow |
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The new General Manager of the Imperial Theatres in Moscow |
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Rachmaninoff first conductor at the Moscow Grand Theatre |
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Pan Voyevoda, by Rimsky-Korsakov, and beginnings of a closer friendship with the St. Petersburg composers |
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Rachmaninoff's two operas: The Miser Knight and Francesca da Rimini |
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Decision to leave Moscow for a time to escape the enervating musical activities |
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Chapter Eight An Idyll In Dresden, 1906--1909 |
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The "hermitage" in the "Sidonienstrasse" |
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Nikisch and Ernst von Schuch |
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The "Russian Music Publishing Firm" of M. and Mme Koussevitsky |
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New orchestral works: The Isle of Death and the Second Symphony |
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Plan for an opera, Monna Vanna |
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Conductor of the Moscow Philharmonic Concerts |
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The first "Saison Russe" in Paris |
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Meeting with Scriabin and Rimsky-Korsakov |
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Recollections of the Moscow Art Theatre (Stanislavsky) and Anton Tchekhov |
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Activities as a landed proprietor |
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Undertaking to run the Satins' estate, "Ivanovka," in Tambov |
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Chapter Nine The Summit Of Life, 1909--1914 |
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Third Concerto for pianoforte |
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The Boston Symphony Orchestra and Max Fiedler |
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Memories of Gustav Mahler and New York |
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Vice-President of the Imperial Russian Musical Society as assistant to the Grand Duchess Helene Georgievna |
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Differences in the "Spheres" |
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The Kersin Concerts in Moscow |
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Rachmaninoff conductor of the Philharmonic Concerts in Moscow |
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The antagonism Scriabin-Rachmaninoff |
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Chapter Ten War And Revolution, 1914--1919 |
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The outbreak of the World War |
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Wide concert activity for charitable purposes |
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Death of Scriabin and Taneyev |
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The March and October revolutions, 1917 |
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Rachmaninoff rejects an offer as permanent conductor in Boston, but decides to leave Europe and try his luck in the United States |
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Chapter Eleven America, 1919 |
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Arrival in New York on November 10, 1918 |
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The managers Ellis and Foley |
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Astonishing musical development of the American public |
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The Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra and Leopold Stokovsky |
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Reappearance in Europe after nearly ten years |
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The Fourth Piano Concerto |
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Russia boycotts Rachmaninoff's works |
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The composer about himself |
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Chapter Twelve Rachmaninoff As Composer |
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Rachmaninoff's musical personality as a whole |
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Early works (the opera Aleko and Op. 1 |
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Years of maturity (works grouped around the Second Concerto, Op. 17--23) |
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Works written in Dresden (Op. 26--29) |
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The "third period" (Op. 30--42) |
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Rachmaninoff winner of the Glinka Prize |
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Sacred works (Liturgy and Vesper Mass) |
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Rachmaninoff's universal significance as a composer |
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| Note On The Family Of Rachmaninoff |
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| List Of Works |
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| Index |
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