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Arthur Hirst - A Dear Friend
Since substantial research into Rachmaninoff's life and work got underway only decades after his death, we should count ourselves...
wadevoogd
26 mrt14 minuten om te lezen


A Picture - A Story (1): Lily Pons
In addition to a 78 rpm record with arias from Gaetano Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, we also found a signed portrait picture at SENAR....
wadevoogd
25 mrt2 minuten om te lezen


Reports from Ernst Zurmühle to Sergei Rachmaninoff (1931-33)
These reports from neighbor, vegetable grower Ernst Zurmühle (1899-1990) about the activities and construction work on the grounds of the...
wadevoogd
25 mrt9 minuten om te lezen


Early Post-war correspondence between attorney Albert Riedweg, Natalie Rachmaninoff and Crédit Suisse
Very informative correspondence (one letter and one carbon copy and a draft letter) dated May 17th 1944 and January 9th 1946 between...
wadevoogd
25 mrt4 minuten om te lezen


Correspondence concerning Right of Way near SENAR
Two letters dated July 9th and August 1945 between attorney Alfred Graber and Rachmaninoff’s former manager Charles Foley (on behalf of...
wadevoogd
25 mrt5 minuten om te lezen


Decision of the Cantonal War Tax Administration (1932)
Through his Lucerne attorney Albert Riedweg, Sergei Rachmaninoff appealed against the tax assessment imposed for the year 1931. The...
wadevoogd
25 mrt2 minuten om te lezen


Sculpture of Sergei Rachmaninoff's hands
The sculpture of Rachmaninoff's hands is one of a series made by the popular sculptor, designer and ceramic artist Helen Liedloff in the...
wadevoogd
4 jan1 minuten om te lezen


Sergei Rachmaninoff International Database (SRIDB): SNEAK PREVIEW
Although we do not yet have the financial resources to realize the Sergei Rachmaninoff International Database, behind the scenes work is...
wadevoogd
4 jan1 minuten om te lezen


The Rachmaninoff Network
5 dec 20240 minuten om te lezen


The Rachmaninoff Network
4 dec 20240 minuten om te lezen


The Rachmaninoff Network
3 dec 20240 minuten om te lezen


The Rachmaninoff Network
2 dec 20240 minuten om te lezen


Contents of Rachmaninoff's NYC music cabinet digitally captured
Contents of Rachmaninoff's NYC music cabinet digitally captured
Elger Niels
24 jan 20243 minuten om te lezen


On the Phenomenal Hands Of Sergei Rachmaninoff
In his book Rachmaninoff: Life, Works, Recordings, Max Harrison states that the virtuoso English pianist Cyril Smith once said that...
Erik Fokke
18 nov 20233 minuten om te lezen


Nikolai Dahl’s cure – Good luck or good practicing?
Reconstructing Rachmaninoff's case Around January 1900 Sergei Rachmaninoff went into hypnotherapy with Nikolai Vladimirovich Dahl. He...
Elger Niels
18 nov 202310 minuten om te lezen


Rachmaninoff's fourth piano concerto and its revisions
Interesting article on Rachmaninoff's fourth piano concerto and its revisions https://limelightmagazine.com.au/features/the-real-rach-4/
marc1752
1 sep 20231 minuten om te lezen


Sergei Rachmaninoff's Second Symphony: use of Dies Irae theme
Stephen Johnson explores Sergei Rachmaninoff's Second Symphony (opus 27) and shows where the Dies Irae theme is used. From the BBC...
marc1752
15 aug 20231 minuten om te lezen


Marietta Shaginian
The following essay, by the great poet Vsladislav Khodasevich, was published in the book `Necropol'', a copy of which I found by chance...
marc1752
14 aug 20239 minuten om te lezen


Musical analysis of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Isle of the Dead
Fascinating musical analysis of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Isle of the Dead.
marc1752
11 aug 20231 minuten om te lezen


Blair Johnston's lecture on Sergei Rachmaninoff's "Symphonic Dances”
Blair Johnston speaks about Sergei Rachmaninoff's "Symphonic Dances," op. 45. The Library of Congress now holds all of the significant...
marc1752
11 aug 20231 minuten om te lezen
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