![]() ![]() The sound of church bells dominated all the cities of the Russia I used to know-Novgorod, Kiev, Moscow. ![]() ![]() Around the time of the 1913 premiere in St. Following the dramatic arc of the poem’s four stanzas, the Symphony unfolds as a journey in which the joys of youth fade into old age and death. Rachmaninov would regard it, along with the All-Night Vigil, as his favorite work. 35, a monumental choral symphony set in four movements and scored for enormous forces which include soprano, tenor, and baritone soloists. After Rachmaninov’s death, it was revealed that the cryptic letter had been written by Maria Danilova, a cello student at the Moscow Conservatory.Įagerly, Rachmaninov set to work on The Bells, Op. Included was a note from the mysterious sender which suggested that the verses were ripe for a musical setting and that they were well-suited to the composer’s temperament. It was Edgar Allan Poe’s 1849 poem, The Bells, freely translated and adapted by the Russian symbolist poet, Konstantin Balmont. During a vacation in Rome in 1907, Sergei Rachmaninov received an anonymous letter which contained an intriguing text. ![]()
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