Sergei Rachmaninoff
A Lifetime in Music
Sergei Bertensson and Jay Leyda, with the assistance of Sophia Satina
With a new introduction by David Butler Cannata
An indispensable and captivating document, now back in print

Throughout his career as composer, conductor, and pianist, Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 1943) was an intensely private individual. When Bertensson and Leyda s 1956 biography appeared, it lifted the veil of secrecy from several areas of Rachmaninoff s life, especially concerning the genesis of his compositions and how their critical reception affected...