Quotes and Sayings About Rachmaninoff
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What were you going to do tonight?" "I was going to listen to the songs of Rachmaninoff." "Who's that?" "A dead Russian.
-- Charles Bukowski -
My father ran the gamut: a favorite of his was Josef Hofmann, but there was also Friedman, Rachmaninoff, Godowsky, Lhevinne, Moiseiwitsch, Paderewski, etc.
-- Marc-Andre Hamelin -
It has always been Oscar Peterson. He is my Rachmaninoff.
-- Shirley Horn -
Composers can do things that weren't allowed in the 17th century. Until we had composers like Igor Stravinsky and Sergei Rachmaninoff to break the rules.
-- Aaron Zigman
