Sergei Rachmaninoff

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Rebecca Mitchell
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Paperback
h200 x 130mm - 224pg
14 Mar 2022 UK
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9781789145762
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Unquestionably one of the most popular composers of classical music, Sergei Rachmaninoff has not always been so admired by critics. Detractors have long perceived Rachmaninoff as part of an outdated Romantic tradition from a bygone Russian world, aloof from the modernist experimentation of more innovative contemporaries such as Igor Stravinsky. In this new assessment Rebecca Mitchell re-situates Rachmaninoff in the context of his time, bringing together the composer and his music within the remarkably dynamic era in which he lived and worked. Both in Russia and later in America, Rachmaninoff and his music were profoundly modern expressions of life in tune with an uncertain world. This concise yet comprehensive biography will interest general readers as well as those more familiar with this giant of Russian classical music.
"' Modern, but not modernist' is how Mitchell defines Sergei Rachmaninoff. Composer, conductor, virtuosic performer and celebrity, he was also a market-savvy manager of his own resources, as keen on cutting-edge recording technology as he was on fast cars. Nostalgic? Only when it suited him. To be modern, Mitchell cogently argues, is to take a stand in a world where tradition is forever dissolving. "--Caryl Emerson, Princeton University "This is a vivid and original portrait of one of the twentieth century' s most beloved composers. Rachmaninoff' s music ranks among the most popular of any classical composer, yet it has been snubbed by composers and musicologists alike as somehow out of step with its time. This biography should kickstart the long overdue process of a reassessment and rediscovery of Rachmaninoff' s career. "--Pauline Fairclough, professor of music, University of Bristol, and author of "Dmitry Shostakovich"
Rebecca Mitchell is Associate Professor of History at Middlebury College, Vermont, and author of Nietzsche' s Orphans: Music, Metaphysics and the Twilight of the Russian Empire (2015).
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ISBN-13: 9781789145762
Published: 14 Mar 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Reaktion Books
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Format: Paperback
Height: 200mm
Width: 130mm
Pages: 224

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