I was not especially friendly with Rachmaninov at the time, nor, I think, was any one else: social relations with a man of Rachmaninov's temperament require more perseverance than I can afford: he was merely bringing me honey.
Rite of Spring, modernist composer
Recounting an interaction with Sergei Rachmaninoff.
c. 1942-1943
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