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Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff(Russian [1]Russian

pronunciation:[srej rxmannf]; 1 April [O.S.20 March] 1873 28 March 1943) was

aRussian[2]composer, 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 ofRomanticismin Russian

classical music.[3]Early influences ofTchaikovsky,Rimsky-Korsakov, and other Russian composers gave

way to a thoroughly personal idiom that included a pronounced lyricism, expressive breadth, structuralingenuity, and a tonal palette of rich, distinctive orchestral colors.[4]The piano is featured prominently in

Rachmaninoff's compositional output. He made a point of using his own skills as a performer to explore

fully the expressive possibilities of the instrument. Even in his earliest works he revealed a sure grasp of

idiomatic piano writing and a striking gift for melody.

Contents

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1 Life

o 1.1 Childhood and youth

o 1.2 Graduation

o 1.3 Setbacks and recovery

o 1.4 Emigration and career in the West

o 1.5 Friendship with Vladimir Horowitz

o 1.6 Illness and death

2 Works

o 2.1 Compositional style

o 2.2 Fluctuating reputation

3 Pianism

o 3.1 Technique

o 3.2 Tone

o 3.3 Memory

o 3.4 Interpretations

o 3.5 Marfan syndrome

4 Recordings

o 4.1 Phonograph

o 4.2 Piano rolls

5 Media

o 5.1 As performer

o 5.2 As composer

6 Cultural references

7 See also

8 References

9 Bibliography
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10 External links

o 10.1 Free scores

Life [edit]

Rachmaninoff at age 10

Childhood and youth [edit]

Rachmaninoff at the piano, in the early 1900s, before he graduated from theMoscow Conservatory

The Rachmaninoff family was a part of an "oldaristocracy", where all of the attitude but none of the

money remained. The family, ofTatardescent, had been in the service of the Russiantsarssince the
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16th century, and had strong musical and military leanings. The composer's father, Vasily Arkadyevich

(18411916), an amateur pianist andarmy officer, married Lyubov Petrovna Butakova (18531929),

gained five estates as a dowry, and had three boys and three girls.[5]Sergei was born on 1 April 1873 at

the estate of Semyonovo, nearGreat Novgorodinnorth-westernRussia.[6]When he was four, his mother

gave him casual piano lessons,[7]but it was his paternal grandfather, Arkady Alexandrovich, who brought

Anna Ornatskaya, a teacher fromSaint Petersburg, to teach Sergei in 1882. Ornatskaya remained for

"two or three years", until Vasily had to auction off their home due to his financial incompetencethe fiveestates had been reduced to one; he was described as "a wastrel, a compulsive gambler, a pathological

liar, and a skirt chaser"[8][9]and they moved to a small flat in Saint Petersburg.[10]

Ornatskaya returned to her home, and arranged for Sergei to study at theSaint Petersburg Conservatory,

which he entered in 1883, at age ten. That year his sister Sofia died ofdiphtheria, and his feckless father

left the family, with their approval, forMoscow.[5]Sergei's maternal grandmother stepped in to help raise

the children, especially focusing on their spiritual life. She regularly took Sergei toRussian

Orthodoxservices, where he was first exposed to theliturgicalchants and thechurch bellsof the city,

which would later permeate many of his compositions.[10]Another important musical influence was his

sister Yelena's involvement in theBolshoi Theater. She was just about to join the company, being offered

coaching and private lessons, but she fell ill and died ofpernicious anemiaat the age of 18. As a respitefrom this tragedy, grandmother Butakova brought him to a farm retreat on theVolkhov River, where he

had a boat and developed a love forrowing.[5]Having been spoiled in this way by his grandmother, he

became lazy and failed hisgeneral educationclasses, altering hisreport cards, in whatNikolai Rimsky-

Korsakovwould later call a period of "purely Russian self-delusion and laziness."[11]

In 1885, back at the Conservatory, Sergei played at important events often attended byGrand Duke

Konstantinand other important people, but he failed his spring academic examinations and Ornatskaya

notified his mother that his admission might be revoked.[5]Lyubov consulted with her nephew (by

marriage)Alexander Siloti, already an accomplished pianist studying underFranz Liszt. After appraising

his cousin's pianism and listening skills, Siloti recommended that Sergei attend theMoscow

Conservatoryto study with his own original teacher anddisciplinarian,Nikolai Zverev.[12][13]

Graduation [edit]

While living with the Satins, Rachmaninoff (standing, second from left) would vacation atIvanovka, their summer house. He

would marry his cousin Natalia Satina (sitting, second from left).

Neighboring families would come to visit, and Rachmaninoff would find his first romance in the Skalon

family, with Vera, the youngest of three daughters. The mother would have none of that, and he was

forbidden to write to her, so he corresponded with her older sister, Natalia, and from these letters much

information abouthis early compositionscan be extracted.[12]In the spring of 1891, he took his final piano

examination at the Moscow Conservatory and passed with honors. He moved to Ivanovka with Siloti, and
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composed some songs and began what would become hisPiano Concerto No. 1(Op. 1). During his final

studies at the Conservatory he completedYouth Symphony, a one-movement symphonic piece,Prince

Rostislav, asymphonic poem, andThe Rock(Op. 7), afantasiafor orchestra.[5]

He gave his first independent concert on 11 February 1892, premiering hisTrio lgiaque No. 1, with

violinist David Kreyn and cellistAnatoliy Brandukov. He performed the first movement of his first piano

concerto on 29 March 1892 in an over-long concert consisting of entire works of most of the compositionstudents at the Conservatory.[14]

His final composition for the Conservatory wasAleko, a one-actoperabased on the poem The

Gypsies byAlexander Pushkin, which Rachmaninoff completed while staying with his father in

Moscow.[15]It was first performed on 19 May 1892, and although he responded with a pessimistic, "the

opera is sure to fail," it was so successful, theBolshoi Theateragreed to produce it, starringFeodor

Chaliapin.[12]It gained him the Great Gold Medal, awarded only twice before (toSergei

TaneyevandArseny Koreshchenko[16]), and has since had many more productions than his later

works,The Miserly Knight(Op. 24, 1904) andFrancesca da Rimini(Op. 25, 1905). The Conservatory

issued him adiplomaon 29 May 1892, and now, at the age of 19, he could officially style himself "Free

Artist."

[5]

Rachmaninoff continued to compose, publishing at this time his Six Songs (Op. 4) and Two Pieces (Op.

2). He spent the summer of 1892 on the estate of Ivan Konavalov, a rich landowner in theKostroma

Oblast, and moved back with the Satins in theArbat District.[5]His publisher was slow in paying, so

Rachmaninoff took an engagement at the Moscow Electrical Exhibition, where he premiered his

landmarkPrelude in C-sharp minor(Op. 3, No. 2).[17]This small piece, part of a set of five pieces

calledMorceaux de fantaisie, was received well, and is one of his most enduring pieces.[18][19]

He spent the summer of 1893 inLebedynwith some friends, where he composedFantaisie-

Tableaux(Suite No. 1, Op. 5) and hisMorceaux de salon(Op. 10).[20]At the summer's end, he moved

back to Moscow, and at Sergei Taneyev's house discussed withTchaikovskythe possibility of his

conductingThe Rockat its premiere. However, because it had to be premiered in Moscow, notEurope,where Tchaikovsky was touring,Vasily Safonovconducted it instead, and the two met soon after

forZverev's funeral. Rachmaninoff had a short excursion to conductAleko inKiev, and on his return,

received the news aboutTchaikovsky's unexpected deathon 6 November 1893. Almost immediately, on

the same day, he began work on hisTrio lgiaque No. 2, just as Tchaikovsky had quickly written hisTrio

in A minorafterNikolai Rubinstein's death.

Setbacks and recovery [edit]

The suddendeath of Tchaikovskyin 1893 was a great blow to young Rachmaninoff; he immediately

began writing a second Trio lgiaque in his memory, revealing the depth and sincerity of his grief in the

music's overwhelming aura of gloom.

[21]

HisFirst Symphony(Op. 13, 1896) was premired on 28 March1897 in one of a long-running series of"Russian Symphony Concerts", but was brutally panned by critic

andnationalistcomposerCsar Cuiwho likened it to a depiction of theten plagues of Egypt, suggesting it

would be admired by the "inmates" of a music conservatory in hell.[22]The deficiencies of the

performance, conducted byAlexander Glazunov, were not commented on.[21]Alexander Ossovskyin his

memoir about Rachmaninoff[23]tells, first hand, a story about this event.[24]In Ossovsky's opinion,

Glazunov made poor use of rehearsal time, and the concert program itself, which contained two other

premires, was also a factor. Natalia Satina, later Rachmaninoff's wife, and other witnesses suggested

that Glazunov, who was by all accounts an alcoholic, may have been drunk, although this was never

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The failure ofSymphony No. 1(1897) long bothered Rachmaninoff.

After the poor reception of his First Symphony, Rachmaninoff fell into a period of deep depression that

lasted three years, during which he wrote almost nothing. One stroke of good fortune came fromSavva

Mamontov, a famous Russian industrialist and patron of the arts, who two years earlier had founded theMoscow Private Russian Opera Company. He offered Rachmaninoff the post of assistant conductor for

the 18978 season and the cash-strapped composer accepted. The company included the great

bassoFeodor Chaliapinwho would become a lifelong friend.[27]During this period he became engaged to

fellow pianist Natalia Satina whom he had known since childhood and who was his first cousin. The

Russian Orthodox Church and the girl's parents both opposed their marriage and this thwarting of their

plans only deepened Rachmaninoff's depression.

In January 1900, Rachmaninoff and Chaliapin were invited toYasnaya Polyana, the home of writerLeo

Tolstoy, whom Rachmaninoff greatly admired. That evening, Rachmaninoff played one of his

compositions, then accompanied Chaliapin in his song "Fate", one of the pieces he had written after his

First Symphony. At the end of the performance, Tolstoy took the composer aside and asked: "Is suchmusic needed by anyone? I must tell you how I dislike it all.Beethovenis

nonsense,PushkinandLermontovalso". (The song "Fate" is based on the two opening measures of

Beethoven'sFifth Symphony.) As his guests were leaving, Tolstoy said: "Forgive me if I've hurt you by my

comments"; and Rachmaninoff graciously replied: "How could I be hurt on my own account, if I was not

hurt on Beethoven's?"; but the criticism of the great author stung nevertheless.

In the same year, Rachmaninoff began a course ofautosuggestive therapywith psychologistNikolai

Dahl, who was himself an excellent though amateur musician. Rachmaninoff began to recover his

confidence and eventually he was able to overcome hiswriter's block. In 1901 he completed hisPiano

Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18and dedicated it to Dr. Dahl. The piece was enthusiastically received at

its premiere at which Rachmaninoff was soloist and has since become one of the most popular andfrequently played concertos in the repertoire. Rachmaninoff's spirits were further bolstered when, after

three years of engagement, he was finally allowed to marry his beloved fiance, Natalia. They were wed

in a suburb of Moscow by an army priest on 29 April 1902, using the family's military background to

circumvent the church. The marriage was a happy one, producing two daughters: Irina, later Princess

Wolkonsky (1903-1969) and Tatiana Conus (1907-1961). Although Rachmaninoff had an affair with the

22-year-old singerNina Koshetzin 1916,[28]his and Natalia's union lasted until the composer's death.

Natalia Rachmaninova died in 1951.

After several successful appearances as a conductor, Rachmaninoff was offered a job as conductor at

theBolshoi Theatrein 1904, although political reasons led to his resignation in March 1906, after which

he stayed in Italy until July. He spent the following three winters inDresden, Germany, intensivelycomposing, and returning to the family estate ofIvanovkaevery summer.[29]
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Rachmaninoff made his first tour of the United States as a pianist in 1909, an event for which he

composed thePiano Concerto No. 3(Op. 30, 1909) as a calling card. These successful concerts made

him a popular figure in America; however, he was unhappy on the tour and declined requests for future

American concerts until after he emigrated from Russia in 1917.[29]This included an offer to become

permanent conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.[30]

The early death in 1915 ofAlexander Scriabin, who had been his good friend and fellow student at theMoscow Conservatory, affected Rachmaninoff so deeply that he went on a tour giving concerts entirely

devoted to Scriabin's music. When asked to play some of his own music, he would reply: "Only Scriabin

tonight".

Emigration and career in the West [edit]

Rachmaninoff in front of a giant Redwood tree,California, 1919

The1917 Russian Revolutionmeant the end of Russia as the composer had known it. Rachmaninoff was

a member of the Russian bourgeoisie, and the Revolution led to the loss of his estate, his way of life, and

his livelihood. On 22 December 1917, he left Petrograd forHelsinkiwith his wife and two daughters on an

open sled, having only a few notebooks with sketches of his own compositions and two orchestral scores,

his unfinished operaMonna VannaandNikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's operaThe Golden Cockerel. He was

44 years old. He spent a year giving concerts inScandinaviawhile laboring to widen his concert

repertoire. Near the end of 1918, he received three offers of lucrative American contracts. Although he

declined all three, he decided the United States might offer a solution to his financial concerns. He

departedKristiania (Oslo)for New York on 1 November 1918. Once there, Rachmaninoff quickly chose

an agent, Charles Ellis, and accepted the gift of a piano fromSteinwaybefore playing 40 concerts in a

four-month period. At the end of the 191920 season, he also signed a contract with theVictor Talking

Machine Company. In 1921, the Rachmaninoffs bought a house in the United States, where they

consciously recreated the atmosphere of Ivanovka, entertaining Russian guests, employing Russian

servants, and observing old Russian customs.[31]

Due to his busy concert career, Rachmaninoff's output as composer slowed tremendously. Between 1918

and his death in 1943, while living in the U.S. and Europe, he completed only six compositions. Aside

from the need to constantly tour and perform to support himself and his family, the main reason was

homesickness. It was during these years that he toured the United States as a concert pianist.[32]When

he left Russia, it was as if he had left behind his inspiration. His revival as a composer became possible

only after he had built himself a new home,Villa SenaronLake Lucerne,Switzerland, where he spent
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summers from 1932 to 1939. There, in the comfort of his own villa, which reminded him of his old family

estate, Rachmaninoff composed theRhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, one of his best known works, in

1934. He went on to compose hisSymphony No. 3(Op. 44, 193536) and theSymphonic Dances(Op.

45, 1940), his last completed work.Eugene Ormandyand thePhiladelphia Orchestrapremiered

the Symphonic Dances in 1941 in theAcademy of Music.

In late 1940 or 1941 he was approached by the makers of the British filmDangerous Moonlightto write ashort concerto-like piece for use in the film, but he declined. The job went toRichard Addinselland the

orchestratorRoy Douglas, who came up with theWarsaw Concerto.[33]

Sergei Rachmaninoff was also on the Board of Directors for theTolstoy FoundationCenter inValley

Cottage, New York.

Friendship with Vladimir Horowitz [edit]

Vladimir Horowitzas he appeared at the time Rachmaninoff met him

Just as the Rachmaninoff household in the United States strove to reclaim the lost world of pre-

revolutionary Russia, Rachmaninoff also sought out the friendship and company of some great Russian

musical luminaries. In addition toChaliapin, he befriended pianistVladimir Horowitzin 1928.

Arranged by Steinway artist representative Alexander Greiner, their meeting took place in the basement

of New York'sSteinway Hall, on 8 January 1928, four days prior to Horowitz's debut atCarnegie

Hallplaying the TchaikovskyFirst Piano Concerto. Referring to his ownThird Piano Concerto,

Rachmaninoff said to Greiner he heard that "Mr. Horowitz plays my Concerto very well. I would like to

accompany him."[34]

For Horowitz, it was a dream come true to meet Rachmaninoff, to whom he referred as "the musical God

of my youth ... To think that this great man should accompany me in his own Third Concerto ... This was

the most unforgettable impression of my life! This was my realdebut!" Rachmaninoff was impressed by

his younger colleague. Speaking of Horowitz's interpretation toAbram Chasins, he said "He swallowed it

whole ... he had the courage, the intensity, the daring."[34]

The meeting between composer and interpreter marked the beginning of a friendship that continued until

Rachmaninoff's death. The two were quite supportive of each other's careers and greatly admired each

other's work. Horowitz stipulated to his manager that "If I am out of town when Rachmaninoff plays in

New York, you must telegraph me, and you must let me come back, no matter where I am or what

engagement I have." Likewise Rachmaninoff was always present at Horowitz's New York concerts and

was "always the last to leave the hall."

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A Library of Congress photo of Rachmaninoff

Notably, the composer was present at Carnegie Hall for Horowitz's American debut on 12 January 1928.

Recognizing the great pianistic ability, Rachmaninoff offered his friendship and advice to Horowitz, telling

him in a letter that "You play very well, but you went through the Tchaikovsky Concerto too rapidly,

especially the cadenza."[35]Horowitz never agreed with the criticism of his tempo, and retained his

interpretation in future performances of the work.[35]

Rachmaninoff and Horowitz frequently performed two-piano recitals at the composer's home in Beverly

Hills. None of these performances, which included the Second Suite and the two-piano reduction of the

Symphonic Dances, were recorded.

Rachmaninoff's faith in Horowitz's performances was such that, in 1940, with the composer's consent,Horowitz created a fusion of the 1913 original and 1931 revised versions of hisSecond Piano Sonata.[36]

For Rachmaninoff, Horowitz was a champion of both his solo works and his Third Concerto, about which

Rachmaninoff remarked publicly after the 7 August 1942 Hollywood Bowl performance that "This is the

way I always dreamed my concerto should be played, but I never expected to hear it that way on

Earth."[35]

Illness and death [edit]

Grave atKensico Cemetery. Note English lettering and spelling on gravestone.

Rachmaninoff fell ill during a concert tour in late 1942 and was subsequently diagnosed withadvancedmelanoma. His family was informed, but he was not. On 1 February 1943 he and his wife

became American citizens.[37]His last recital, given on 17 February 1943 at the Alumni Gymnasium of
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theUniversity of Tennesseein Knoxville, included Chopin'sPiano Sonata No. 2, which contains the

famous Marche funbre (Funeral March). A statue called "Rachmaninoff: The Last Concert", designed

and sculpted byVictor Bokarev, now stands in World Fair Park in Knoxville as a permanent tribute to

Rachmaninoff. He became so ill after this recital that he had to return to his home in Los Angeles.[38]

Rachmaninoff died of melanoma on 28 March 1943, inBeverly Hills, California, just four days before his

70th birthday. A choir sang hisAll Night Vigilat his funeral. He had wanted to be buried at theVilla Senar,his estate in Switzerland, but the conditions of World War II made fulfilling this request impossible.[39]He

was therefore interred on 1 June inKensico CemeteryinValhalla, New York.[5]

Works [edit]

The cadenza ofPiano Concerto No. 3is famous for its large chords.

Main article:List of compositions by Sergei Rachmaninoff

Rachmaninoff wrote five works for piano and orchestrafour concertos plus theRhapsody on a Theme

of Paganini. Of the concertos, theSecondandThirdare the most popular.[40]He also wrote three

symphonies, and his other orchestral works includeThe Rock(Op. 7),Caprice bohmien(Op. 12),The

Isle of the Dead(Op. 29), and theSymphonic Dances(Op. 45).

Works for piano solo include 24 Preludes traversing all 24 major and minor keys:Prelude in C-sharp

minor(Op. 3, No. 2) fromMorceaux de fantaisie(Op. 3);ten preludes in Op. 23; andthirteen in Op. 32.

Especially difficult are the two sets oftudes-Tableaux, Op. 33 and 39, which are very demanding study

pictures. Stylistically, Op. 33 hearkens back to the preludes, while Op. 39 shows the influences

ofScriabinandProkofiev. There are also theSix moments musicaux(Op. 16), theVariations on a Theme

of Chopin(Op. 22), and theVariations on a Theme of Corelli(Op. 42). He wrote twopiano sonatas, both

of which are large scale and virtuosic in their technical demands. Rachmaninoff also composed works for

two pianos, four hands, including two Suites (the first subtitled Fantasie-Tableaux), a version of

the Symphonic Dances (Op. 45), and an arrangement of the C-sharp minor Prelude, as well as a Russian

Rhapsody, and he arranged his First Symphony (below) for piano four-hands. Both these works were

published posthumously.

Rachmaninoff wrote two majora cappellachoral workstheLiturgy of St. John Chrysostomand theAll-

Night Vigil(also known as the Vespers). It was the fifth movement ofAll-Night Vigilthat Rachmaninoff

requested to have sung at his funeral. Other choral works include achoral symphony,The Bells, the

cantataSpring, theThree Russian Songsand an early Concerto for Choir(a cappella).

He completed three operas, all short:Aleko(1892),The Miserly Knight(1903), andFrancesca da

Rimini(1904). He started three others, notablyMonna Vanna, based on a work byMaurice Maeterlinck;

copyright in this had been extended to the composer Fvrier, and, though the restriction did not pertain to

Russia, Rachmaninoff dropped the project after completing Act I in piano vocal score in 1908; this act

was orchestrated in 1984 byIgor Buketoffand performed in the U.S.Aleko is regularly performed and has

been recorded complete at least eight times, and filmed.The Miserly Knightadheres to Pushkin's "littletragedy". Francesca da Riminiexists somewhat in the shadow of the familiar, though entirely

different,Zandonaiopera of that name.
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His chamber music includes two piano trios, both which are named Trio Elgiaque (the second of which is

a memorial tribute to Tchaikovsky), and aCello Sonata. In his chamber music, the piano tends to be

perceived by some to dominate the ensemble. He also composed many songs for voice and piano, to

texts byA. N. Tolstoy,Pushkin,Goethe,Shelley,HugoandChekhov, among others. Among his most

popular songs is the wordlessVocalise.

Compositional style [edit]

Rachmaninoff with a piano score

Rachmaninoff's style showed initially the influence ofTchaikovsky. Beginning in the mid-1890s, his

compositions began showing a more individual tone. His First Symphony has many original features. Its

brutal gestures and uncompromising power of expression were unprecedented in Russian music at the

time. Its flexiblerhythms, sweeping lyricism and stringent economy of thematic material were all featureshe kept and refined in subsequent works. After the three fallow years following the poor reception of the

symphony, Rachmaninoff's style began developing significantly. He started leaning towards

sumptuousharmoniesand broadly lyrical, often passionate melodies. His orchestration became subtler

and more varied, with textures carefully contrasted, and his writing on the whole became more concise.[41]

Especially important is Rachmaninoff's use of unusually widely spaced chords for bell-like sounds: this

occurs in many pieces, most notably in thechoral symphonyThe Bells, the Second Piano Concerto, the E

flat majortude-Tableaux(Op. 33, No. 7), and the B-minor Prelude (Op. 32, No. 10). "It is not enough to

say that the church bells of Novgorod, St Petersburg and Moscow influenced Rachmaninov and feature

prominently in his music. This much is self-evident. What is extraordinary is the variety of bell sounds and

breadth of structural and other functions they fulfil."[42]

He was also fond of Russian Orthodox chants. Heuses them most perceptibly in his Vespers, but many of his melodies found their origins in these chants.

The opening melody of the First Symphony is derived from chants. (The opening melody of the Third

Piano Concerto, on the other hand, is not derived from chants; when asked, Rachmaninoff said that "it

had written itself".)[43]Rachmaninoff's frequently used motifs include theDies Irae, often just the

fragments of the first phrase. Rachmaninoff had great command ofcounterpointandfugalwriting, thanks

to his studies with Taneyev. The above-mentioned occurrence of the Dies Irae in the Second Symphony

is but a small example of this. Very characteristic of his writing ischromaticcounterpoint. This talent was

paired with a confidence in writing in both large- and small-scale forms. TheThird Piano

Concertoespecially shows a structural ingenuity, while each of the prelud

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