Diary entries

January 2 1921

Rachmaninoff's role: Gramophone Recording

January 6 1921

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

January 8 1921

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

January 10 1921

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

January 12 1921

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

January 14 1921

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

January 16 1921

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina does not offer any information about what she terms 'Praeludium' by JS Bach, a work which does not appear on any similar programs Rachmaninoff was playing at the time. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

January 18 1921

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina notes that a Mazurka by Chopin was played as an encore. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

January 19 1921

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

Notes: The first work by Wagner could be ‘Träume’, the Wesendonck song, in the arrangement the composer made for solo violin in late 1858. No singer is listed by Satina. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

January 20 1921

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

January 21 1921

Rachmaninoff's role: Gramophone Recording

January 24 1921

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

January 25 1921

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

January 27 1921

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

Notes: The concert commenced at 8.30pm. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

January 28 1921

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

Notes: The concert commenced at 8.30pm. Satina believed that the program of the previous day had been repeated in this concert but, apart from Rachmaninoff's op. 30, the other works were different. The exact order of the program is not known. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

January 30 1921

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

January 31 1921

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 3 1921

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 6 1921

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 7 1921

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina indicates that four pieces by Rachmaninoff were played at this concert, presumably according to a review, but she doesn’t provide further details. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 10 1921

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

Notes: Satina notes that this was part of a series called ‘The Historic Cycle’, with this concert dedicated to works by Russian Composers. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 11 1921

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

Notes: Satina notes that this was part of a series called ‘The Historic Cycle’, with this concert dedicated to works by Russian Composers. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 14 1921

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89. Review: Philadelphia Inquirer 1921.02.15 p. 3.

February 15 1921

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 17 1921

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 24 1921

Rachmaninoff's role: Concerto Soloist

Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 26 1921

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina noted that the two Etudes-Tableaux included no. 3 in F sharp minor, and one ‘in modo Antico’ (perhaps B minor). LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

February 28 1921

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

March 5 1921

Rachmaninoff's role: Piano Roll Recording

March 6 1921

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina noted that the two Etudes-Tableaux included no. 3 in F sharp minor, and one ‘in modo Antico’ (perhaps B minor). LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.