fall semester presentation

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.

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 Cooke, James Francis. Great Pianists on Piano Playing: Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. Philadelphia, PA: Theo. Presser Co., 1913.