A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF THE PIANO CONCERTOS OF SERGEI VASILYEVICH RACHMANINOFF by GARY WOODROW COBB, B.M. A THESIS IN MUSIC THEORY Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Texas Tech University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF MUSIC Approved V u 73 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I "Wish to express deep appreciation to Dr. Harold Luce for the direction of this thesis and to Dr. Richard A. McGowan for his helpful criticism. ii CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS LIST OF EXAMPLES CHAPTER I. SERGEI VASILYEVICH RACHMANINOFF II. THE FIRST PIANO CONCERTO IN F-SHARP MINOR, OPUS 1 III. THE SECOND PIANO CONCERTO IN C MINOR, OPUS 18 IV. THE THIRD PIANO CONCERTO IN D MINOR. OPUS 30 V. THE FOURTH PIANO CONCERTO IN G MINOR. OPUS 40 VI. CONCLUSION BIBLIOGRAPHY lii LIST OF EXAMPLES Example 1. FIRST PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas. l6-23 2. FIRST PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas. 25-29 3. FIRST PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas. 32-33 4. FIRST PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement. Meas. 48-55 5. FIRST PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas. 57 6. FIRST PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas. 74-75 7. FIRST PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas. 124- 125 8. FIRST PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas. I38- 141 9. FIRST PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas. 201- 203 10o FIRST PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement. Meas. 285- 286 11. FIRST PIANO CONCERTO; Second Movement, Meas. 1-8 12. FIRST PIANO CONCERTO; Second Movement, Meas. 10- 14 13. FIRST PIANO CONCERTO; Second Movement. Meas. 27- 30 14. FIRST PIANO CONCERTO; Second Movement, Meas. 38- 44 15. FIRST PIANO CONCERTO; Second Movement, Meas. 52- 16. FIRST PIANO CONCERTO; Second Movement, Meas. 64- 68 iv 17. FIRST PIANO CONCERTO Third Movement. Meas. 1-2 18. FIRST PIANO CONCERTO Third Movement. Meas. 45-47 19. FIRST PIANO CONCERTO Third Movement, Meas. 71-74 20. FIRST PIANO CONCERTO Third Movement, Meas. 87-95 21. FIRST PIANO CONCERTO Third Movement, Meas. 118-119 22. FIRST PIANO CONCERTO Third Movement, Meas. 157 23. FIRST PIANO CONCERTO Third Movement, Meas. 195-197 24. SECOND PIANO CONCERTO First Movement. Meas. 1-8 25. SECOND PIANO CONCERTO First Movement. Meas. 11-14 26. SECOND PIANO CONCERTO First Movement. Meas. 27-30 27. SECOND PIANO CONCERTO First Movement, Meas. 63-7O 28. SECOND PIANO CONCERTO First Movement, Meas. 77-79 29. SECOND PIANO CONCERTO First Movement. Meas. 83-93 30. SECOND PIANO CONCERTO First Movement. Meas. 108- 113 31. SECOND PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas. 125- 132 32. SECOND PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas. 15I- 153 33. SECOND PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas. I6I- 166 34. SECOND PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas. 177- 179 35. SECOND PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement. Meas. 193- 195 36. SECOND PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas. 209- 210 37. SECOND PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas. 245- 246 38. SECOND PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement. Meas. 313. 314 39. SECOND PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement. Meas. 321- 325 ^^ 40. SECOND PIANO CONCERTO; Second Movement, Meas. 1-4 4< 41. SECOND PIANO CONCERTO; Second Movement, Meas. 9-12 5C 42. SECOND PIANO CONCERTO; Second Movement, Meas. 37- 39 51 43. SECOND PIANO CONCERTO; Second Movement, Meas. 47- 49 44. SECOND PIANO CONCERTO; Second Movement, Meas. 55 45. SECOND PIANO CONCERTO; Second Movement. Meas. 63- 64 5: 46. SECOND PIANO CONCERTO; Second Movement. Meas. 71- 76 5* 47. SECOND PIANO CONCERTO; Second Movement. Meas, 149- 152 5t 48. SECOND PIANO CONCERTO; Second Movement, Meas. 157- 163 5( 49. SECOND PIANO CONCERTO; Third Movement, Meas. 43-45 5"; 50. SECOND PIANO CONCERTO; Third Movement. Meas. 98- 101 5^ 51. SECOND PIANO CONCERTO; Third Movement, Meas. I06- 122 5' 52. SECOND PIANO CONCERTO; Third Movement, Meas. 137- 139 6( 53. SECOND PIANO CONCERTO; Third Movement. Meas. 170- 174 6 54. SECOND PIANO CONCERTO; Third Movement, Meas. I8O- 182 6 55. SECOND PIANO CONCERTO; Third Movement. Meas. 188- 192 6 56. SECOND PIANO CONCERTO; Third Movement. Meas. 214- 217 6 57. SECOND PIANO CONCERTO; Third Movement. Meas. 264- 265 6 vi 58. SECOND PIANO CONCERTO; Third Movement. Meas. 310- 313 59. SECOND PIANO CONCERTO; Third Movement, Meas. 426- 429 60. SECOND PIANO CONCERTO; Third Movement, Meas. 475- 476 61. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas. 3-7 62. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement. Meas. 21-24 63. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement. Meas. 29-33 64. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement. Meas. 38-39 65. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas. 50-51 66. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas. 55-56. 59-60. 61-62. 63-64, 65-66. and 67-68 67. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement. Meas. 69-70 68. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement. Meas. 81-86 69. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement. Meas. 87-88 70. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas. 93-94 71. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas. 107- 111 72. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement. Meas. 111- 113 73. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas. 126- 128 74. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas. 137 7^0 THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas. I5I- 152 76. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement. Meas. 159- 160 71. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement. Meas. 174- 175 78. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas. I8I vli 79. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas. 185- 187 80. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas. 219- 220 81. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas, 227- 233 82. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas. 267- 270 83. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas. 345- 346 84. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas. 379- 383 85. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas. 391- 392 86. THim) PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas. 437- 438 87. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; Second Movement, Meas. 1-5 88. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; Second Movement, Meas. 26- 27 89. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; Second Movement, Meas. 38- 41 90. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; Second Movement, Meas. 47- 49 91. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; Second Movement, Meas. 55- 56 and 65-66 92. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; Second Movement, Meas. 71 93. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; Second Movement, Meas. 72 94. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; Second Movement, Meas. 85- 86 and 89-90 95. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; Second Movement, Meas. Ill- 112 96. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; Second Movement, Meas. 130. 135 97. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; Second Movement, Meas. 137 1^5 viii 98. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; Second Movement, Meas. 157- 160 99. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; Second Movement. Meas. I68- 169 100. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; Second Movement, Meas. 184- 185 101. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; Second Movement, Meas. I9O- 191 102. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; Second Movement. Meas. 210 103. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; Third Movement, Meas. 3-4 104. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; Third Movement, Meas. 39-42 105. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; Third Movement. Meas. 57-59 106. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; Third Movement. Meas. 78-79 107. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; Third Movement, Meas. 103- 104 108. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; Third Movement, Meas. 132- 133 109. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; Third Movement, Meas. 152- 154 110. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; Third Movement, Meas. I7I 111. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; Third Movement, Meas. 182 112. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; Third Movement, Meas. 194 113. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; Third Movement, Meas. 201- 203 114. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; Third Movement, Meas. 209 115. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; Third Movement, Meas. 238- 243 116. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; Third Movement, Meas. 247- 248 117. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; Third Movement. Meas. 292- 293 118. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; Third Movement, Meas. 303- 304 Ix 119. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; Third Movement. Meas. 319- 320 120. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; Third Movement, Meas. 350- 351 121. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; Third Movement, Meas. 405- 406 122. THIRD PIANO CONCERTO; Third Movement, Meas. 438- 441 123. FOURTH PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas. 1-5 124. FOURTH PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement. Meas. 7-9 125. FOURTH PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas. 22- 24 126. FOURTH PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas. 28- 30 127. FOURTH PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas. 44- 45 128. FOURTH PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas. 53- 129. FOURTH PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas. 71- 77 130. FOURTH PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement. Meas. 77- 78 131. FOURTH PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas. 83 132. FOURTH PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement. Meas. 94 133. FOURTH PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas, IO6- 108 134. FOURTH PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas. 112 135. FOURTH PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas. 113. 115 136. FOURTH PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement. Meas. 202- 204 137. FOURTH PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas. 216- 218 138. FOURTH PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas. 220- 225 139. FOURTH PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas. 227 and 231 140. FOURTH PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement. Meas. 235- 239 141. FOURTH PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement, Meas. 243- 244 142. FOURTH PIANO CONCERTO; First Movement. Meas. 282- 292 143. FOURTH PIANO CONCERTO; Second Movement. Meas. 1-5 144. FOURTH PIANO CONCERTO; Second Movement, Meas. 6-8 145. FOURTH PIANO CONCERTO; Second Movement, Meas. 44- 47 146. FOURTH PIANO CONCERTO; Second Movement, Meas. 53 147. FOURTH PIANO CONCERTO; Second Movement, Meas. 57- 58 148. FOURTH PIANO CONCERTO; Second Movement, Meas. 63 149. FOURTH PIANO CONCERTO; Second Movement, Meas. 75- 77 150. FOURTH PIANO CONCERTO; Third Movement, Meas. 1-4 151. FOURTH PIANO CONCERTO; Third Movement, Meas. 10- 12 152. FOURTH PIANO CONCERTO; Third Movement, Meas. I3- 14 153. FOURTH PIANO CONCERTO; Third Movement, Meas. 26- 27 154. FOURTH PIANO CONCERTO; Third Movement, Meas. 36- 37 155. FOURTH PIANO CONCERTO; Third Movement, Meas. 46 and 50 156. FOURTH PIANO CONCERTO; Third Movement, Meas. 54- 55 xi 157. FOURTH PIANO CONCERTO; Third Movement. Meas. 111- 116 127 158. FOURTH PIANO CONCERTO; Third Movement, Meas. 125- 131 127 159. FOURTH PIANO CONCERTO; Third Movement, Meas. I3I- 132 128 160. FOURTH PIANO CONCERTO; Third Movement, Meas.