Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini is a representative piece of the _____ period.?

Question

A) Impressionist
B) Early Romantic
C) Post-Romantic
D) Late Romantic

Answer 1

Guitargadfly is correct but Rachmaninoff was a broke composer before he became a Baroque composer. He was also very Impressionistic as a child. He had many girlfriends in his teens so he was an Early Romantic. At some point in his adult life he became a hermit and all that he had to hug on was the hitching post where he tied his horse so he was also a Post-Romantic. He didn't get married until he was an old man so he was also a Late Romantic. The correct answer is E - all of the above.

Answer 2

The esteemed gifts of Guitar and Cub not withstanding, I believe they are looking at the wrong branch of the Rachmaninoff family tree.

The Rach is best known for delivering "the people's elbow" to the sternum of his various opponents, this while curling the "people's eyebrow".

Now one of the Rach family, I understand got into the automobile business back in the 1950s. I believe he developed the Rach Hudson.

More recently members of the Rach family have appeared in a dreary series of boxing moves.

And from these later events, one may safely conclude that with the utterance of those immortal words "Yo.. Adrian" Rach must have been a late romantic.

Answer 3

D) Late Romantic.

Rachmaninoff was considered the last great romantic composers. The Rach 2 is even called the "last piece" in the romantic era, which is not to say the Rhapsody OATOP was not in the period. :)

Answer 4

Interesting observation Cub Cur. Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the circumstances you related relative to Rachmaninoff also the catalyst that ultimately led Beethoven to prefer the use of the 12 note scale-system, especially in his later works?
I just felt the idea augmented your post somewhat.

Musician, composer, teacher.

Answer 5

Wow, I'm surprised at the amount of crappy answers you're getting from people, but don't worry. I'll help you out.

Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody was composed during the Late Romantic period. Being composed in 1934, this was a time in which much classical music was no longer evoking emotion but rather portraying abstract emotions. Basically, this time period had alot of crappy classical music as it all sounded very harsh and brutal (Stravinsky and Schoenberg were guilty of this).

It's funny how I once heard the Rhapsody, didn't like it and ignored it for six months, and then rediscoverd it, especially for that famous theme in the middle. Quite a beautiful piece.

Answer 6

I have to demur with regard to my esteemed colleague GuitarGadfly's otherwise perfectly well-aimed sally: recent research has identified Rachmaninoff as the prime exemplar of Slav, virtuoso neo-clavichordists who, having studied the transactions of the Imperial Secret Society of Most Venerable Jew's Harpists of St Petersburg, discovered that they all had actually been born in 1542. Consequently, because in all other respects they believed their birth certificates, they understood themselves to be late romantic in persuasion, and this was an impression that, of course, was palpably false. Henceforth, they have therefore always been known as Impressionists. So the answer, of course, is "A".

Answer 7

D) Late Romantic

Answer 8

mmm lets see Rachy was born in the Jurassic period and no one was impressed Pag was old enough to romance Catherine the great so so they are from the neo post depressionist period

Answer 9

Definitely Late Romantic (D). It was written by Rachmaninov, who is almost always classified in the late romantic period.

Answer 10

Baroque! What kind of test IS this anyway? Every person with a degree in music KNOWS that Rachmaninoff was first off NOT a ninny, and second off a Baroque composer!