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Rachmaninoff dates?
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1873-1943
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When and why did Rachmaninov leave Russia?
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1917- Russian Revolution
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What was happening in the Russian revolution?
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The Russian Revolution is the collective term for a series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. The Tsar was deposed and replaced by a provisional government in the first revolution of February 1917. Cry for socialism.
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Last tsar?
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Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, the last Tsar of Russia, abdicated.
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Main issues that lead to the uprising?
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Inflation: people could not afford food anymore. Government printed millions of doubles to finance war.
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Who was assassinated? When?
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A small group of nobles assassinated Rasputin in January 1917. Nicolas II (The Romanov dynasty) and his immediate... and then extended family on July 17th and 18th.
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First composition success? when?
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Prelude in C-sharp minor. (Op. 3 no 2) 1892.
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Who was a mentor for young Rachmaninov? WHen did he die?
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Tchaikovsky in 1893
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Who was a peer of Rachmaninovs?
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Scriabin
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After the prelude in c#min, what was his next composition of note? WHen was it composed?
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Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 and dedicated it to Dr. Dahl (1901) (his psych who helped him out of depression)
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Why did he move to America?
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Financial offers. Much concertizing.
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After a great performing career, how did he get back into composition?
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His revival as a composer became possible only after he had built himself a new home, Villa Senar on Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, where he spent summers from 1932 to 1939. There, in the comfort of his own villa which reminded him of his old family estate,
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On his swiss estate he composed which three famous works?
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Rachmaninoff composed the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, one of his best known works, in 1934. Symphony No 3 and Symphonic dances.
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Rachmaninov;s favorite young pianist friend?
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Horowitz
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Where was Rachmaninov's American home?
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Beverly Hills
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How many symphonies?
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3
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Influence from these songs?
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Op. 39 Etudes Tableux. Influenced by Prokofiev and Scriabin. (Op. 33 ET harkens to his preludes)
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What piano work is he most known for?
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Preludes! Ops. 23, 32.
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His operas?
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Aleko (1892), The Miserly Knight (1903), and Francesca da Rimini (1904)
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Vespers written in? Op?
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1915. Op. 37.
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What indicates his maturity in Op. 38? He departed from which genre?
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"Six poems for voice and piano"- equal voices. Romance genre...
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Op. 38 was written for?
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Nina Koshitz
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What characterizes Pied piper?
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rhythmic intensity of russian folk music and love spells.
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What characterizes sleep/dreams?
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delicate pianistic texture and extremely melodic vocal line.
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What characterizes Daisies?
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flowering pianistic texture- transparent and flowing.
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Three other songs in this cycle and poetic content?
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1. At night in my garden (a willow song like Otello), 2. To Her ("Grasses dressed with pearls... sweet, where are you sweet?) 6. A-oo (Let us go flee together on a mountain- where are you? I call "A-oo".
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Compared to his peers, what was Rachmaninoff accused of as far as compositional style? What's an example in piano and song? Ne poy, krasavitsa.
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He was old fashioned. In his prelude in G, he has traditional march rhythms, but unpredictable harmonic colorings. Traditional ABA form. In song, Op. 4 (6 Romances) No. 4: Ne poy kra'SAvitsa ("Do not sing, beauty" sad romance. ABA form.
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