Composition Year | 1909 see below |
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Genre Categories | Symphonic poems; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra; |
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Complete Score
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Work Title | Isle of the Dead |
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Alternative. Title | Остров мёртвых (Ostrov myortvykh) |
Name Translations | 死の島; Остров мёртвых; L'Île des morts; La isla de los muertos; The Isle of the Dead; |
Name Aliases | L'Ile des morts; The Isle of the Dead, Op. 29; Dodeneiland (Rachmaninov); Η Νήσος των Νεκρών; Tο Νησί των Νεκρών, έργο 29; Η Νήσος των Νεκρών, έργο 29 |
Authorities | WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 180633095; LCCN: n80137553; GND: 300123957; |
Composer | Rachmaninoff, Sergei |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.29 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | ISR 15 |
Key | A minor |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1909 see below |
First Performance. | 1909-05-01 in Moscow
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First Publication. | 1909 - Moscow: A. Gutheil |
Dedication | Nikolay Gustavovich Struve (1876–1920) |
Average DurationAvg. Duration | 21 minutes |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | orchestra |
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Discography | All Music Guide |
External Links | Wikipedia article Scores at Sheet Music Plus |
Extra Information | *Holograph full score is signed and dated "17 April 1909, Dresden" |
Sources seem to differ about the origins of this work. CSO and Boosey have it composed in early 1909 and premiered in April (NS May) 1909; a book on Pierre Monteux notes in passing that the composer conducted it (somewhere?) in 1908; another source has it composed already in 1907. Very confusing. Less so if there are two versions- perhaps there are? - ES (According to Barrie Martyn's book on Rachmaninoff, the manuscript is dated 17 April (OS) 1909, one day before the premiere. Further changes were made to the work "before it was ready for printing in June". "I have rewritten from scratch almost half", wrote Rachmaninoff. Still, 1909 does seem to be right...)