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Rachmaninoff's compositions cover a variety of musical forms and genres. Born in Novgorod , Russia in 1873, he studied at the Moscow Conservatory with Nikolai Zverev , Alexander Siloti , Sergei Taneyev and Anton Arensky , and while there, composed some of his most famous works, including the first piano concerto (Op. 1) and the Prelude in C ...
Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen (Old Viennese Dances in German) is a set of three short pieces for violin and piano composed by Austrian-American violinist Fritz Kreisler.The three pieces are titled Liebesfreud (Love's Joy), Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow), and Schön Rosmarin (Lovely Rosemary).
Morceaux de fantaisie (French for Fantasy Pieces; Russian: Пьесы Фантазии, Pyesy Fantazii), op. 3, is a set of five piano solo pieces composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff in 1892. The title reflects the pieces' imagery rather than their musical form, as none are actual fantasies .
Gavotte in E major: 1913: original title Gavotte en rondeau from Partita No. 3, BWV1006 for solo violin Prelude in E major: 1913: original from Partita No. 3, BWV1006 for solo violin Balogh, Ernő: Caprice antique: 1924 Dirge of the North: 1924 Brahms, Johannes: Hungarian Dance No. 17 in F minor original for piano 4-hands Berlin, Irving: Blue ...
Thirteen Preludes (Russian: Тринадцать прелюдий, Trinadtsat' prelyudiy), Op. 32, is a set of thirteen preludes for solo piano, composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff in 1910. It complements his earlier Prelude in C ♯ minor, Op. 3/2, and 10 Preludes, Op. 23, to complete the full set of 24 Preludes in all 24 major and minor keys.
Rachmaninoff in front of a giant Redwood tree, California, 1919. Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943) was a Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. [1] Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music.
Rachmaninoff Corelli theme. Variations on a Theme of Corelli (Russian: Вариации на тему А. Корелли, Variatsii na temu A. Korelli), Op. 42, is a set of variations for solo piano, written in 1931 by the Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff. He composed the variations at his holiday home in Switzerland.
Rachmaninoff at the Ivanovka estate, 1910. The Études-Tableaux ("study pictures"), Op. 33, is the first of two sets of piano études composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff.They were intended to be "picture pieces", essentially "musical evocations of external visual stimuli".