Jay Leyda, Sergei Bertensson, Sophia Satina: Sergei Rachmaninoff. A Lifetime in Music. Reihe: Russian Music Studies, Indiana University Press, Bloomington 2001, Zitat: „boundless fields of wheat, rye, oats, […] with its aroma of earth and all that grows and blossom […].“ (eingeschränkte Vorschau in der Google-Buchsuche, englisch)
Jay Leyda, Sergei Bertensson, Sophia Satina: Sergei Rachmaninoff. A Lifetime in Music. Reihe: Russian Music Studies, Indiana University Press, Bloomington 2001, Zitat: „Up till now the whole month has been spent dillydallying. I often fish, and plant willows. The latter occupation was and still is fascinating. For it I bought a bore, with which I bore holes two feet deep, and then plant willow cuttings that stand five feet above the earth. I’ve set out 120 of these. I watered and continue to water them with an accuracy […] But how great is my rapture when I see a fresh bud of a young green leaf.“ (eingeschränkte Vorschau in der Google-Buchsuche, englisch)
