Definition of Rachmaninoff

1. Noun. Composer and piano virtuoso born in Russia (1873-1943).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Rachmaninoff

Rabelais
Rabelaisian
Rabi I
Rabi II
Rabia
Rabinowitz
Rabshakeh
Rabson
Rach
Rachabattuni
Rachael
Rachel
Rachel Carson
Rachel Louise Carson
Rachelle
Rachmaninoff
Rachmaninov
Rachmanism
Rachmanisms
Rachycentridae
Rachycentron
Rachycentron canadum
Racine
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
Rackmanism
Racovian
Racovians
Racquel
Racquell
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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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