Motherland,Media and Innovation:Triple World of Rachmaninoff's Music
There is no doubt that Russian composer Rachmaninoff is one of the most popular com-posers of classical music in the 20th century.The controversy he sparked in the art world and aca-demia,stands in sharp contrast to the popularity of his works.Russia,Western Europe and the United States are Rachmaninoff's three most important artistic havens.Russia's cultural roots,the American market for records and films,and Europe's intellectual impact on the musical revolution all combined to form Rachmaninoff's musical world.By comparing the music styles of Rach-maninoff with those of three Russian compatriots,Skryabin,Stravinsky and Prokofiev,this paper ex-plores the characteristics of Rachmaninoff's music,his status and evaluation in history,and then observes the social ecology of Western politics since the 20th century.
RachmaninoffThe roots of Russian cultureMusic and filmThe revolution of musicHistorical evaluation