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1873 - 1943Life of the Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff.
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1 Apr 1873Sergei Rachmaninoff is born in Semyonovo, Russia.
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1882Sergei Rachmaninoff enters the St. Petersburg Conservatory.
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1885Sergei Rachmaninoff enters the Moscow Conservatory.
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1891Sergei Rachmaninoff graduates in piano from the Moscow Conservatory.
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1891Sergei Rachmaninoff completes his First Piano Concerto.
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1891Sergei Rachmaninoff completes his orchestral work The Rock.
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1892Sergei Rachmaninoff wins the gold medal prize for composition at the Moscow Conservatory.
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1892Sergei Rachmaninoff completes his Prelude in C sharp minor for piano.
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1897 - 1900Sergei Rachmaninoff descends into depression and does not compose but is treated successfully by hypnotist Dr Nikolay Dahl.
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15 Mar 1897Sergei Rachmaninoff’s First Symphony is publicly performed for the first time to disastrous reviews.
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9 Nov 1901The triumphant premiere of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto.
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1902Sergei Rachmaninoff marries his cousin Natalya Satina.
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1908Sergei Rachmaninoff composes his Second Symphony.
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1909Sergei Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto premieres in the United States.
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1910Sergei Rachmaninoff composes his Liturgy of St John Chrysostom.
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1913Sergei Rachmaninoff composes The Bells.
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1915Sergei Rachmaninoff composes his All-night Vigil.
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1926Sergei Rachmaninoff completes his Fourth Piano Concerto.
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1931Sergei Rachmaninoff composes his Variations on a Theme of Corelli.
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1934Sergei Rachmaninoff composes his Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.
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1936Sergei Rachmaninoff completes his Third Symphony (he revises it in 1938).
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1940Sergei Rachmaninoff composes his last major work, Symphonic Dances.
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28 Mar 1943Sergei Rachmaninoff dies of cancer at his home in Beverly Hills.
