Musicology Annotation << Back Refl ections about the Concept of the Piano Concerto No. 2 of Sergei Rachmaninoff in the Research of Russian musicologists Grigory R. Konson The novelty of article is in Research of covert tragic conception of Piano Concerto No. 2 of Sergei V. Rachmaninoff. The hypothesis of study is in the idea that in Concert there was the autobiographical consciousness of man who mentally experiences a death and fi nds strength to overcome it. The integral analysis of art works are used in this article. Keywords: Sergei V. Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 2, concept, concert, party, tragic imagery, theme, intonation. Contacts: E-mail: gkonson@yandex.ru Pp. 21-30.