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Sergei RACHMANINOFF

1 April 1873 - 28 March 1943 (age 69)

portrait of rachmaninov

The above image is a portrait of Rachmaninoff from my series '52 Composers'. I made it using a combination of traditional and digital techniques.The background lists some of his best known works.I have made this portrait available in various formats and also on some gift items which will make unusual presents for music lovers.

Family

Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff
Born: 1 April 1873, near Novgorod, Russia
Father: Vasily, landowner and army officer.
Mother: Lyou Boutakovia, gave him his first piano lessons.
Siblings: two sisters Sofiya died diphtheria
Wife: cousin Natalya Satina
Children: 2 daughters
Death: 28 March 1943, of melanoma, Beverly Hills, Califoria
Grave: Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, New York.

Works

- Operas: Aleko, The Miserly Knight, Francesca da Rimini
- 3 Symphonies
- Choral Symphony: The Bells
- Symphonic Dances
- Fantasia: The Rock
- Cantata: Spring
- Tone poem: Isle of the Dead
- Viariations on a Theme of Corelli
- Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini
- Vespers
- 13 Preludes
- 14 songs
- In the Silence of the Secret Night
- 4 Piano Concertos
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