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xxi Baker’s. Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, ed. Nicolas Slonimsky and Laura Kuhn. Six vols. New York: Schirmer, 2001. B/L. Bertensson, Sergei and Jay Leyda with the assistance of Sophia Satina. Sergei Rachmaninoff. A Lifetime in Music. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2001. The best biography in English. Harrison. Harrison, Max. Rachmaninoff. Life, Works, Recordings. London and New York: Continuum, 2005. An insightful musical study, marred by erroneous transcription of Russian names (“Prokovief,” “Tioutchef,” etc.). Ianin. Ianin, V. A. and Griunberg, P. N. Katalog vokal’nykh zapisei Rossiiskogo otdeleniia kompanii “Grammofon” (A Catalogue of Vocal Recordings of the Russian Division of the “Gramophone” Company). Moscow: Iazyki slavianskoi kul’tury, 2002. Lists recordings prior to 1915. Ivanov. Ivanov, Georgii K. Russkaia poeziia v otechestvennoi muzyke (do 1917 goda) [Russian poetry in music of the fatherland (to 1917)]. Two vols. Moscow: Muzyka, 1966, and Sovetskii kompozitor, 1969. LN. S. Rakhmaninov. Literaturnoe nasledie [Literary Heritage], ed. Z. A. Apetian, Three vols. Moscow: Sovetskii kompozitor, 1978–1980. Martyn. Martyn, Barrie. Rachmaninoff. Composer, Pianist, Conductor. Aldershot: Scolar Press, 1990. The most useful and thorough study in English. ME. Muzykal’naia èntsiklopediia [Musical encyclopedia], ed. Iu. V. Keldysh. Six volumes. Moscow: “Sovetskaia èntskiklopediia,” 1973–1982. OP. Otechestvennye pevtsy [Singers of the fatherland] 1750–1917, two vols., ed. A. M. Pruzhanskii. Moscow: Sovetskii kompozitor, 1991 (vol. 1); Kompozitor , 2000 (vol. 2). A unique encyclopedia of Russian singers to 1917, with extensive professional biographies and a photograph of each singer. PRP. Pesni russkikh poètov v dvukh tomakh [Songs of Russian poets in two volumes], ed. V. E. Gusev. Biblioteka poèta, Bol’shaia seriia. Leningrad: Sovietskii pisatel’, 1988. PRZ. Pisateli russkogo zarubezh’ia [Writers of the Russian emigration], ed. A. N. Nikoliukin. Moscow: ROSSPEN, 1997. PSR. Rakhmaninov, S. V. Romansy: polnoe sobranie [Romances: complete collection ], ed. P. Lamm. Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe muzykal’noe izdatel’stvo, 1957; reprinted 1963. List of Abbreviations xxii RGALI. Russian State Archive of Literature and Art (Moscow). RP. Russkie pisateli 1800–1917: biograficheskii slovar’ [Russian writers 1800–1917: a biographical dictionary], ed. P. A. Nikolaev et al. Five volumes to date. Moscow: Sovetskaia èntsiklopediia, 1989 (vol. 1); Bolshaia rossiiskaia èntsiklopediia, 1992–2007 (vols. 2-5). RS. Record of Singing. Recordings of vocal artists in four volumes from the earliest sound recordings to the end of the 78 rpm era, published by EMI (formerly HMV) in the 1970s. A fifth volume, from the LP to 2007, was issued in 2009. Vols. 1 and 2 are on LP sets; vols. 3, 4, and 5 are on multiple CDs. TCS. Sylvester, Richard D. Tchaikovsky’s Complete Songs: A Companion with Texts and Translations. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2002; 2004 (paperback). T/N. Threlfall, Robert and Geoffrey Norris. A Catalogue of the Compositions of S. Rachmaninoff. London: Scolar Press, 1982. Indispensable catalog of the music with dates. VOR. Vospominaniia o Rakhmaninove [Reminiscences about Rachmaninoff], ed. Z. A. Apetian. Two vols. Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe Muzykal’noe Izdatel’stvo. First edition: 1957. Fifth, enlarged edition: 1988. List of Abbreviations [100.24.20.141] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 18:45 GMT) Rachmaninoff’s Complete Songs ...