Rachmaninoff's recollections, told to Oskar von Riesemann.
| Author/creator | Rachmaninoff, Sergei |
| Other author | Riesemann, Oskar von, 1880-1934 author, writer of preface. |
| Other author | Rutherford, Dolly, translator. |
| Other author | Mason, Daniel Gregory, 1873-1953 writer of introduction. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : The Macmillan Company, 1934. |
| Description | 272 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Rachmaninov's recollections |
| Contents | Happy childhood in the country, 1873-1882. Life of the Russian aristocracy in the seventies and eighties of the nineteenth century ; The parents and grandparents of the artist ; First recollections of his childhood ; The piano mistress, A.D. Ornazkaya ; The parents differ about the future of their sons ; "Corps of pages" ; Fate decides ; The Rachmaninoff [Rachmaninov] children and their parents ; Removal to St. Petersburg ; Little Sergei enters the Conservatoire -- The St. Petersburg Conservatoire (1882-1885). The modest home in St. Petersburg ; The parents separate ; Granny Boutakova ; Rachmaninoff pupil of Demyansky as a preparation for his work under Professor Cross, who had secured him a scholarship ; The first two profound musical impressions: the singing of his sister Yelena and of the choirs in the churches and cathedrals of St. Petersburg ; Diphtheria ; Death of his sister Sophie ; Summer on the estate "Borissovo," belonging to his grandmother, Boutakova ; Cousin Siloti becomes a star of the first order in the musical world of St. Petersburg ; Rachmaninoff's mother consults him about little Sergei's hopeless laziness ; Siloti's answer ; The last summer in "Borissovo" -- Moscow: Sverev and Arensky, 1885-1889. Strict discipline under Sverev in Moscow ; Sverev and "his boys" ; The Moscow Conservatoire ; Taneyev and the teachers ; Rubinstein's visit to Moscow ; The "Historical Concerts" and the hundredth performance of Demon ; First meeting with Tchaikovsky ; Difference of musical opinions between Moscow and St. Petersburg ; Rachmaninoff's arrangement of Manfred for two pianos ; Summer in the Crimea with Professor Ladukhin ; Arensky's harmony class at the Moscow Conservatoire ; First attempt at composition ; Finishing examination in harmony (Tchaikovsky's attitude) ; S.I. Taneyev's counterpoint class ; Siloti as a professor of pianoforte ; Last pianoforte examination ; "The art of the fugue" with Arensky ; Scriabin ; Last examination in the fugue class -- A dramatic incident: the Moscow Conservatoire, 1889-1892. The break with Sverev ; Life with the Satins, with interruptions ; Slonov ; Summer on the Satins' estate in the government of Tambov ; Serious illness in Moscow in the autumn of 1891 ; Consequences of the illness ; The first concerto for pianoforte ; Premature termination of studies at the conservatoire ; The examination and Rachmaninoff's sensational success ; Reconciliation with Sverev ; The "Great gold medal" ; Gutheil, the publisher, makes an appearance ; First performance of the examination opera Aleko at the Moscow Grand theatre -- The "Free artist" in Moscow: performance of the first symphony and its consequences, 1893-1895. Rich musical harvest of the summer of 1893 ; Settling down in rooms in "America," Moscow ; Op. 3, the prelude in C sharp minor ; Last meeting with Tchaikovsky ; Conducting in Kiev ; Tchaikovsky's death ; The trio, op. 9 ; Hard struggle for existence ; The "Belayev circle" in St. Petersburg ; The first symphony and its performance in St. Petersburg under Glazounov ; Parting from Granny Boutakova in Novgorod -- Serious mental shock and final recovery, 1895-1902. Mental change after the failure of the first symphony ; As conductor of Mamontov's private opera in Moscow ; Disagreeable experiences as a beginner in conducting opera ; Envious Esposito ; Fedor Chaliapin ; Appearance at the London Philharmonic society ; Relapse into his former apathy ; Princess Lieven and Leo Tolstoy ; Dr. Dahl, the hypnotizer ; The second concerto for pianoforte ; Rachmaninoff's marriage to his cousin, Natalie Satin ; The honeymoon and return to Moscow -- Growing in popularity as a composer and conductor, 1902-1906. Growth of his fame as a composer in Moscow ; Concert activities ; Concert in Vienna ; The new general manager of the Imperial theatres in Moscow ; Rachmaninoff first conductor at the Moscow Grand Theatre ; A Tchaikovsky week ; The revolution, 1905 ; Pan Voyevoda, by Rimsky-Korsakov, and beginnings of a closer friendship with the St. Petersburg composers ; Rachmaninoff's two operas: The Miser Knight and Francesca da Rimini ; Decision to leave Moscow for a time to escape the enervating musical activities -- An idyll in Dresden, 1906-1909. The "hermitage" in the "Sidonienstrasse" ; Nikisch and Ernst von Schuch ; Nikolai von Struve ; The "Russian music publishing firm" of M. and Mme Koussevitsky ; New orchestral works: The Isle of Death and the second symphony ; Plan for an opera, Monna Vanna ; Conductor of the Moscow Philharmonic concerts ; The first "Saison Russe" in Paris ; Meeting with Scriabin and Rimsky-Korsakov ; Recollections of the Moscow Art Theatre (Stanislav) and Anton Tchekhov ; Activities as a landed proprietor ; Undertaking to run the Satin's estate, "Ivanovka," in Tambov -- Summit of life, 1909-1914. First journey to America ; Third concerto for pianoforte ; The Boston Symphony Orchestra and Max Fiedler ; Memories of Gustav Mahler and New York ; The "Bagboy" concerts ; Return to Moscow ; Vice-President of the Imperial Russian Musical Society as assistant to the Grand Duchess Helene Georgievna ; Differences in the "Spheres" ; The Kersin concerts in Moscow ; Rachmaninoff conductor of the philharmonic concerts in Moscow ; The antagonism Scriabin-Rachmaninoff ; The Bells ; Sojourn in Rome -- War and revolution, 1914-1919. The outbreak of the World War ; Wide concert activity for charitable purposes ; The Vesper Mass ; Death of Scriabin and Taneyev ; The March and October revolutions, 1917 ; Decision to leave Russia ; A sign of fate ; The Scandinavian tour ; Copenhagen ; Rachmaninoff rejects an offer as permanent conductor in Boston, but decides to leave Europe and try his luck in the United States -- America, 1919. Arrival in New York on November 10, 1918 ; "Armistice day" ; The managers Ellis and Foley ; Steinway & Sons ; Astonishing musical development of the American public ; The Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra and Leopold Stokovsky ; Reappearance in Europe after nearly ten years ; The fourth piano concerto ; Russia boycotts Rachmaninoff's works ; The composer about himself ; Final word -- Rachmaninoff as a composer. Rachmaninoff's personality as a whole ; Early works (the opera Aleko and op. 1-16) ; Years of maturity (works grouped around the second concerto, op. 17-31) ; The two operas ; Works written in Dresden (Op. 26-29) ; The "third period" (op. 30-42) ; Rachmaninoff winner of the Glinka prize ; Sacred works (Liturgy and Vesper Mass) ; Rachmaninoff's universal significance as a composer -- Note on the family of Rachmaninoff. |
| General note | Translated from the German manuscript by Mrs. Dolly Rutherford. |
| General note | "List of the works of Sergei Rachmaminoff": pages 257-266. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| LCCN | 34023116 |
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