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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Parts of text (S/4)

Work Queue

 * 1) Compositional style: influences - see Martyn, pp. 30ff. - also Norris 2001b
 * 2) Add images? - Hands - Add one to 1926-1942 section (Commons search - Hirtle Chart)
 * 3) Check biographies regarding birth date (April 1 or April 2?)
 * 4) re first performance of 3rd concerto Add sentence about the first sentence of the Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, rather than just skipping to the second. See: O'Connell, p. 383; Bertensson & Leyda, p. 158.
 * 5) Sergei Rachmaninoff - Tatiana Sergeievna Rachmaninova (1907–1961) - mention birth of second daughter on 21 June 2021 at Ivanovka - Scott, p. 76; Bertensson & Leyda, p. 140 (see Seroff, which is cited all throughout the paragraph)
 * 6) mention Repertoire section to Pianism; see Norris, pp. 76 ff.
 * 7) expand Reputation and Legacy section - see Cunningham pp. 8 ff.
 * 8) things to mention: personal life (i.e. in public, in private - e.g. "six-and-a-half-foot-scowl"), conducting, relationship with Hofmann, Medtner; influences, compositional style, criticism, differing opinions on his music, increase in its popularity since his death.

List
Sources
 * External audio: Rachmaninoff playing his own Piano Concerto No. 4
 * Hand size - see Talk:Sergei Rachmaninoff; Hand span article; Marfan syndrome speculation article: + this?; plus other not cited:
 * Add images (Wikimedia Commons search) 1892, Seated at Steinway piano, With daughter, In groovy coat   - Add pictures to Villa Senar from this website - huge amount of pictures here at this website (in Russian) - add this image or R's hands to acromegaly section
 * Add an influences/influence section?
 * Add to pianism section; friendship and comparison with Hofmann (see his page)?; relationship to Medtner? - regarding pianism
 * Spanish wikipedia (FA)
 * Composer FAs
 * Images of sheet music for pieces Other similar images?


 * The Singer's Rachmaninoff - re songs
 * Gregor Benko: Rachmaninoff's Records - recordings
 * Pollard: Rachmaninoff's Music for Solo Piano
 * Rachmaninoff Bibliography
 * Thesis on piano solo music - influences section
 * Add Culshaw? (other version) or Matthew-Walker? or Bazhanov? or Gronowicz or another Cannata book or this about his early piano works or this about his piano transciptions? Add any of these books which are about Russian music more generally?  , or Robert Rimm's book?
 * Make picture of family tree? - e.g. see this one for Holst
 * Add this? (Wikipedia Library/De Gruyter)
 * Apply for Taylor & Francis through Wikipedia Library to get access to Martyn's book (especially regarding R as a pianist and his recordings) - Project Muse? (Sylvester)
 * Add The New Grove Russian Masters
 * Add Robert Walker - Rachmaninoff: His Life and Times
 * Look at this article + this? + this?
 * Thesis regarding Rachmaninoff as a performer - Use in section Pianism/Interpretations
 * Schonberg pp. 522-523 - regarding pianism, technique, memory, appearance
 * Haylock - Rachmaninoff: An essential guide to his life and works (OCLC)
 * Add?:
 * Add?:

Article Structure


 * Lead
 * Life and Career
 * Music
 * Works
 * Compositional Style


 * Pianism
 * Technique
 * Tone
 * Interpretations
 * Hand size and medical speculations
 * Recordings


 * Reputation and Legacy

Other Pages
List of compositions (use excel document and check list, add images to pieces?)

Recordings

Category:Sergei Rachmaninoff - Category:Compositions by Sergei RachmaninoffImprove articles; Create articles of pieces in "hidden" section of Template; create other articles

Piano Concerto No. 2

 * Citations (look at physical books)
 * remove trivial mentions from the Popular culture section
 * Expand section on the music, using images of the sheet music from here (and elsewhere?)
 * Expand lead

Piano Concerto No. 3

 * Citations (look at physical books)
 * Expand section on the music, using images of the sheet music from here
 * Greatly expand Background section (rename to History)
 * Expand lead