{"product_id":"14552-medtner-nikolai-hofmann-josef-signed-photograph-to-josef-hofmann","title":"Medtner, Nikolai. (1880–1951) [Hofmann, Josef. (1876–1957)] Signed Photograph to Josef Hofmann","description":"\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eOriginal sepia Paola of Moscow photograph of the Russian composer and pianist, signed and inscribed to his contemporary, Polish American virtuoso pianist Josef Hofmann. Medtner is shown in a \u003c\/span\u003eseated half-length portrait, holding cigarette and looking into camera, and \u003cspan style=\"\"\u003ehas penned on the mount below the image in German: \"Mr. Josef Hofmann \/ from his sincerest admirer.\"  5.25 x 4 inches, mounted to 10 x 6.75 inches. An extraordinary association. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eMedtner was one of the very last Romantic composer-pianists, his career being overshadowed by his close contemporaries Scriabin and Rachmaninoff. 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.\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093554385055,"sku":"14552","price":1530.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Medtner_2C_Nikolai_SP_14552.jpg?v=1722188803","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/14552-medtner-nikolai-hofmann-josef-signed-photograph-to-josef-hofmann","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}