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Sergei Rachmaninoff

Russian composer, pianist and conductor (1873–1943)

1873–1943

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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
Education
Moscow Conservatory; Saint Petersburg Conservatory; Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Teachers
Nikolai Zverev; Anton Arensky; Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev; Alexander Siloti
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
Awards
Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal
Official website
https://www.rachmaninoff.org
Birth name
Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов
Languages used
Russian; English
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

Sheet music catalogue page 2 of 19

Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.

Works and musical collections with sheet music details
Title Work details Listed instruments Sheet music
Melodie Op. 3 No. 3
Catalogue / opus
Op. 3 No. 3
  • Piano
Classical
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Prelude in B Major
Key in title
B major
  • Piano
Classical
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Prelude in G minor
Key in title
G minor
  • Piano
Classical
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Melodie, Opus 3, No. 3 (Revised)
Catalogue / opus
Opus 3, No. 3
  • Piano
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Polichinelle, Opus 3, No. 4
Catalogue / opus
Opus 3, No. 4
  • Piano
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Polichinelle, Opus 3
Catalogue / opus
Opus 3
  • Piano
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Fantaise-tableaux (Suite No. 1), Op. 5
Catalogue / opus
Op. 5
Year composed
1893
  • Piano
Classical
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Mélodie in E Major [Op. 3, No. 3]
Catalogue / opus
Op. 3, No. 3
Year composed
1887–88?
Key in title
E major
  • Piano
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Moment Musical in D-Flat [Op. 16, No. 5]
Catalogue / opus
Op. 16, No. 5
  • Piano
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Symphony No. 2 In E Minor, Opus 27
Catalogue / opus
Opus 27
Key in title
E minor
  • Clarinet
Classical
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Melody [Edited by Eugene Levinson] See work details See edition details View sheet music Work & edition details
Prelude, Op. 3, Melodie in E
Catalogue / opus
Op. 3
  • Organ
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Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27
Catalogue / opus
Op. 27
Key in title
E minor
  • Piano
  • Harp
  • Organ
11 more instruments
  • Cello
  • Flute
  • Oboe
  • violin
  • Bassoon
  • Orchestra
  • Double Bass
  • Horn
  • Clarinet
  • Timpani
  • percuss
Classical
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Rachmaninoff: Piano Pieces, Op. 10
Catalogue / opus
Op. 10
  • Piano
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6 Romances
Year composed
1916
  • voice piano
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Scherzo
Year composed
1888* (February 5-21)
  • Piano
  • Horn
  • Timpani
1 more instruments
  • Trumpet
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Suite No.2
Year composed
1900–01
  • Piano
Classical
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"Oh, Never Sing To Me Again" See work details
  • Voice
Classical
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"The World Would See Thee Smile" See work details
  • Voice
Classical
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Opus 32, No. 2
Catalogue / opus
Opus 32, No. 2
  • Piano
Classical
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Sonata Op. 3, No. 2
Catalogue / opus
Op. 3, No. 2
  • Piano
Classical
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Musical collection
Preludes, Op. 23 6 numbered pieces
Catalogue / opus
Op. 23
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Valse Op. 10 No. 2
Catalogue / opus
Op. 10 No. 2
  • Piano
Classical
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Nocturne See work details
  • Piano
Classical
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III. Les larmes See work details
  • Piano
Classical
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Piano Concerto #2 Theme from 3rd Movement See work details
  • Piano
  • Organ
  • Guitar
9 more instruments
  • Cello
  • Flute
  • Oboe
  • violin
  • Bassoon
  • Horn
  • Clarinet
  • English Horn
  • Viola
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Eighteenth Variation See work details
  • Piano
  • Guitar
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An Die Nachtigall See work details See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Sérénade in B-Flat Minor [Op. 3, No. 5]
Catalogue / opus
Op. 3, No. 5
Key in title
B-Flat minor
  • Piano
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Prelude in B Minor [Op. 32, No. 10]
Catalogue / opus
Op. 32, No. 10
Year composed
1910 ↗
Key in title
B minor
  • Piano
Classical
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Concerto No. 2 in C Minor Op. 18 Theme
Catalogue / opus
Op. 18
Key in title
C minor
  • Piano
Classical
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Prelude in G Major, Op. 32, No. 5
Catalogue / opus
Op. 32, No. 5
Year composed
1910 ↗
Key in title
G major
  • Piano
  • Flute
Classical
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Francesca da Rimini : Ah, do not weep, my Paulo See work details See edition details View sheet music Work & edition details
Rachmaninoff: Moments Musicaux, Op. 16
Catalogue / opus
Op. 16
  • Piano
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Work & excerpts
Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27 1 excerpt listings
Catalogue / opus
Op. 27
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Études-tableaux, op. 33: No. 6 in E-flat major
Catalogue / opus
op. 33
Year composed
1911 ↗
Key in title
E-flat major
  • Piano
  • violin
Classical
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Liebesfreud, TN iii/5/2 (after Kriesler's Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen No.2) See work details
  • Piano
Classical
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Cello Sonata
Year composed
1901
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Isle of the Dead
Year composed
1909
  • Piano
  • Harp
  • Organ
11 more instruments
  • Cello
  • Flute
  • Oboe
  • violin
  • Bassoon
  • Double Bass
  • Horn
  • Clarinet
  • Timpani
  • Tuba
  • English Horn
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The Rock
Year composed
1893
  • Harp
  • Tambourine
  • Triangle
6 more instruments
  • Timpani
  • Tuba
  • Tamtam
  • Piccolo
  • Cymbals
  • Drum
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Trio élégiaque
Year composed
1893
  • Piano
  • Cello
  • violin
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Morning See work details
  • Voice
Classical
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"So Many Hours, So Many Fancies" See work details
  • Voice
Classical
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The Soldier's Wife See work details
  • Voice
Classical
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"How Few The Joys" See work details
  • Voice
Classical
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"Come, Let Us Rest" See work details
  • Voice
Classical
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"Before My Window" See work details
  • Voice
Classical
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"So Dread A Fate I'll Ne'er Believe!" See work details
  • Voice
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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.