[Russian Music] Rachmaninoff, Sergei. (1873–1943). Fantasie (Tableaux) pour deux Pianos [Suite No. 1].Op. 5. Moscoq: A. Gutheil. [1893]. First edition. 10.5 x 14 inches, 75 pp. [PN] 6723. Title page in French with the dedication to Tchaikovsky. Bound in full green cloth, the original outer front wrapper printed in Russian affixed to the front board. Pages somewhat toned, overall in fine condition.
Composed in 1893, this suite illustrates four extracts of poems, written by Mikhail Lermontov, Lord Byron, Fyodor Tyutchev and Aleksey Khomyakov (the texts of which are printed at the start of each movement). The work was first performed on November 30, 1893, by Rachmaninoff and his friend Pavel Pabst in Moscow. Tchaikovsky, the dedicatee, had promised to attend this event but had died five weeks earlier.
Composed in 1893, this suite illustrates four extracts of poems, written by Mikhail Lermontov, Lord Byron, Fyodor Tyutchev and Aleksey Khomyakov (the texts of which are printed at the start of each movement). The work was first performed on November 30, 1893, by Rachmaninoff and his friend Pavel Pabst in Moscow. Tchaikovsky, the dedicatee, had promised to attend this event but had died five weeks earlier.
[Russian Music] Rachmaninoff, Sergei. (1873–1943). Fantasie (Tableaux) pour deux Pianos [Suite No. 1].Op. 5. Moscoq: A. Gutheil. [1893]. First edition. 10.5 x 14 inches, 75 pp. [PN] 6723. Title page in French with the dedication to Tchaikovsky. Bound in full green cloth, the original outer front wrapper printed in Russian affixed to the front board. Pages somewhat toned, overall in fine condition.
Composed in 1893, this suite illustrates four extracts of poems, written by Mikhail Lermontov, Lord Byron, Fyodor Tyutchev and Aleksey Khomyakov (the texts of which are printed at the start of each movement). The work was first performed on November 30, 1893, by Rachmaninoff and his friend Pavel Pabst in Moscow. Tchaikovsky, the dedicatee, had promised to attend this event but had died five weeks earlier.
Composed in 1893, this suite illustrates four extracts of poems, written by Mikhail Lermontov, Lord Byron, Fyodor Tyutchev and Aleksey Khomyakov (the texts of which are printed at the start of each movement). The work was first performed on November 30, 1893, by Rachmaninoff and his friend Pavel Pabst in Moscow. Tchaikovsky, the dedicatee, had promised to attend this event but had died five weeks earlier.