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Sergei Rachmaninoff

Parts of text (S/4)

Work Queue

1. Compositional style: influences - see Martyn, pp. 30ff. - also Norris 2001b
2. Add images? - Hands - Add one to 1926-1942 section (Commons search - Hirtle Chart)
3. Check biographies regarding birth date (April 1 or April 2?)
4. re first performance of 3rd concerto Add sentence about the first sentence of the Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, rather than just skipping to the second. See: O'Connell, p. 383; Bertensson & Leyda, p. 158.
5. Sergei Rachmaninoff#Move to Dresden and first US tour: 1906–1917 - Tatiana Sergeievna Rachmaninova (1907–1961) - mention birth of second daughter on 21 June 2021 at Ivanovka - Scott, p. 76; Bertensson & Leyda, p. 140 (see Seroff, which is cited all throughout the paragraph)
6. mention Repertoire section to Pianism; see Norris, pp. 76 ff.
7. expand Reputation and Legacy section - see Cunningham pp. 8 ff.
8. things to mention: personal life (i.e. in public, in private - e.g. "six-and-a-half-foot-scowl"), conducting, relationship with Hofmann, Medtner; influences, compositional style, criticism, differing opinions on his music, increase in its popularity since his death.

List

• External audio: Rachmaninoff playing his own Piano Concerto No. 4
• Hand size - see Talk:Sergei Rachmaninoff#Useful source?; Hand span article; Marfan syndrome speculation article: + this?; plus other not cited: [1]
• Add images (Wikimedia Commons search) 1892, Seated at Steinway piano, With daughter, In groovy coat [2] [3] - Add pictures to Villa Senar from this website - huge amount of pictures here at this website (in Russian) - add this image or R's hands to acromegaly section
• Add an influences/influence section?
• Add to pianism section; friendship and comparison with Hofmann (see his page)?; relationship to Medtner? - regarding pianism
• Spanish wikipedia (FA)
• Composer FAs
• Images of sheet music for pieces Other similar images?

Sources

• The International Rachmaninoff Festival-Conference. University of Maryland School of Music. 1998.
• The Singer's Rachmaninoff - re songs
• Gregor Benko: Rachmaninoff's Records - recordings
• Pollard: Rachmaninoff's Music for Solo Piano
• Rachmaninoff Bibliography
• Thesis on piano solo music - influences section
• Add Culshaw? (other version) or Matthew-Walker? or Bazhanov? or Gronowicz or another Cannata book or this about his early piano works or this about his piano transciptions? Add any of these books which are about Russian music more generally? [4] [5] [6] [7], or Robert Rimm's book?
• Make picture of family tree? - e.g. see this one for Holst
• Add this? (Wikipedia Library/De Gruyter)
• Apply for Taylor & Francis through Wikipedia Library to get access to Martyn's book (especially regarding R as a pianist and his recordings) - Project Muse? (Sylvester)
• Add The New Grove Russian Masters
• Add Robert Walker - Rachmaninoff: His Life and Times
• Look at this article + this? + this?
• Thesis regarding Rachmaninoff as a performer - Use in section Pianism/Interpretations
• Schonberg pp. 522-523 - regarding pianism, technique, memory, appearance
• Haylock - Rachmaninoff: An essential guide to his life and works (OCLC)
• Add?: "Rachmaninoff, Sergei (Vassilievich)". Baker's Biograpical Dictionary of Musicians. Vol. 5. 2001.

Article Structure

• Lead
• Life and Career
• Music
  • Works
  • Compositional Style

• Pianism
  • Technique
  • Tone
  • Interpretations
  • Hand size and medical speculations
  • Recordings

• Reputation and Legacy

Other Pages

List of compositions (use excel document and check list, add images to pieces?)

Recordings

Category:Sergei Rachmaninoff - Category:Compositions by Sergei Rachmaninoff

Improve articles; Create articles of pieces in "hidden" section of Template; create other articles

Piano Concerto No. 2

• Citations (look at physical books)
• remove trivial mentions from the Popular culture section
• Expand section on the music, using images of the sheet music from here (and elsewhere?)
• Expand lead

Piano Concerto No. 3

• Citations (look at physical books)
• Expand section on the music, using images of the sheet music from here
• Greatly expand Background section (rename to History)
• Expand lead