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 composer Goodbye Russia - Fiona Maddocks od authora Fiona Maddocks a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
Autor |
Fiona Maddocks |
Jazyk |
anglický |
Počet stran |
304 |
Rok vydání |
2023 |
Nakladatelství |
Faber and Faber |