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  SERGEY VASSILIEVICH RAKHMANINOV

  (1873-1943)

  Russian composer and pianist (the spellings Rachmaninoff etc.with the now standard system of transliteration from Russia).

  Wrote his piano prelude in C#-minor at age of 20.

  He left Russia in 1918, disliking Soviet régime, and lived mainly in Switzerland and USA where he died.

  Nevertheless he conspicuously aided the Russian anti-Nazi effort in the Second World War.
  He always maintained a Russian outlook and wrote in an emotional(and sometimes melancholy) romantic style.

  Works include four piano concertos, RHAPSODY ON A THEME OF PAGANINI for piano and orchestra, many piano solos (including transcriptions from other composers), and some two piano works, also three symphonies, symphonic poem THE ISLE OF THE DEAD, three operas, chorale work THE BELLS (after Poe), songs.

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