Sergei Rachmaninoff

Born: 01-Apr-1973
Died: 28-Mar-1943
Died of: Sarcoma (Cancer)
Laid to rest: Kensico Cemetry, Valhalla, NY
Father: Vasily Rachmaninoff, a Russion Army Officer
Mother: Lubov Boutakov
Spouse: Natalia Alexandrovna Satin
Nationality: Russia, United States
School: Saint Petersburg Conservatory
Teacher(s): Nikolai Zverev, Alexander Siloti, Anton Arensky, Sergei Taneyev
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1. Unfortunately, Rachmaninoff failed to copyright the famous "Prelude in C-Sharp Minor," and when he sold it, he received nothing for it.
2. Toward the end of his life, the composer and pianist Sergei Rachmaninov became ill in the middle of a concert tour and was admitted to a hospital in Los Angeles. When cancer was diagnosed, Rachmaninov looked at his hands and murmured: "My dear hands... Farewell, my poor hands."
3. When Tchaikowsky died 1893, in his honour, Rachmaninoff played the "Prelude in C-Sharp Minor".