Rachmaninoff's Piano Works and Diasporic Identity 1890-1945: Compositional Revision and Discourse
Journal: Scholarship@Western (Western University)
Year: 2018

This monograph examines the post-exile, multi-version works of Sergei Rachmaninoff with a view to unravelling the sophisticated web of meanings and values attached to them. Compositional revision is an important and complex aspect of creating musical meaning. Considering revision offers an important perspective on the construction and circulation of meanings and discourses attending Rachmaninoff’s music.\nWhile Rachmaninoff achieved international recognition during the 1890s as a distinctively R