Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive
Span: 1919-1945
Bulk: [192-]-[193-]
Russian, English, German, French.
collection
42 ft.
67 boxes
Russian-born composer, pianist and conductor Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) achieved fame during his lifetime for his lyrical and expressive works (including three symphonies, four piano concerti, several operas, dozens of solo piano works and solo songs, as well as choral and chamber works), influenced primarily by Russian Romanticism, as well as for his virtuosic skill as a pianist. The contents of the Rachmaninoff Archive document the composer's life and career from his arrival in the United States in 1918 to his death in 1943.
Holograph music manuscripts (75), published musical scores and books (150), correspondence (3000), professional documentation and records (5000), official documents (30), awards (20), concert programs (50), press and magazine clippings (biographical information, concert reviews, etc.) (600), photographs (150), moving image material (2 reels).
The two reels of film footage included in this Archive have been transferred to the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
Microfilm 89/20,005 <Mus>
Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive,
Rachmaninoff, Sergei
Holograph music manuscripts, correspondence and personal papers of noted composer, pianist and conductor Sergei Rachmaninoff.
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Chamber Music
Opera
Orchestral Music
Songs
Piano Music
Rachmaninoff, Sergei
Fokin, Mikhail
Koussevitzky, Serge
Koshetz, Nina
Medtner, Nikolai
Ormandy, Eugene
Paitchadzhe, Gavriil
Stokowski, Leopold
Performing Arts Encyclopedia
scdb
Multiple Divisions, Library of Congress
IHAS
120821
loc.natlib.scdb.200033806