Hermine Eichhorn was an American musician and composer, and in the Rachmaninov context she appears to be the arranger of a version of Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini —specifically the 18th variation.

Context

Her name is associated with a piano arrangement rather than with Rachmaninov himself, so if you saw “Eichhorn” in a score, recording, or video title, it most likely points to her arrangement or edition of that passage.

Who she was

  • Hermene Warlick Eichhorn (often misspelled “Hermine”) was born in 1906 and died in 2001.
  • She was an American composer and musician, not a member of Rachmaninov’s inner circle.
  • The clearest Rachmaninov connection in the sources is her arrangement of the famous 18th variation.

Practical takeaway

If you are looking at “Eichhorn” in a Rachmaninov reference, it usually means a performing or pedagogical adaptation tied to that variation, not an original Rachmaninov collaborator or biographer.

TL;DR

Hermine Eichhorn was a 20th-century American composer whose name shows up in Rachmaninov materials mainly because she made an arrangement of the 18th variation from Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.