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Michael Rabin

            1936 — 1972

            Violinist

                  Wikipedia Bio

 

 

Michael Rabin studied violin with Ivan Galamian.  Rabin died in an accident at age 36, leaving behind some amazing recordings, including spectacular performances of Paganini.

 

 

 

 

 

Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninov

            1873 — 1943

            Composer, Pianist — Russian

 

      Wikipedia Bio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rachmaninov studied composition under Taneyev and Arensky at the St. Petersburg Conservatoire.

 

Music for Strings:

Composer

Music

Scoring

Dates

Rachmaninov

Lied

vc pf

1890

Rachmaninov

Romance

vc pf

1890

Rachmaninov

Two Pieces: Prelude, Danse oreintale, Op. 2

vc pf

1892

Rachmaninov

Two Pieces: Romance, Hungarian Danse, Op. 6

vc pf

1892

Rachmaninov

Trio éléligiaque, Op. 9

piano trio

1893 rv1907 rv1917

Rachmaninov

Cello Sonata, Op. 19

vc pf

1901

 

 

 

 

 

Joachim Raff

            1822 — 1882

            Composer, Schoolteacher

 

 

Music for Strings:

Composer

Music

Scoring

Dates

Raff

Aus der Scweiz, Op. 57

vn pf

1848

Raff

2 Fantasies, Op. 58

vn pf

1852

Raff

Duo, Op. 59

vc/vn pf

1848

Raff

3 Duos on Themes from Wagner, Op. 63

vn pf

1853

Raff

La fée d'amour, Op. 67

vn w/ orch

1854

Raff

Violin Sonata #1, Op. 73

vn pf

1854

Raff

Quartet #1, Op. 77

string quartet

1855

Raff

Violin Sonata #2, Op. 78

vn pf

1858

Raff

6 Morceaux, Op. 85

vn pf

1859

Raff

2 Fantasies, Op. 86

vc pf

1854

Raff

Quartet #2, Op. 90

string quartet

1857

Raff

Piano Trio in c, Op. 102

piano trio

1861

Raff

Piano Quintet, Op. 107

piano quintet

1862

Raff

Piano Trio in G, Op. 112

piano trio

1863

Raff

Violin Sonata #3, Op. 128

vn pf

1865

Raff

Violin Sonata #4, Op. 129

vn pf

1866

Raff

Quartet #3, Op. 136

string quartet

1866

Raff

Quartet #4, Op. 137

string quartet

1867

Raff

Quartet #5, Op. 138

string quartet

1867

Raff

Violin Sonata #5, Op. 145

vn pf

1868

Raff

Piano Trio in a, Op. 155

piano trio

1870

Raff

Piano Trio in D, Op. 158

piano trio

1870

Raff

Violin Concerto #1, Op. 161

vn w/ orch

1871

Raff

Octet, Op. 176

string octet

1872

Raff

Sextet, Op. 178

string sextet

1872

Raff

Suite, Op. 180

vn w/ orch

1873

Raff

Cello Santa, Op. 183

vc pf

1873

Raff

3 Quartets, Op. 192

string quartet

1874

Raff

Cello Concerto #1, Op. 193

vc w/ orch

1874

Raff

2 Piano Quartets, Op. 202

piano quartet

1876

Raff

Volker, Op. 203

vn pf

1876

Raff

Cello Concerto #2

vc w/ orch

1876

Raff

Violin Concerto #2, Op. 206

vn w/ orch

1877

Raff

Suite, Op. 210

vn pf

1879

Raff

Duo

vn pf

1882

 

 

 

 

 

Nikolay Petrovich Rakov

            born 1908

            Composer

 

 

Music for Strings:

Composer

Music

Scoring

Dates

Rakov

Violin Concerto #1

vn w/ orch

1944

Rakov

Violin Sonata

vn pf

1951

Rakov

Violin Concerto #2

vn w/ orch

1954

Rakov

Concertino

vn w/ strings

1959

Rakov

Violin Sonata #2

vn pf

1976

 

 

 

 

 

Jean-Phillipe Rameau

            1683 — 1764

            Composer, Theorist — Paris

 

     Wikipedia Bio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Music for Strings:

Composer

Music

Scoring

Dates

Rameau

Piéces de clavecin en concerts

hpd w/ vn/fl bs/vc

1741 Paris

 

Writings:

Génération harmonique, 1737 Paris

 

Traité de l'harmonie, 1722 Paris

 

Nouveau systéme de musique théorique, 1726 Paris

 

Rameau and Diderot: Démonstration du principe de l'harmonie, 1750 Paris

 

 

 

 

 

Maurice Ravel

            1875 — 1937

            Composer, Pianist — Paris

 

 

Born to a Basque mother and Swiss father, Ravel's family settled in Paris while he was still a baby.

 

Ravel studied piano at the Paris Conservatoire, then returned and continued with  composition studies under Faure.  Ravel repeatedly tried for the Conservatoire's Prix de Rome.  The repeated denials of the prize seemed politicized and unjust to many.  When for a fifth time, the Conservatoire administration denied Ravel the Prix de Rome, the public reaction led to a dramatic affair culminating in the resignation of the Conservatoire's director.

 

Ravel took part in a group of artists, writers, and musicians known as 'Les Apaches'.  Stravinsky's description of Ravel as a 'Swiss watchmaker' certainly notes the extremely crafted and finely detailed textures characteristic of Ravel's work.

 

Vaughan Williams studied privately with Ravel.

 

Music for Strings:

Composer

Music

Scoring

Dates

Ravel

Violin Sonata

vn pf

1897

Ravel

Quartet

string quartet

1903

Ravel

Introduction and Allegro

string quartet and fl clr harp

1905

Ravel

Piano Trio

piano trio

1914

Ravel

Le tombeau de Claude Debussy

vn vc

1920

Ravel

Sonata

vn vc

1922

Ravel

Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Faure

vn pf

1922

Ravel

Tzigane, rapsodie de concert

vn pf

1924

Ravel

Tzigane, rapsodie de concert

vn w/ orch

1924

Ravel

'Blues' Sonata

vn pf

1927

 

 

 

 

 

Jean-Féry Rebel

            1666 — 1747

            Violinist

 

 

 

 

 

Max Reger

            1873 — 1916

            Composer

 

 

Music for Strings:

Composer

Music

Scoring

Dates

Reger

added violin parts to Clementi's Op. 36 '6 Sonatinas'

vn w/ orch

1895 by

Reger

Violin Sonata, Op. 1

vn pf

1890

Reger

Trio, Op. 2

vn va pf

1891

Reger

Violin Sonata, Op. 3

vn pf

1891

Reger

Cello Sonata, Op. 5

vc pf

1892

Reger

Cello Sonata, Op. 28

vc pf

1898

Reger

Violin Sonata, Op. 41

vn pf

1899

Reger

4 Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 42

vn

1899

Reger

2 Romances, Op. 50

vn w/ orch

1900

Reger

2 String Quartets, Op. 54

string quartet

1900

Reger

Caprice

vc pf

1901

Reger

Piano Quintet, Op. 64

piano quintet

1902

Reger

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