Vocalise - Rachmaninoff, arr. Maganini by Victoria Hitz published on 2015-03-31T18:21:08Z Vocalise - Sergei Rachmaninoff, arr. Quinto Maganini As one of the leading late Romantic composers in music history, Sergei Rachmaninoff’s wide variety of works are some of the most performed selections to date. With influences of Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov, his personal style was most noted for its song-like melodicism, expressiveness, and his use of rich orchestral colors. As a virtuosic pianist himself, his works featured the piano and explored the expressive elements of the instrument. Composed and published in 1915, Vocalise is the last of his “Fourteen Songs,” Op. 34. It was originally written for high voice (soprano or tenor) with piano accompaniment and dedicated to soprano Antonina Nezhdanova. There are no words for the vocalist, so it is sung on a single vowel to the vocalist’s choosing. Since its publication, there have been many arrangements of this piece done, including arrangements by Rachmaninoff himself. Genre flute clar