Goodbye Russia: Rachmaninoff in Exile

Maddocks, Fiona Fiona Maddocks,

ISBN 10: 0571371132 / ISBN 13: 9780571371136

Published by Faber & Faber, 2023

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Synopsis:

'Delightful . . . An entertaining and humanising portrait.' LITERARY REVIEW

'Elegant and compelling . . . Absorbing and multi-faceted.' GRAMOPHONE

Rachmaninoff left St Petersburg in 1917 in the throes of the Russian Revolution. The story of his years in exile in
America and Switzerland has only been told in passing. Reeling from the trauma of a life in upheaval, he wrote almost no music and quickly had to reinvent himself as a fêted virtuoso pianist, building up untold wealth and meeting the stars - from Walt Disney and Charlie Chaplin to his Russian contemporaries and polar opposites, Prokofiev and Stravinsky. Yet the melancholy of leaving his homeland never lifted. Using newly translated texts, Fiona Maddocks, casts light on this enigmatic figure, his friends, and the
world he encountered in exile.

About the Author:

Fiona Maddocks is the Classical Music critic of the Observer. She was founder editor of BBC Music Magazine and chief arts feature writer for the London Evening Standard, and has written for numerous other publications. She is the author of Hildegard of Bingen: The Woman of Her Age (Faber), Harrison Birtwistle: Wild Tracks - A Conversation Diary with Fiona Maddocks (Faber) and Music for Life (Faber)

Bibliographic Details

Title: Goodbye Russia: Rachmaninoff in Exile
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Publication Date: 2023
Binding: hardcover
Condition: Very Good