Rachmaninoff

Or Rach·ma·ni·nov

[rahkh-mah-nuh-nawf, -nof, rahk-, ruhkh-mah-nyi-nuhf]

noun

1. Sergei Wassilievitch 1873–1943, Russian pianist and composer.

Rachmaninoff

/ rækˈmænɪˌnɒf, raxˈmaninəf /

noun

1. Sergei Vassilievich (sɪrˈɡjej vaˈsiljɪvitʃ). 1873–1943, Russian piano virtuoso and composer

Example Sentences

And, at one point midpiece, it sounded as though one of the pianists was making a grand entrance to a Rachmaninoff concerto amid the beautiful roaring din.

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Rachmaninoff played his Second Concerto at the Hollywood Bowl in 1942.

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For Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, the subdued blue shell lighting suddenly turned a shockingly vivid orange.

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Like, when did the Mount Rushmore just suddenly become Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Rachmaninoff — all the other names that we know?

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Even so, the gloom of Rachmaninoff’s final major work was dispensed by pure pianistic spectacle.

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