Composer
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Russian composer, pianist and conductor (1873–1943)
1873–1943
908 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1873
- Died
- 1943
- Birthplace
- Semenovo
- Place of death
- Beverly Hills
- Citizenship / historical state
- Russian Empire; United States
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Modern
Biography
Rachmaninoff wrote for his own hands, which were exceptionally large, and the catalogue carries the consequences: much of the piano music demands a stretch that a substantial number of players simply do not have.
The C sharp minor prelude, Op. 3 No. 2, is the piece everyone starts with and it is genuinely playable early. The rest of the Op. 23 and Op. 32 preludes vary from difficult to very difficult. The Vocalise exists in arrangements for almost every instrument and is the most useful thing here for non-pianists. The Second and Third Concertos are professional repertoire.
Check the stretch before buying. Editions occasionally offer alternative smaller-hand versions of specific chords, and where they do, the listing usually says so.
Life and musical career
- Occupations
- composer; pianist; conductor; musicologist; virtuoso
- Career institutions / employers
- Moscow school number 19
- Instruments played
- piano
- Genres
- opera; symphony; classical music
- Movements
- Romantic music
- Notable works
- Symphony No. 1; All-Night Vigil; Piano Concerto No. 2; Prelude in C-sharp minor; Pyrrique; Scherzo in D minor; Piano Concerto No. 1; Prince Rostislav; Suite No. 1; Morceaux de salon; Études-Tableaux, Op. 33
- Official website
- https://www.rachmaninoff.org
- Birth name
- Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов
- VIAF ID
- 60326614
- ISNI
- 0000000121354017
- GND ID
- 118641832
- Library of Congress ID
- n50054908
- MusicBrainz ID
- 44b16e44-da77-4580-b851-0d765904573e
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Piano, Voice, Orchestra, Clarinet, violin
- Genres represented
- Classical, Jazz, Pop
- Source entries with composition dates
- 108
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
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Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
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| Morceaux de fantaisie, op. 3: no. 2 Prélude in C-sharp minor |
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| Work & excerpts Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18 |
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| Work & excerpts Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43 |
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| "Night" in A minor, TN ii/55 |
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10 more instruments
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| Polka italienne in E-flat major, TN ii/21 |
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| 14 Romances, op. 34 no. 14: Vocalise |
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7 more instruments
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| Prelude In A Major, Op. 32, No. 9 |
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| Musical collection Romances, Op. 21 |
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| 3. Melodie | See work details |
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| Prelude In F Major, Op. 32, No. 7 |
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2 more instruments
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| Prelude |
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| Symphony No.2 |
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5 more instruments
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| Musical collection Etudes, Op. 33 |
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| Romance |
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| Two Partings (A Dialogue) |
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| Serenade | See work details |
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| Rachmaninoff: Fourteen Preludes | See work details |
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| Prelude In E Major, Op. 32, No. 3 |
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| "As Fair As Day In Blaze Of Noon" | See work details |
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| Rachmaninoff: Piano Solos (Volume I) | See work details |
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| Piano Concerto No.3 |
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| Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22 |
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| Valse | See work details |
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| 1. Elegie | See work details |
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| Moment musical op. 16, no. 2 (revised version) |
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| Prelude in D Major, Op. 23, No. 4 |
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| Prelude in F-Sharp Minor [Op. 23, No. 1] |
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| Prelude in G-Sharp Minor [Op. 32, No. 12] |
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| 4. Polichinelle | See work details |
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| Concerto No. 2, Op. 18 (Theme from 1st Movement) |
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| Prelude in F Minor [Op. 32, No. 6] |
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| Suite from Partita for violin in E major, TN iii/1: II. Gavotte |
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| Prelude in B major Op. 32 No. 11 |
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| Prelude in E-Flat Op. 23 No. 6 |
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| Piano Concerto #2 (Theme Of Part 2) | See work details |
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| Polchinelle |
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| Prelude In G-Flat Major, Op. 23, No. 10 |
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| Piano Concerto No.1 |
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| Symphonic Dances |
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9 more instruments
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| Variations on a Theme of Corelli |
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| "I Wait For Thee" | See work details |
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| Elegie, Opus 3, No. 1 |
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| Musical collection Romances, Op. 38 |
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| Etudes-tableaux |
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| Morceaux de salon |
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| "Oh, Stay, My Love, Forsake Me Not!" | See work details |
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| Opus 3, No. 2 |
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| Barcarolle (Op.10 No.3) |
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Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. The biography above is our own. Authority record: VIAF 60326614. Portrait: Kubey-Rembrandt Studios, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.