{"id":31567,"date":"2026-10-31T00:43:57","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T23:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/serguei-rachmaninov\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T00:45:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T23:45:14","slug":"serguei-rachmaninov","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/serguei-rachmaninov\/","title":{"rendered":"Sergue\u00ef Rachmaninov"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"opa-ref\" style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 0.85em; line-height: 1.5;\"><em><strong>Image d&rsquo;en-t\u00eate :<\/strong> <strong>Arnold B\u00f6cklin<\/strong>, <em>L\u2019\u00cele des morts<\/em>, 1883, Berlin, Alte Nationalgalerie : le tableau qui inspira \u00e0 Rachmaninov son po\u00e8me symphonique de 1909 (<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Arnold_B%C3%B6cklin_-_Die_Toteninsel_III_(Alte_Nationalgalerie,_Berlin).jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, Public domain)<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"opa-soutien\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0 0 1.6em;\">\n<form style=\"display: inline-block; margin: 0 0 .4em;\" action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\"><input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"QSSRVLDUKP2MG\" \/><input style=\"border: 0;\" title=\"Faire un don avec PayPal\" alt=\"Faire un don avec PayPal\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/fr_FR\/FR\/i\/btn\/btn_donateCC_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><\/form>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 0.9em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/soutenir\/\">Soutenir mon travail<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/abonnements\/\">Tout lire sans limite<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/Livres-Orazio-Puglisi\/s?rh=n%3A301061%2Cp_27%3AOrazio+Puglisi\">Mes livres<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<style>.opa-art{font-size:1.04em;line-height:1.75}.opa-art h2{margin-top:1.6em}.opa-art h3{margin-top:1.8em;color:#7a1f2b}.opa-fig{position:relative;left:50%;transform:translateX(-50%);width:min(1000px,94vw);margin:2.2em 0}.opa-fig img{width:100%!important;height:auto!important;max-width:none!important;display:block;box-shadow:0 10px 34px rgba(0,0,0,.25);border-radius:3px}.opa-fig figcaption{max-width:720px;margin:.8em auto 0;font-size:.82em;line-height:1.5;text-align:center;opacity:.8}.opa-lettrine:first-letter{float:left;font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:3.4em;line-height:.9;padding:.05em .12em 0 0;color:#7a1f2b}.opa-biblio{font-size:.92em}<\/style>\n<style>.opa-gal{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fill,minmax(240px,1fr));gap:16px;margin:1.6em 0;position:relative;left:50%;transform:translateX(-50%);width:min(1100px,94vw);background:#fbf8f3;padding:18px;border-radius:8px;box-sizing:border-box;color:#222}.opa-gal figure{margin:0}.opa-gal img{width:100%!important;height:220px!important;object-fit:cover;border-radius:4px;box-shadow:0 6px 18px rgba(0,0,0,.2)}.opa-gal figcaption{font-size:.78em;line-height:1.4;margin-top:.4em;opacity:.9}.opa-vidbox{position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;margin:1.2em 0;border-radius:6px;overflow:hidden;box-shadow:0 8px 24px rgba(0,0,0,.25)}.opa-vidbox iframe,.opa-vidbox video{position:absolute;inset:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0}.opa-dl li{margin:.4em 0}.opa-dl a{font-weight:600}<\/style>\n<div class=\"opa-art\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Sergue\u00ef Rachmaninov (1873-1943), le dernier romantique russe<\/h2>\n<style>.opa-audio{margin:.8em 0 1.4em}.opa-audio audio{width:100%}.opa-audio-cap{font-size:.78em;margin-top:.3em;opacity:.85}.opa-chrono li{margin:.3em 0}<\/style>\n<p class=\"opa-lettrine\">Immense pianiste aux mains gigantesques, chef d\u2019orchestre et compositeur, <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sergue%C3%AF_Rachmaninov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sergue\u00ef Rachmaninov<\/a> (1873-1943) a prolong\u00e9 jusqu\u2019au milieu du XX<sup>e<\/sup> si\u00e8cle le lyrisme de Tcha\u00efkovski. Son <em>Deuxi\u00e8me Concerto pour piano<\/em>, n\u00e9 d\u2019une victoire sur la d\u00e9pression, son <em>Troisi\u00e8me Concerto<\/em>, sa <em>Rhapsodie sur un th\u00e8me de Paganini<\/em>, ses pr\u00e9ludes et ses <em><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Les_V%C3%AApres_(Rachmaninov)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">V\u00eapres<\/a><\/em> comptent parmi les \u0153uvres les plus aim\u00e9es du public. Exil\u00e9 apr\u00e8s la r\u00e9volution de 1917, il ne revit jamais la Russie.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"opa-fig\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Sergei_Rachmaninoff_LOC_33969u.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/b\/b8\/Sergei_Rachmaninoff_LOC_33969u.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&#038;utm_campaign=imageinfo&#038;utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled\" alt=\"Sergue\u00ef Rachmaninov\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption><strong>Sergue\u00ef Rachmaninov<\/strong>, photographie, Washington, Library of Congress. <span style=\"opacity:.75\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Sergei_Rachmaninoff_LOC_33969u.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, Public domain)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Une enfance aristocratique et ruin\u00e9e (1873-1892)<\/h3>\n<p>Sergue\u00ef Vassilievitch Rachmaninov na\u00eet le 1<sup>er<\/sup> avril 1873 dans le domaine familial de Semionovo, pr\u00e8s de Novgorod, dans une famille de l\u2019aristocratie terrienne que les dettes de son p\u00e8re vont ruiner. Il d\u00e9couvre la musique avec sa grand-m\u00e8re, qui l\u2019emm\u00e8ne aux offices orthodoxes : le son des cloches et des ch\u0153urs russes impr\u00e8gnera toute son \u0153uvre. \u00c9l\u00e8ve m\u00e9diocre au conservatoire de Saint-P\u00e9tersbourg, il est envoy\u00e9 \u00e0 Moscou chez le s\u00e9v\u00e8re professeur Nikola\u00ef Zverev, qui loge ses \u00e9l\u00e8ves et les fait travailler d\u00e8s six heures du matin. Au <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Conservatoire_Tcha%C3%AFkovski_de_Moscou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conservatoire de Moscou<\/a>, il obtient en 1892 la grande m\u00e9daille d\u2019or avec son op\u00e9ra en un acte <em>Aleko<\/em>, salu\u00e9 par <a href=\"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/piotr-ilitch-tchaikovski\/\">Piotr Ilitch Tcha\u00efkovski<\/a>. La m\u00eame ann\u00e9e, son <em>Pr\u00e9lude en ut di\u00e8se mineur<\/em> fait le tour du monde.<\/p>\n<div class=\"opa-audio\"><audio controls preload=\"none\" style=\"width:100%\"><source src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/b\/b9\/Sergei_Rachmaninoff_performs_Rachmaninoff%27s_Prelude_in_C_sharp_minor%2C_Op._3.ogg\"><source src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/b\/b9\/Sergei_Rachmaninoff_performs_Rachmaninoff%27s_Prelude_in_C_sharp_minor%2C_Op._3.ogg\/Sergei_Rachmaninoff_performs_Rachmaninoff%27s_Prelude_in_C_sharp_minor%2C_Op._3.ogg.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/audio><\/p>\n<div class=\"opa-audio-cap\">Rachmaninov, <em>Pr\u00e9lude en ut di\u00e8se mineur<\/em>, op. 3 n<sup>o<\/sup> 2, jou\u00e9 par le compositeur (enregistrement historique) <span style=\"opacity:.75\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Sergei_Rachmaninoff_performs_Rachmaninoff%27s_Prelude_in_C_sharp_minor,_Op._3.ogg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, Public domain)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>L\u2019\u00e9chec, la d\u00e9pression et le Deuxi\u00e8me Concerto (1897-1901)<\/h3>\n<p>En 1897, la cr\u00e9ation de sa <em>Premi\u00e8re Symphonie<\/em> \u00e0 Saint-P\u00e9tersbourg, sous la direction du compositeur Alexandre Glazounov, est un d\u00e9sastre ; le critique <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/C%C3%A9sar_Cui\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">C\u00e9sar Cui<\/a> la compare \u00e0 une \u00ab repr\u00e9sentation des sept plaies d\u2019\u00c9gypte \u00bb. Rachmaninov sombre dans une profonde d\u00e9pression et cesse de composer pendant trois ans. Le m\u00e9decin Nikola\u00ef Dahl, qui le soigne par l\u2019hypnose, lui redonne confiance : en 1901, Rachmaninov ach\u00e8ve son <em><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Concerto_pour_piano_no_2_de_Rachmaninov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Concerto pour piano no 2 de Rachmaninov<\/a><\/em>, d\u00e9di\u00e9 au docteur Dahl, dont l\u2019immense succ\u00e8s ne s\u2019est jamais d\u00e9menti. L\u2019ann\u00e9e suivante, il \u00e9pouse sa cousine Natalia Satina.<\/p>\n<div class=\"opa-audio\"><audio controls preload=\"none\" style=\"width:100%\"><source src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/6\/63\/Sergei_Rachmaninoff_-_piano_concerto_no._2_in_c_minor%2C_op._18_-_i._moderato.ogg\"><source src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/6\/63\/Sergei_Rachmaninoff_-_piano_concerto_no._2_in_c_minor%2C_op._18_-_i._moderato.ogg\/Sergei_Rachmaninoff_-_piano_concerto_no._2_in_c_minor%2C_op._18_-_i._moderato.ogg.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/audio><\/p>\n<div class=\"opa-audio-cap\">Rachmaninov, <em>Concerto pour piano n<sup>o<\/sup> 2<\/em>, op. 18, I. Moderato <span style=\"opacity:.75\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Sergei_Rachmaninoff_-_piano_concerto_no._2_in_c_minor,_op._18_-_i._moderato.ogg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, Public domain)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Les ann\u00e9es de gloire en Russie (1902-1917)<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"opa-fig\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Rachmaninoff_at_Ivanovka.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/f\/f5\/Rachmaninoff_at_Ivanovka.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&#038;utm_campaign=imageinfo&#038;utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled\" alt=\"Rachmaninov \u00e0 Ivanovka\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption><strong>Rachmaninov<\/strong> dans son domaine d\u2019Ivanovka. <span style=\"opacity:.75\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Rachmaninoff_at_Ivanovka.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, Public domain)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Chef d\u2019orchestre au <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_Bolcho%C3%AF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">th\u00e9\u00e2tre Bolcho\u00ef<\/a> (1904-1906), Rachmaninov s\u2019installe ensuite quelques ann\u00e9es \u00e0 <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dresde\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dresde<\/a>, o\u00f9 il compose sa <em>Deuxi\u00e8me Symphonie<\/em> (1907) et le po\u00e8me symphonique <em><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/L'%C3%8Ele_des_morts_(Rachmaninov)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">L\u2019\u00cele des morts<\/a><\/em> (1909), inspir\u00e9 du tableau d\u2019<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arnold_B%C3%B6cklin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arnold B\u00f6cklin<\/a>. Pour sa premi\u00e8re tourn\u00e9e am\u00e9ricaine, en 1909, il \u00e9crit le redoutable <em><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Concerto_pour_piano_no_3_de_Rachmaninov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Concerto pour piano no 3 de Rachmaninov<\/a><\/em>. L\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9, il compose dans son domaine d\u2019Ivanovka, au sud de Moscou. En 1915, il \u00e9crit les <em>V\u00eapres<\/em> (<em>Les Vigiles nocturnes<\/em>), chef-d\u2019\u0153uvre de la musique chorale orthodoxe a cappella.<\/p>\n<h3>L\u2019exil (1917-1943)<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"opa-fig\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Rachmaninoff_seated_at_Steinway_grand_piano.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/c\/c5\/Rachmaninoff_seated_at_Steinway_grand_piano.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&#038;utm_campaign=imageinfo&#038;utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled\" alt=\"Rachmaninov au piano\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption><strong>Rachmaninov<\/strong> au piano, vers 1920. <span style=\"opacity:.75\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Rachmaninoff_seated_at_Steinway_grand_piano.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, Public domain)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>La r\u00e9volution d\u2019Octobre ruine Rachmaninov, dont le domaine est confisqu\u00e9. En d\u00e9cembre 1917, profitant d\u2019une invitation \u00e0 donner des concerts en Scandinavie, il quitte la Russie avec sa femme et ses deux filles, emportant presque rien ; il n\u2019y reviendra jamais. Install\u00e9 aux <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C3%89tats-Unis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00c9tats-Unis<\/a>, il doit, \u00e0 quarante-cinq ans, faire carri\u00e8re comme pianiste de concert pour faire vivre sa famille : il devient l\u2019un des plus grands pianistes de tous les temps, et ses enregistrements sont l\u00e9gendaires. Arrach\u00e9 \u00e0 sa terre, il compose peu : le <em>Quatri\u00e8me Concerto<\/em>, la <em><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rhapsodie_sur_un_th%C3%A8me_de_Paganini\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rhapsodie sur un th\u00e8me de Paganini<\/a><\/em> (1934), \u00e9crite dans sa villa de Senar, au bord du lac des Quatre-Cantons, la <em>Troisi\u00e8me Symphonie<\/em> et les <em>Danses symphoniques<\/em> (1940), son testament. Il meurt \u00e0 Beverly Hills le 28 mars 1943, quelques jours avant ses soixante-dix ans, devenu citoyen am\u00e9ricain, et repose au cimeti\u00e8re de Kensico, pr\u00e8s de New York.<\/p>\n<h3>Chronologie<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"opa-chrono\">\n<li><strong>1873<\/strong> \u2014 naissance \u00e0 Semionovo, le 1<sup>er<\/sup> avril<\/li>\n<li><strong>1885<\/strong> \u2014 \u00e9l\u00e8ve de Zverev \u00e0 Moscou<\/li>\n<li><strong>1892<\/strong> \u2014 m\u00e9daille d\u2019or du Conservatoire de Moscou ; <em>Pr\u00e9lude en ut di\u00e8se mineur<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>1897<\/strong> \u2014 \u00e9chec de la <em>Premi\u00e8re Symphonie<\/em> ; d\u00e9pression<\/li>\n<li><strong>1901<\/strong> \u2014 <em>Concerto pour piano n<sup>o<\/sup> 2<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>1902<\/strong> \u2014 mariage avec Natalia Satina<\/li>\n<li><strong>1904-1906<\/strong> \u2014 chef d\u2019orchestre au Bolcho\u00ef<\/li>\n<li><strong>1907<\/strong> \u2014 <em>Symphonie n<sup>o<\/sup> 2<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>1909<\/strong> \u2014 <em>L\u2019\u00cele des morts<\/em> ; <em>Concerto n<sup>o<\/sup> 3<\/em> ; tourn\u00e9e aux \u00c9tats-Unis<\/li>\n<li><strong>1915<\/strong> \u2014 <em>V\u00eapres<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>1917<\/strong> \u2014 quitte d\u00e9finitivement la Russie<\/li>\n<li><strong>1918<\/strong> \u2014 installation aux \u00c9tats-Unis<\/li>\n<li><strong>1934<\/strong> \u2014 <em>Rhapsodie sur un th\u00e8me de Paganini<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>1940<\/strong> \u2014 <em>Danses symphoniques<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>1943<\/strong> \u2014 mort \u00e0 Beverly Hills, le 28 mars<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u0152uvres majeures<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"opa-chrono\">\n<li>4 concertos pour piano, dont le <em>Deuxi\u00e8me<\/em> (1901) et le <em>Troisi\u00e8me<\/em> (1909)<\/li>\n<li><em>Rhapsodie sur un th\u00e8me de Paganini<\/em> (1934)<\/li>\n<li>3 symphonies et les <em>Danses symphoniques<\/em> (1940)<\/li>\n<li><em>L\u2019\u00cele des morts<\/em> (1909)<\/li>\n<li>24 pr\u00e9ludes, <em>\u00c9tudes-tableaux<\/em>, 2 sonates pour piano, <em>Variations sur un th\u00e8me de Corelli<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>V\u00eapres<\/em> (1915) et <em>Liturgie de saint Jean Chrysostome<\/em> (1910)<\/li>\n<li><em>Vocalise<\/em> et 80 romances<\/li>\n<li>La <em>Sonate pour violoncelle<\/em> et les deux trios \u00e9l\u00e9giaques<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Galerie<\/h3>\n<div class=\"opa-gal\">\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Rachmaninoff_proofing.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/a\/ab\/Rachmaninoff_proofing.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&#038;utm_campaign=imageinfo&#038;utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled\" alt=\"Rachmaninov jeune\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption><strong>Rachmaninov<\/strong> corrigeant des \u00e9preuves. <span style=\"opacity:.75\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Rachmaninoff_proofing.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, Public domain)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Raymonda,Act_I_-_Bolshoi_Theatre,_1900.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/d\/d0\/Raymonda%2CAct_I_-_Bolshoi_Theatre%2C_1900.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&#038;utm_campaign=imageinfo&#038;utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled\" alt=\"Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Bolcho\u00ef\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption><strong>Le Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Bolcho\u00ef<\/strong> de Moscou en 1900 (ballet <em>Raymonda<\/em>) : Rachmaninov y fut chef d\u2019orchestre de 1904 \u00e0 1906. <span style=\"opacity:.75\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Raymonda,Act_I_-_Bolshoi_Theatre,_1900.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, Public domain)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Arnold_B%C3%B6cklin_-_Die_Toteninsel_I_(Basel,_Kunstmuseum).jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumb.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/d\/de\/Arnold_B%C3%B6cklin_-_Die_Toteninsel_I_%28Basel%2C_Kunstmuseum%29.jpg\/1920px-Arnold_B%C3%B6cklin_-_Die_Toteninsel_I_%28Basel%2C_Kunstmuseum%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&#038;utm_campaign=imageinfo&#038;utm_content=thumbnail\" alt=\"L\u2019\u00cele des morts\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption><strong>Arnold B\u00f6cklin<\/strong>, <em>L\u2019\u00cele des morts<\/em>, autre version, 1880, B\u00e2le, Kunstmuseum. <span style=\"opacity:.75\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Arnold_B%C3%B6cklin_-_Die_Toteninsel_I_(Basel,_Kunstmuseum).jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, Public domain)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Grave_of_Sergei_Rachmaninoff.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/a\/a3\/Grave_of_Sergei_Rachmaninoff.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&#038;utm_campaign=imageinfo&#038;utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled\" alt=\"Tombe de Rachmaninov\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption><strong>La tombe de Rachmaninov<\/strong> au cimeti\u00e8re de Kensico. <span style=\"opacity:.75\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Grave_of_Sergei_Rachmaninoff.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, CC BY-SA 3.0)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h3>\u00c0 voir et \u00e0 \u00e9couter<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"opa-dl\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Rachmaninoff+Piano+Concerto+2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Le Concerto pour piano n\u00b0 2<\/a> (vid\u00e9os YouTube)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Rachmaninoff+plays+Rachmaninoff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rachmaninov joue Rachmaninov<\/a> (vid\u00e9os YouTube)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Rhapsody+on+a+Theme+of+Paganini\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">La Rhapsodie sur un th\u00e8me de Paganini<\/a> (vid\u00e9os YouTube)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Rachmaninov+All-Night+Vigil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Les V\u00eapres<\/a> (vid\u00e9os YouTube)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00c0 t\u00e9l\u00e9charger (livres du domaine public, PDF)<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"opa-dl\">\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Pour aller plus loin en ligne<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"opa-dl\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rachmaninoff.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Rachmaninov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/imslp.org\/wiki\/Category:Rachmaninoff,_Sergei\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Partitions de Rachmaninov sur IMSLP<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Pour aller plus loin<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"opa-biblio\">\n<li>Sergue\u00ef Bertensson et Jay Leyda, <em>Sergei Rachmaninoff : A Lifetime in Music<\/em>, 1956.<\/li>\n<li>Voir aussi <a href=\"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/les-grands-mouvements-de-la-musique\/\">Les grands mouvements de la musique<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/les-20-oeuvres-musicales-les-plus-celebres\/\">Les 20 \u0153uvres musicales les plus c\u00e9l\u00e8bres<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/la-musique\/\">La Musique<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/piotr-ilitch-tchaikovski\/\">Piotr Ilitch Tcha\u00efkovski<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/modeste-moussorgski\/\">Modeste Moussorgski<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/le-monde-slave\/\">Le Monde slave<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image d&rsquo;en-t\u00eate 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