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Shortly before Rachmaninoff died on March 28, 1943, a cable, signed by eleven of Russia's most significant musicians, arrived from Moscow, which he was never able to read:
"Dear Sergei Vasilyevich!
On the day of your seventieth anniversary the Union of Soviet Composers sends you warm congratulations and hearty wishes for good spirits, strength, and health for many years to come. We greet you as a composer of whom Russian musical culture is proud, the greatest pianist of our time, a brilliant conductor and public man who in these times has shown patriotic feelings that have found a response in the heart of every Russian. We greet you as a creator of musical works penetrating in their depth and
expressiveness. Your piano concertos and symphonies, your chamber works, songs, and other compositions are often played in the Soviet Union, and the public here watches with close attention your creative activity and is proud of your triumphs...."
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