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Definition of Rachmaninoff
1. Noun. Composer and piano virtuoso born in Russia (1873-1943).
Generic synonyms: Composer, Pianist, Piano Player
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rachmaninoff
Literary usage of Rachmaninoff
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Musical Portraits: Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Paul Rosenfeld (1920)
"... Rachmaninoff IT was in an interview given at the beginning of his recent
American tour that M. Sergei Rachmaninoff styled himself a " musical ..."
2. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1914)
"... and shade off to the final suggestion of the chief theme, which must now die
away to the utmost softness. PRELUDE—Rachmaninoff ['World's Best Music ..."
3. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1914)
"PRELUDE—Rachmaninoff ["World's Best Music," Vol. II, p. 439.] This piano piece
is an instance of the "barbaric revelry" with which the young Russian school ..."
4. Baltzell's Dictionary of Musicians: Containing Concise Biographical Sketches ...by Winton James Baltzell by Winton James Baltzell (1918)
"... Rachmaninoff (rak-man'-e'-nof), Sergei Vassilievitch, pst., compr. b. Novgorod,
Russia, Apr. 2, 1873. Studied at St. Petersburg and Moscow Cons., ..."
5. Well-known Piano Solos, how to Play Them by Charles W. Wilkinson, Edward Ellsworth Hipsher (1915)
"... but clothe a soul too full of the heart quality to plod along at a regular pace.
Prelude in C Sharp Minor, Op. 3, No. 2 Rachmaninoff This piano piece is ..."
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