znamennïy

without the ˌsenzə- : without the (normally indicated) repeat. used as a direction in music.

The text of the Vespers is written in Russian Church Slavic (or Russian Church Slavonic, if you prefer).

Dedicated to Smolensky's memory, Rachmaninov's All-Night Vigil (also known in English, misleadingly, as his Vespers) is essentially a concert work rather than one for liturgical use. Lasting just over an hour – or rather longer if including optional liturgical chanting – it falls broadly into two sections.

February 1915 Rachmaninoff composed the All-Night Vigil in less than two weeks in January and February 1915. The All-Night Vigil is perhaps notable as one of two liturgical settings (the other being the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom) by a composer who had stopped attending church services.

SEN-sah. [Italian, without] The Italian term for without. Often seen as "senza sordino" or "without mute".

music without / (ˈsɛntsɑː) / preposition. music without; omitting.

Sergei Rachmaninoff was a Russian piano virtuoso, composer and conductor of the late Romantic period. His works for piano and orchestra remain prominent works exhibiting the last of Russian romanticism.

Rachmaninov had a very deep and personal religious faith which he expressed beautifully in 1915 through his unaccompanied set of choral vespers. They are separated into two parts – the evening Vespers and the morning Matins, both full of exquisitely rich harmonies.

Rachmaninoff, followed by Bach, Brahms and Mendelssohn, was the most innovative of the composers who worked during the Baroque, Classical and Romantic eras of music (1700 to 1900) according to a study published in the open access journal EPJ Data Science.

As a master of the piano who fully understood its capabilities, one of the hallmarks of Rachmaninoff's piano music is its virtuosity. His music is technically demanding and requires exceptional skill and dexterity to perform.

An All-Night Vigil is a service in the Eastern Orthodox or Eastern Catholic Church consisting of a combination of Vespers, Matins, and the First Hour. It is celebrated at sunset on Saturdays, which is technically the dawn of the new Liturgical day.

He dealt with depression his whole life, but his is a success story. Not only did he mostly overcome his disability, but his management of it fueled his composing. Rachmaninoff's symptoms were first noticed by his family and friends after the death of his idol, Tchaikovsky, in 1894.