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
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.
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| Melodie Op. 3 No. 3 |
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| Prelude in B Major |
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| Prelude in G minor |
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| Melodie, Opus 3, No. 3 (Revised) |
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| Polichinelle, Opus 3, No. 4 |
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| Polichinelle, Opus 3 |
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| Fantaise-tableaux (Suite No. 1), Op. 5 |
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| Mélodie in E Major [Op. 3, No. 3] |
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| Moment Musical in D-Flat [Op. 16, No. 5] |
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| Symphony No. 2 In E Minor, Opus 27 |
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| Melody [Edited by Eugene Levinson] | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Prelude, Op. 3, Melodie in E |
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| Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27 |
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11 more instruments
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| Rachmaninoff: Piano Pieces, Op. 10 |
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| 6 Romances |
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| Scherzo |
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| Suite No.2 |
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| "Oh, Never Sing To Me Again" | See work details |
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| "The World Would See Thee Smile" | See work details |
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| Opus 32, No. 2 |
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| Sonata Op. 3, No. 2 |
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| Musical collection Preludes, Op. 23 |
| Check individual editions | View collection |
| Valse Op. 10 No. 2 |
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| Nocturne | See work details |
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| III. Les larmes | See work details |
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| Piano Concerto #2 Theme from 3rd Movement | See work details |
9 more instruments
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| Eighteenth Variation | See work details |
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| An Die Nachtigall | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Sérénade in B-Flat Minor [Op. 3, No. 5] |
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| Prelude in B Minor [Op. 32, No. 10] |
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| Concerto No. 2 in C Minor Op. 18 Theme |
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| Prelude in G Major, Op. 32, No. 5 |
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| Francesca da Rimini : Ah, do not weep, my Paulo | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Rachmaninoff: Moments Musicaux, Op. 16 |
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| Work & excerpts Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27 |
| Check individual editions | View sheet music |
| Études-tableaux, op. 33: No. 6 in E-flat major |
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| Liebesfreud, TN iii/5/2 (after Kriesler's Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen No.2) | See work details |
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| Cello Sonata |
| See edition details | View sheet music |
| Isle of the Dead |
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11 more instruments
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| The Rock |
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6 more instruments
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| Trio élégiaque |
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| Morning | See work details |
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| "So Many Hours, So Many Fancies" | See work details |
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| The Soldier's Wife | See work details |
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| "How Few The Joys" | See work details |
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| "Come, Let Us Rest" | See work details |
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| "Before My Window" | See work details |
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| "So Dread A Fate I'll Ne'er Believe!" | See work details |
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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.