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Nikolay Karlovich Medtner Papers, 1826-1954 [collection]

Title

Nikolay Karlovich Medtner Papers, 1826-1954 [collection]

Dates Created

Span: 1826-1954

Bulk: 1914-1954

Language

Russian, French, German, English

Form

collection

Physical Description

5.5 ft.

11 boxes

Abstract

Russian-born composer and pianist Nikolai Medtner (1880-1951) sought to create works that incorporated elements of both Classical and Romantic musical styles. While he primarily composed works for solo piano, he also produced at least 107 songs for voice and piano, as well as three sonatas for violin and piano. As a pianist, he attained great success throughout Europe during the first decades of the twentieth century, and after 1902 also began to teach at the Moscow Conservatory for extended periods. In 1921 Medtner lived in Berlin, then Paris, before settling in London in 1935.

Contents Note

Correspondence, programs, articles, photographs, miscellany, books, music.

Preferred Citation

Nikolay Karlovich Medtner Papers, Music Division, Library of Congress

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Copyright

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Subjects

Piano Music

Songs

Chamber Music

Medtner, Nikolai

Bax, Sir Arnold

Dupré, Marcel

Godowsky, Leopold

LaLiberté, Alfred

Marx, Joseph

Moisevich, Benno

Newman, Ernest

Paichadzhe, Gavriil

Pelletier, Wilfrid

Rachmaninoff, Sergei

Sorabji, Kaikhosru

Swan, Alfred

Wood, Henry J.

Call Number

ML31.M43

Repository

Music Division, Library of Congress

Finding Aid

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu011018

Last Updated: 08-28-2012