Rachmaninoff
The Last of the Great Romantics
A revealing insight into Rachmaninoff's intense and often melodramatic life The musical child of Russia's golden age, Sergei Rachmaninoff, was the last of the great Romantics. Scorned by the musical establishment until very recently, his music received hostile reviews from critics and other composers. Conversely, it never failed to find widespread popular acclaim, and today he is one of the most popular composers of all time.Biographer Michael Scott investigates Rachmaninoff's intense and often melodramatic life, following him from imperial Russia to his years of exile as a wandering virtuoso and his death in Beverly Hills during the Second World War, worn out by his punishing schedule.In this remarkable biography which relates the man to his music, Michael Scott tells the colorful story of a life that spanned two centuries and two continents. His original research from the Russian archives, so long closed to writers from the West, brings us closer to the spirit of a man who genuinely believed that music could be both good and popular, a belief that is now triumphantly vindicated.
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A revealing insight into Rachmaninoff's intense and often melodramatic life The musical child of Russia's golden age, Sergei Rachmaninoff, was the last of the great Romantics. Scorned by the musical establishment until very recently, his music received hostile reviews from critics and other composers. Conversely, it never failed to find widespread popular acclaim, and today he is one of the most popular composers of all time.Biographer Michael Scott investigates Rachmaninoff's intense and often melodramatic life, following him from imperial Russia to his years of exile as a wandering virtuoso and his death in Beverly Hills during the Second World War, worn out by his punishing schedule.In this remarkable biography which relates the man to his music, Michael Scott tells the colorful story of a life that spanned two centuries and two continents. His original research from the Russian archives, so long closed to writers from the West, brings us closer to the spirit of a man who genuinely believed that music could be both good and popular, a belief that is now triumphantly vindicated.
Untertitel
The Last of the Great Romantics
H | B | T | Gramm
195 mm | 130 mm | 24 mm | 336 gr
Erscheinungsjahr
2023
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Taschenbuch
Verlag
The History Press
ISBN-10
1803993456
ISBN-13
9781803993454
Autor
Michael Scott
Sprache
Englisch
Seitenanzahl
306
Themen
Russland, Biografien: Kunst und Unterhaltung, Beverly Hills, Orchester und formale Musik, Komponisten und Songwriter, New York City, Biografien: historisch, politisch, militärisch
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