Music Of The Great Composers --

Sergius Vassilievitch Rachmaninoff The birth of Rachmaninoff took place at Nijni-Novgorod, April 2, 1873. In 1882 he entered the St. Petersburg Conservatory and studied under Demjanski until 1885, when he prodeeded to Moscow. At the Conservatory in this city he studied under Siloti for pianoforte. Composition he studied under Arenski and Taneieff, and in 1891 he wond the grand gold medal . He then distinguished himself as a concert pianist, and spent some..