Sergei Rachmaninoff (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781789145762)

Drawing extensively on Russian-language sources, a concise yet comprehensive survey of the life and work of one of classical music's great composers.

Unquestionably one of the most popular composers of classical music, Sergei Rachmaninoff has not always been so admired by critics. Detractors have long perceived Rachmaninoff as part of an outdated Romantic tradition from a bygone Russian world, aloof from the modernist experimentation of more innovative contemporaries such as Igor Stravinsky.

In this new assessment, Rebecca Mitchell resituates Rachmaninoff in the context of his time, bringing together the composer and his music within the remarkably dynamic era in which he lived and worked. Both in Russia and later in America, Rachmaninoff and his music were profoundly modern expressions of life in tune with an uncertain world. This concise yet comprehensive biography will interest general readers as well as those more familiar with this giant of Russian classical music.

Author: Rebecca Mitchell
ISBN-10: 1789145767
ISBN-13: 9781789145762
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Language: English
Published: 05/03/2022
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.60d