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Goodbye Russia Rachmaninoff in exile

"The moving story of Rachmaninoff's years in exile in America and the composition of his last great work, against a cataclysmic backdrop of two world wars and personal tragedy. In 1940 Sergei Rachmaninoff, living in exile in America, broke his creative silence and composed a swan song to his Russian...

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Main Author: Maddocks, Fiona (Music critic) (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Pegasus Books, 2024.
Subjects:
Rachmaninoff, Sergei, > 1873-1943 > Exile.
Composers > Russia.
Composers > United States.
Pianists > Russia.
Pianists > United States.
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1915-1918: Revolution, departure, arrival
  • Rewind: life before exile
  • 1918-1930: America, the glory years
  • 1930-1939: France, Switzerland, second exile
  • 1939-1943: gathering in
  • Last rites
  • Wild strawberries: remembering Ivanovka
  • Epilogue
  • The 'exile' works: compositions written after 1917.

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