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Sergei Rachmaninov
(1873 - 1943)

Sergei Rachmaninov


"I have never been able to make up my mind as to what was my true calling -- that of composer, pianist, or conductor ... I am constantly troubled by the misgiving that, in venturing into too many fields, I may have failed to make the best use of my life."


Composer who was the last great figure of the tradition of Russian Romanticism and a leading piano virtuoso of his time.
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