Rachmaninoff: composer, pianist, conductor

Description

Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of plates -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I Rachmaninoff the Composer -- 1 Rachmaninoff and Russian Musical History -- Chronological Summary of Rachmaninoff's Principal Compositions -- 2 Rachmaninoff's Composing Career and Musical Style -- 3 Student Years, 1886-1892 -- 4 Free Artist, 1892-1897 -- 5 Moscow, 1897-1906 -- 6 Dresden, 1906-1909 -- 7 Ivanovka, 1909-1917 -- 8 New World, 1917-1943 -- Part II Rachmaninoff the Pianist -- 9 Rachmaninoff's Career as a Pianist -- 10 Concert Statistics -- 11 Rachmaninoff's Art as a Pianist -- 12 Piano Repertoire -- 13 Rachmaninoff and the Gramophone -- 14 Discography -- 15 Rachmaninoff and the Reproducing Piano -- Part Ill Rachmaninoff the Conductor -- 16 Rachmaninoff's Career as a Conductor -- 17 Conducting Repertoire -- 18 Chronological List of Performances -- Notes -- Index of Rachmaninoff's Works -- Index of Persons and of Works Referred to in the Text.