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Article: Rachmanioff in Winnipeg: the Band of the Princess Patricia's regiment meets a Russian master.
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- Manitoba History
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- September 22, 2000
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"There was nothing left for us but to thank our lucky stars that we had lived when Rachmaninoff did and heard him...."
W.J. Henderson (1930)
Winnipeg has long been recognized as a centre of great musical vitality. In the aftermath of the "Great War" there was a great demand in many North American cities for exposure to the best and the brightest of the world's musicians, a demand greatly facilitated by improved rail transit systems. Many eminent performers appeared in Winnipeg in the early 1920s, including the English pianist Myra Hess, and Alfred Cortot of France.(1) One of the most distinguished pianists to come to the city was the Russian, Sergei ...