For 10 points, name this composer of Rhapsody on a Themeof Paganini.
This composer adapted the theme from one of his sacred concertos for SATB choir into the principal themeof a concerto finale; that concerto begins with half notes on the lowest F on the keyboard after each of eightunaccompanied chords in the solo piano part. Another of this composer's works begins with a rhythmic motifof quarter, dotted-quarter in (*) 5/8. This composer recovered from the psychological breakdown that followedthe failure of his first symphony and later wrote a work whose beginning section depicts the movement of oars in thewater. Besides the Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor and three other piano concertos, this composer wrote a themeand 24 variations based on the last of a set of caprices. For 10 points, name this composer of Rhapsody on a Themeof Paganini.
This composer adapted the theme from one of his sacred concertos for SATB choir into the principal themeof a concerto finale; that concerto begins with half notes on the lowest F on the keyboard after each of eightunaccompanied chords in the solo piano part.
Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff