Sergei Rachmaninoff: Cross Rhythms of the Soul

Valeria Z. Nollan

doi:10.5771/9781666917604

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Valeria Z. Nollan’s biography of perhaps the finest pianist of the twentieth century plunges readers into Rachmaninoff’s complex inner world. Sergei Rachmaninoff: Cross Rhythms of the Soul is the first biography of Rachmaninoff in English that presents him in the fullness of his Russian identity. As someone whose own life in Russian emigration ran in parallel ways to Rachmaninoff’s own—and whose meetings with the composer’s grandson in Switzerland informed her work—Nollan brings important cultural insights into her observations of the activities of this generation of creative artists. She also traces the intricacies of Rachmaninoff’s relations with the women closest to him—whose imprints are palpable in his compositions—and introduces a mystery woman whose existence challenges our established narrative of his life.

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Edition: 1/2022
Copyright Year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-1759-8
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-1760-4
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 386
Product Type: Monograph

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1. Vera Skalon No access
2. Anna Lodyzhenskaia No access
3. Maria Ivanova No access
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1. Thematic: Love and Orthodox Kenosis No access
2. Formal: Beauty in the Classical Sense No access
3. Conceptual: Integral Approach to Art No access
4. Authorial—Authorial Stance: Meta-Position of Control No access
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1. Meetings and Conversations with Alexandre Borisovich (Conius) Rachmaninoff No access
2. Impressions and Conclusions about the Possibility of a Beloved No access
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1. 1880–1889 No access
2. 1890–1899 No access
3. 1900–1909 No access
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5. 1920–1929 No access
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Selected Discography No access Pages 361 - 364
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Index No access Pages 375 - 384
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