Rachmaninoff's Complete Songs: A Companion with Texts and Translations

Sergei Rachmaninoff--the last great Russian romantic and arguably the finest pianist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries--wrote 83 songs, which are performed and beloved throughout the world. Like German Lieder and French mélodies, the songs were composed for one singer, accompanied by a piano. In this complete collection, Richard D. Sylvester provides English translations of the songs, along with accurate transliterations of the original texts and detailed commentary. Since Rachmaninoff viewed these romances primarily as performances and painstakingly annotated the scores, this volume will be especially valuable for students, scholars, and practitioners of voice and piano.

Author: Richard D. Sylvester
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 04/22/2014
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.88d
ISBN: 9780253353399

Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2014 pg. 232

About the Author

Richard D. Sylvester is Professor Emeritus of Russian at Colgate University and author of Tchaikovsky's Complete Songs: A Companion with Texts and Translations (IUP, 2004).