23, wasn’t completed until eleven years later, and seven more years passed before the composition of the 13 Préludes, Op. The cycle’s next building block, the 10 Préludes, Op. ![]() ![]() 2, in 1892, shortly after the 19-year-old composer graduated from the Moscow Conservatory. He was also completing a personal journey of 18 years, which started with the composition of the immensely popular C sharp minor prélude, Op. In this, he was following in the footsteps of Chopin, Scriabin, Bach and others who had written a series of piano miniatures in all 24 major and minor keys. 32 and would complete his cycle of 24 préludes for the piano. These pieces were to become his 13 Préludes Op. Neither beauty nor joy in it.’ Within six weeks, however, he had composed 13 such short piano pieces in rapid succession, finishing them in under three weeks. I dislike this occupation and it’s heavy going for me. But the worst going is with the small piano pieces. Then it’s all intentions and well-meaning wishes. 31), Rachmaninov half-seriously complained ‘that was it. ![]() After confiding that he had ‘only completed the Liturgy’ (the Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. On 31 July 1910, Rachmaninov wrote a letter to his old student friend, Nikita Morozov, telling him about his compositional achievements over the summer. Image: Arnold Böcklin - *The Homecoming* - 1887
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