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Nikolai Medtner
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Russian composer and pianist (1879–1951)
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Nikolai Medtner was a composer, pianist, and university teacher born in Moscow. He was educated at the Moscow Conservatory, where he studied under Pavel Pabst, Wassily Sapellnikoff, Vasily Safonov, and Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev, and was later employed there himself; his own students included Alexander Alexandrov. He held citizenship of the Russian Empire and the United Kingdom, played the piano, composed classical music, and had blue eyes. Medtner began his working period in 1905, spoke Russian, and followed the Eastern Orthodox Church. His recordings appeared on EMI. He died in London on 13 November 1951 of coronary thrombosis and was buried there.
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Nikolai Medtner (Russian: Николай Карлович Метнер; 5 January 1880 [O.S. 24 December 1879] – 13 November 1951) was a Russian composer and pianist. A younger contemporary of Sergei Rachmaninoff and Alexander Scriabin, he wrote a substantial number of compositions, all of which include the piano. His works include fourteen piano sonatas, three violin sonatas, three piano concerti, a piano quintet, two works for two pianos, many shorter piano pieces <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D
Key facts
- Born
- 5 January 1880 [ O.S. 24 December 1879 ] , Moscow, Russia
- Died
- 13 November 1951 (1951-11-13) (aged 71), Golders Green , England
- Works
- List of compositions
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Nikolay
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Moscow
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Moscow Conservatory
- Employer
- Moscow Conservatory
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Religion
- Eastern Orthodox Church
- Student of
- Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev
- Eye colour
- blue
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- EMI
- Image
- Metner N.K. Postcard-1910.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1880-01-05
- Commons category
- Nikolai Medtner
- student
- Alexander Alexandrov
- start of work period
- 1905-00-00
- P8168
- Rajidae
- date of death
- 1951-11-13
- medical condition
- coronary thrombosis
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Nikolai Medtner, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (Russian: Николай Карлович Метнер, romanized: Nikolay Karlovich Metner; 5 January 1880 [O.S. 24 December 1879] – 13 November 1951) was a Russian composer and pianist.
A younger contemporary of Sergei Rachmaninoff and Alexander Scriabin, he wrote a substantial number of compositions, all of which include the piano. His works include 14 piano sonatas, three violin sonatas, three piano concerti, a piano quintet, two works for two pianos, many shorter piano pieces, a few shorter works for violin and piano, and 108 songs including two substantial works for vocalise. 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.
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