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Nikolai Medtner

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Medtner Website - Publications

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Nikolai Medtner, postcard (1910)

Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (Russian: Никола́й Ка́рлович Ме́тнер, Nikoláj Kárlovič Métner; 5 January 1880 [O.S. 24 December 1879] – 13 November 1951)[1] was a Russian composer and pianist. After a period of comparative obscurity in the twenty-five years immediately after his death, he is now becoming recognized as one of the most significant Russian composers for the piano.

A younger contemporary of

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. His 38 Skazki (generally known as "Fairy Tales" in English but more correctly translated as "Tales") for piano solo contain some of his most original music.

Skazki

Medtner's Skazki[a][2]

References

Notes

  1. Russian folklore".[1]

Citations

  1. ^ a b Martyn 2001.
  2. ^ Chernaya-Oh 2008, p. 27.

Sources

  • Martyn, Barrie (2001). "Medtner, Nicolas".
    ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0
    .
  • Chernaya-Oh, Ekaterina (2008). The Skazki (Fairy Tales) of Nikolai Medtner: The Evolution and Characteristics of the Genre with Compositional and Performance aspects of Selected Fairy Tales (PDF) (DMA thesis). University of North Texas.
    OCLC 429643041
    .
  • Nagahata, Hiroko (2012). Medtner's Fairy Tales: Texture and Subtlety (PDF) (DMA thesis). Michigan State University.

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Piano Sonatas (Medtner)

See Nikolai_Medtner#Piano_sonatas

The composer Nikolai Medtner wrote fourteen piano sonatas which were published in his lifetime, in addition to the smaller Sonata in B minor, an early composition, and a sonatina, both of which remained unpublished until after his death.

Piano Sonata No. 1

Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 6, is the first of Medtner's piano sonatas. It was completed in August 1903, and was dedicated to the composer's brother, Emil Medtner.[1]

Piano Sonatas No. 2-4

Medtner's second, third and fourth piano sonatas were published Sonaten-Triade

Piano Sonata No. 5

Piano Sonata No. 6

Piano Sonata No. 7

Piano Sonata No. 8

Piano Sonata No. 9

Piano Sonata No. 10

Piano Sonata No. 11

Piano Sonata No. 12

Piano Sonata No. 13

Piano Sonata No. 14 ​

Unpublished Sonatas

Sonatina in G minor is a seven minute work written in 1898; it was published posthumously in 1981.

Sonata in B minor is a minor work written in 1897.

References

Citations

  1. ^ Acevedo 2018, p. 9.

Sources

External Links

For Reference

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Books:

  • Martyn
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