An autographed letter from composer Sergei Rachmaninoff

The text of the letter:
"Dear Mr. Jacobson,
I received your letter yesterday and today-
I also ordered the piece of Mozart that you recommended.
The front of the Sheet. I didn't know her.
I was very sad to read that
You 're all sick and had to take care of all your
Employment at the university. This winter, if everything goes well
Well, I hope to see you again.
Sorry for the brevity, it's very busy.
I 'm sending you a heartfelt love,
S. Rachmaninov"

Sergei Rachmaninoff is a great Russian composer and pianist, the brightest representative of late Romanticism. The author of immortal works, including "Prelude in C-Sharp Minor", "Vocalise" and four piano concertos, he became famous as a virtuoso performer with a unique technique – his hands covered 13 keys. After the revolution, he emigrated, but retained a deep connection with Russian culture in music. His Second and Third Piano concertos are considered the pinnacles of the world's musical heritage.

The letter is addressed to Miron Isaakievich Jacobson, a Russian and American composer with whom Rachmaninoff had a long—term friendship that began at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. The document is particularly valuable because it was written just a month before Jacobson's death, becoming a kind of musical testament.

The exhibit is accompanied by letters from the Rachmaninoff family archive.

Among them is a letter from Natalia Rachmaninoff dated November 16, 1934, addressed to Bertha Jacobson, where the composer's wife regretfully informs about the impossibility of having lunch together due to Sergei Vasilyevich's immersion in work. The collection is complemented by two letters signed by Evgeny Somov, Rachmaninoff's second secretary and the nephew of the artist Konstantin Somov, whose friendship with the composer's family has continued since pre—revolutionary times.