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Thread #43428 Message #634522
Posted By: Mary in Kentucky
24-Jan-02 - 08:52 AM
Thread Name: Rachmaninoff..I know he ain't folk, but,
Subject: RE: Rachmaninoff..I know he ain't folk, but,
Being the hopeless romantic that I am I love Rachmaninov's music. (He was a 20th century composer having died in 1943.) One year I played his Prelude in g minor in a piano recital AND WENT TOTALLY BLANK toward the end. At least I got through the soaring middle part. My poor teacher was standing backstage jumping up and down screaming D minor chord! That only happened to me once in my life, but it made a lasting impression. It took a long time to get over the fear of floodlights.