Medtner, Nikolai. (1880–1951). Autograph Musical Quotation. Autograph musical quotation signed ("Nicolas Medtner"), consisting of four bars of music marked "Canto" on a hand-ruled staff. On an album page measuring 16.5 x10.5 cm. Vertical crease, otherwise in very fine condition. Uncommon.
Medtner was one of the very last Romantic composer-pianists, his career being overshadowed by his close contemporaries Skryabin and Rakhmaninov. Like them, he placed the piano at the heart of his creative activity, but unlike them he tempered a Russian spirit with musical thought more firmly based in the Western classical tradition.
Medtner was one of the very last Romantic composer-pianists, his career being overshadowed by his close contemporaries Skryabin and Rakhmaninov. Like them, he placed the piano at the heart of his creative activity, but unlike them he tempered a Russian spirit with musical thought more firmly based in the Western classical tradition.
Medtner, Nikolai. (1880–1951). Autograph Musical Quotation. Autograph musical quotation signed ("Nicolas Medtner"), consisting of four bars of music marked "Canto" on a hand-ruled staff. On an album page measuring 16.5 x10.5 cm. Vertical crease, otherwise in very fine condition. Uncommon.
Medtner was one of the very last Romantic composer-pianists, his career being overshadowed by his close contemporaries Skryabin and Rakhmaninov. Like them, he placed the piano at the heart of his creative activity, but unlike them he tempered a Russian spirit with musical thought more firmly based in the Western classical tradition.
Medtner was one of the very last Romantic composer-pianists, his career being overshadowed by his close contemporaries Skryabin and Rakhmaninov. Like them, he placed the piano at the heart of his creative activity, but unlike them he tempered a Russian spirit with musical thought more firmly based in the Western classical tradition.