Origins of the Rakhmaninov Chord
The article is dedicated to the ‘Rakhmaninov chord’ - the only element of Rakhmaninov’s harmonic language that has acquired the status of his ‘personal’ chord. The chord’s scholarly interpretations and contradictions between them are discussed; a special attention is paid to the chord’s origins and to the reasons why it has occupied so important place in Rakhmaninov’s oeuvre.