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 3 of 19
Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
| Title | Work details | Listed instruments | Sheet music |
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| No. 5: Romance | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Ave Maria (Ave Maria) - F-Dur/F major | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Opus 32, No. 11 |
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| View sheet music |
| Polichinelle in F# Minor op. 3 |
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| View sheet music |
| Prelude in A Minor |
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| View sheet music |
| Prelude in F major Op. 23 No. 6 |
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| View sheet music |
| Prelude in Gb minor Op. 23 No. 10 |
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| View sheet music |
| Nocturne No. 2 | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Romance Op. 10, #6 |
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| View sheet music |
| Untitled Composition | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| No. 3 in B Minor |
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| View sheet music |
| No. 6 in A Minor |
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| View sheet music |
| Melodie In E, Opus 3, No. 3 |
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| View sheet music |
| Suite from Violin Partita in E | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| No. 4: Polichinelle | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30 |
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11 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Humoresque, Opus 10 |
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| View sheet music |
| IV. Tantella | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Theme | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Piano Concerto #3 Theme from 1st Movement | See work details |
9 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Piano Concerto #2 - Theme from 1st Movement | See work details |
7 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Piano Concerto (Main Theme) | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Island,The | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Prelude in D Minor [Op. 23, No. 3] |
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| View sheet music |
| Prelude in E Minor [Op. 32, No. 4] |
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| View sheet music |
| Romance Op. 6 No. 1 |
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| View sheet music |
| Symphony No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 13 |
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11 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| 15. |
| See edition details | View sheet music |
| Morceaux de salon, op. 10, no. 5: Humoresque |
| See edition details | View sheet music |
| Piano Concerto No. 3 - Theme from First Movement | See work details |
2 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Symphony No. 2 - Theme from Second Movement | See work details |
2 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Symphony No. 2 - Theme from Third Movement | See work details |
2 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| 10 Preludes, op. 23, no. 7 in C minor: Allegro |
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| View sheet music |
| 10 Preludes, op. 23, no. 10 in G-flat major: Largo |
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| View sheet music |
| Hopak from Sorochintsy Fair, TN iii/8 |
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| View sheet music |
| Oriental Sketch, TN ii/19/2 |
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| View sheet music |
| The Bells |
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8 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Liturgy of St John Chrysostom |
| See edition details | View sheet music |
| 6 Morceaux |
| See edition details | View sheet music |
| Piano Concerto No.4 |
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| View sheet music |
| Piano Piece |
| See edition details | View sheet music |
| Piano Sonata No.2 |
| See edition details | View sheet music |
| 4 Pieces |
| See edition details | View sheet music |
| Polka de W.R. |
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| View sheet music |
| Romance for Piano 4 Hands |
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| View sheet music |
| Songs without Opus |
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| View sheet music |
| The Water Lily | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| By The Grave | See work details |
| View sheet music |
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.