{"id":4071,"date":"2016-06-13T08:15:17","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T08:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/?p=4071"},"modified":"2026-02-03T15:41:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T15:41:37","slug":"facts-about-sergei-rachmaninoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/collections\/recently-added-music\/facts-about-sergei-rachmaninoff\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Interesting Facts about Sergei Rachmaninoff"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/rachmaninoff_playing_steinway_grand_piano.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" src=\"http:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/rachmaninoff_playing_steinway_grand_piano-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"Black\u2011and\u2011white photo of Sergei Rachmaninoff seated at a Steinway grand piano.\" class=\"wp-image-4077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/rachmaninoff_playing_steinway_grand_piano-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/rachmaninoff_playing_steinway_grand_piano.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>While digitizing recordings by Sergei Rachmaninoff at the Recorded Sound Archives, we found some interesting facts about&nbsp;Rachmaninoff that you may not of known. Such as did you know&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> Rachmaninoff was twice offered the position of conductor at the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He refused both times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> Aside from being a magnificent composer,&nbsp;Rachmaninoff was also a man of strong moral character. In 1912,&nbsp;Rachmaninoff resigned from his position as vice-president of the Russian Musical Society in protest to a musician being dismissed from his duties because he was Jewish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. <\/strong>Rachmaninoff\u2019s last piano recital included Chopin\u2019s Sonata no. 2, which includes a famous funeral march. Rachmaninoff died 40 days after performing the funeral march. 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