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Quote by Sergei Rachmaninoff

“The new kind of music seems to create not from the heart but from the head. Its composers think rather than feel. They have not the capacity to make their works exalt - they meditate, protest, analyze, reason, calculate and brood, but they do not exalt.”

Quote by Sergei Rachmaninoff

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Sergei Rachmaninoff

Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. Sergei Rachmaninoff is renowned for his deep emotional expression and technical prowess, considered one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. His musical works are deeply influenced by the Romantic style, while also incorporating elements of Russian folk music. more

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