Rachmaninoff: A Master Musicians Series Biography by Norris, Geoffrey - 1994

Music Sales Corporation, 1994. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Schirmer Trade Books, 1994-04-01. First American Edition. hardcover. Used: Good.

The Master Musicians. First US edition. Volume, measuring approximately 6.75" x 9.75", is bound in gilt-lettered quarter black cloth and red paper-covered boards. Small red mark appears on bottom edge of text block. Book and dust jacket are otherwise in fine condition. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover. xi/194 pages."Sergey Rachmaninoff in his lifetime knew equal success as composer, performer, and conductor. From his youth until weeks before his death, his subtle and richly imaginative pianism thrilled and absorbed audiences, but it was for his compositions that he wanted above all to be remembered - a body of work that carried the lyricism of Tchaikovsky and the technical brilliance of Liszt into the twentieth century.Born in 1873, Rachmaninoff graduated from the Moscow Conservatory both as a pianist and as a composer. He became world-famous at 19 with the composition of his Prelude in C sharp minor but then, discouraged by the failure of his First Symphony in 1897, he concentrated for a time on a… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Schirmer Trade Books, 1994-04-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!