Goodbye Russia Av Fiona (Classical Music Critic - Observer) Maddocks

Goodbye Russia Av Fiona (Classical Music Critic - Observer) Maddocks

In 1940 Sergei Rachmaninoff, living in exile in America, broke his creative silence and composed a swan song to his Russian homeland. What happened in those final haunted years and how did he come to write his farewell masterpiece, the Symphonic Dances?Rachmaninoff left Petrograd in 1917......
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<p>I<b>n</b> 1940 Sergei Rachmaninoff, living in exile in America, broke his creative silence and composed a swan song to his Russian homeland. What happened in those final haunted years and how did he come to write his farewell masterpiece, the Symphonic Dances?<br>Rachmaninoff left Petrograd in 1917 in the throes of the Russian Revolution. He was 44 years old, at the peak of his powers as composer-conductor-performer, moving in elite Tsarist circles, as well as running the family estate, his refuge and solace. He had already written the music which, today, has made him one of the most popular composers of all time: the second and third Piano Concertos and two symphonies. The story of his years in exile in America and Switzerland, has only been told in passing. Reeling from the trauma of a life in upheaval, he wrote almost no music and quickly had to reinvent himself as a f¿d virtuoso pianist, building up untold wealth and meeting the stars- from Walt Disney and Charlie Chaplin to his
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In 1940 Sergei Rachmaninoff, living in exile in America, broke his creative silence and composed a swan song to his Russian homeland. What happened in those final haunted years and how did he come to write his farewell masterpiece, the Symphonic Dances?Rachmaninoff left Petrograd in 1917 in the throes of the Russian Revolution. He was 44 years old, at the peak of his powers as composer-conductor-performer, moving in elite Tsarist circles, as well as running the family estate, his refuge and solace.He had already written the music which, today, has made him one of the most popular composers of all time: the second and third Piano Concertos and two symphonies. The story of his years in exile in America and Switzerland, has only been told in passing. Reeling from the trauma of a life in upheaval, he wrote almost no music and quickly had to reinvent himself as a feted virtuoso pianist, building up untold wealth and meeting the stars- from Walt Disney and Charlie Chaplin to his Russian contemporaries and polar opposites, Prokofiev and Stravinsky.Yet the melancholy of leaving his homeland never lifted. Using a wide range of sources, including important newly translated texts, Maddocks' immensely readable book conjures impressions of this enigmatic figure, his friends and the world he encountered. It explores his life as an emigre artist and how he clung to an Old Russia which no longer existed.That forging of past and present meets in his Symphonic Dances (1940), his last composition, written on Long Island shortly before his death in Beverly Hills, surrounded by a close-knit circle of Russian exiles.

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Oppdag "Goodbye Russia" av Fiona Maddocks

Er du klar for en dypdykk i musikkhistorien? "Goodbye Russia" av Fiona Maddocks er ikke bare en bok; det er en reise gjennom livene til en av de mest elskede komponistene, Sergei Rachmaninoff. Gjennom Maddocks' fantastiske prosa blir vi kjent med hans kamp, kreativitet og melankoli i årene som fulgte hans flukt fra Russland.

En gripende fortelling om Rachmaninoff

I 1940, mens Rachmaninoff bodde i eksil i Amerika, skapte han sitt mesterverk "Symphonic Dances". Hvordan kom han dit? Gjennom denne boken lærer vi om:

  • Rachmaninoffs tidlige suksess - Fra hans storhetstid i Tsarens Russland.
  • Exilens utfordringer - Hvordan Rachmaninoff måtte gjenoppfinne seg selv som pianist og kompositør etter å ha mistet sitt hjem.
  • Innflytelsen fra gamle Russland - Hvordan hans minner og lengsler formet den musikken han skapte i sitt eksil.

Et dyptgående blikk på en musikalsk legende

Fiona Maddocks tar oss med på en reise som utforsker det intime og ofte tumultuøse livet til Rachmaninoff. Gjennom viktige nyoversatte tekster og en bred vifte av kilder, gir hun næring til vår forståelse av hvordan den kulturelle konteksten påvirket Rachmaninoffs musikk.

Hvorfor "Goodbye Russia" er et must-read

Enten du er en musikelsker, en historieentusiast, eller bare nysgjerrig på menneskene bak musikken, vil denne boken berike perspektivet ditt. Med klare beskrivelser og velresearchet informasjon, er "Goodbye Russia" en uunnværlig del av enhver musikkbibliotek.

Gi deg selv muligheten til å oppdage Rachmaninoffs kompleksitet og det nostalgiske i hans kunst. Dykk inn i "Goodbye Russia" av Fiona Maddocks og opplev hans uforglemmelige musikalske arv på en helt ny måte.

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