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Fall Semester presentation. MUSIC 1010 – 045. Sergei RACHMANINOFF. Composer, pianist, and conductor. Sergei vasilievich Rachmaninoff’S. EARLY LIFE Born in April 1873. Novgorod Governorate, Old Russian Empire administrative division. Romanticism in classical music. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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FALL SEMESTER PRESENTATION
MUSIC 1010 – 045
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF Composer, pianist, and conductor.
SERGEI VASILIEVICH RACHMANINOFF’S
EARLY LIFE
Born in April 1873. Novgorod Governorate, Old Russian Empire administrative division. Romanticism in classical music.
BORN TO A WEALTHY FAMILY…
Lands in Russia Appreciation for Music
GROWING UP… Piano lessons as a boy Moved to St. Petersburg Conservatories Moscow
ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Degree in Piano Gold Medal in
Composition Symphony No. 1 Piano Concerto No. 2 Masterpieces Symphony No. 2 Piano Concert No. 3 Got married
TALENT ON TOUR
American Tour United States Left Russia European Tour Precision and clarity Hands of a Legend Prodigious
COMPOSITION HISTORY PIANO CONCERTO NO.2
THIRD MOVEMENT Composed between 1900 – 1901
Started performance in Moscow, Dec. 1900
Incomplete initial concerto Ziloti
Taneev Formidable performance
Complete concerto Oct. 27th, 1901 Leipzig Gewandhaus, Nikisch
London Sapellnikov
LISTENING GUIDE RACHMANINOFF’S PIANO CONCERTO TWO
THIRD MOVEMENT
Orchestra Introduction Allegro Scherzando Florid Counterpoint Arpeggio Pizzicato Moderato Tempo Forte Largo Maestoso Motif Crescendo Presto
French Horns Violins Timbre Cymbals Clarinets Forte Staccato Pizzicato Vivace Coda
Sonatina Exposition, Recapitulation, and
Coda First Theme Cadenza A-B-A-C-A Light Allegro Scherzando Theme I, II Trill notes
Recapitulation Presto Fugue Theme II Rachmaninoff’s trait elements Chord figurations Augmentation
EARLY INFLUENCES•Rimsky Korsakov• Tchaikovsky
HIS PASSINGBeverly Hills, California
28th of March, 1943
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REFERENCES John Culshaw, Rachmaninoff: The Man and His
Music (New York: Oxford University Press, 1950), p. 81.
Patrick Piggott, Rachmaninov Orchestral Music (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1974), p. 48.
Slenczynska, Ruth. “The Performer’s Corner: The Opening of the Rachmaninoff Second Piano Concerto,” Clavier, vol. XII, no. 7 (October, 1973), p. 18.
Victor I. Seroff, Rachmaninoff (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950), p. 78.
BIBLIOGRAPHY Abraham, Gerald E. H. On Russian Music. Freeport,
New York: Books for Libraries Press, 1939 (reprint, 1970).
Anderson, W. R. Rachmaninov and his Pianoforte Concertos: A Brief sketch of the Composer and his style. London: Hinrichsen Edition Limited.
Bertensson, Sergei and Jay Leyda. Sergei Rachmaninoff: A Lifetime in Music. New York: New York University Press, 1956.
Cooke, James Francis. Great Pianists on Piano Playing: Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. Philadelphia, PA: Theo. Presser Co., 1913.