Sergei Rachmaninoff
Russian composer
Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian... Wikipedia
Born: April 1, 1873, Staraya Russa, Russia
Died: March 28, 1943 (age 69 years), Beverly Hills, CA
Librettists: Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko and Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Tone poems: Isle of the Dead, The Rock, Caprice bohémien, and more
Grandchild: Princess Sophia Wolkonsky
Grandparent: Arkadij Alexandrovič Rachmaninov
Influenced by: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Franz Liszt, Alexander Scriabin, and more
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