• 1. What are the dates for Rachmaninov?
  
  
• 2. Who were some major influences on the music of Rachmaninov?
  
  
• 3. Who were some of the major teachers of Rachmaninov?
  
  
• 4. What was Rachmaninov’s most intractable problem as a youth?
  
  
• 5. What work of Rachmaninov’s early years was a monumental disaster, causing him to give up composing for a number of years?
  
  
• 6. How did Rachmaninov overcome his writer’s block at this time?
   
• 7. Why did Rachmaninov leave Russia?
  
  
• 8. Where did Rachmaninov eventually wind up living?
  
  
• 9. What was Rachmaninov most famous as: pianist, composer, or conductor?
  
  
• 10. How many symphonies did Rachmaninov compose?

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the Life and Music of
Sergei Rachmaninov