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Francis Pott

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Description:A recurrent observation in articles and reviews during Nikolai Medtner's lifetime (1880-1951) holds that he was 'born at the wrong time', and his conscious distance from such seminal twentieth century iconoclasms as Le Sacre du Printemps has allowed an unkind posterity to dismiss him as an arch-traditionalist. Medtner's published views on modernism and his well-known hostility to Prokofiev in particular have done him few favours in this respect. Francis Pott, a noted pianist and composer, elaborates a much-needed fresh assessment of the composer. The book covers Medtner's output almost in its entirety, which employed the piano whether as a soloist or as a chamber partner to solo singers or stringed instruments. Medtner reveals himself as an intensely autobiographical, self-referential composer, much inclined to attach personal significance to particular motifs and to carry them over from one work to another, sometimes bridging many years in the process. The workings and poetic associations of memory feature strongly in his music, and also in certain texts that his dual Russian and German heredity led him to set as songs. Such preoccupations were undoubtedly deepened by the vicissitudes of a life uprooted from its own soil: Medtner left Russia soon after the Revolution, leading a precarious existence in both Germany and France before settling in London, where he remained in disappointed obscurity and relative hardship until his death. In the case of certain key works, and in particular the Piano Quintet, sketches that have become scattered between Moscow and Ottawa are drawn upon. The piecing together of this material for the very first time since its dispersal, will serve to throw unprecedented light upon the compositional progress of the works. Also examined in some depth is the sobriquet 'the Russian Brahms', in terms of rhythmic displacement, innovation and sonata structure. Another, 'Poor Man's Rakhmaninov', reiterated very recently by Taruskin, is challenged cumulatively throughout the course of the chapters dealing chronologically with the music, and centres upon an appraisal of the intentions and ulterior structural purposes of both composers in devising primary material with varying degrees of inherent melodic 'finish'. At several points the book also reflects upon handling of texture and, as an extension of this thought, the nature of pianism itself.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Music of Nikolai Medtner. To get started finding The Music of Nikolai Medtner, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: A recurrent observation in articles and reviews during Nikolai Medtner's lifetime (1880-1951) holds that he was 'born at the wrong time', and his conscious distance from such seminal twentieth century iconoclasms as Le Sacre du Printemps has allowed an unkind posterity to dismiss him as an arch-traditionalist. Medtner's published views on modernism and his well-known hostility to Prokofiev in particular have done him few favours in this respect. Francis Pott, a noted pianist and composer, elaborates a much-needed fresh assessment of the composer. The book covers Medtner's output almost in its entirety, which employed the piano whether as a soloist or as a chamber partner to solo singers or stringed instruments. Medtner reveals himself as an intensely autobiographical, self-referential composer, much inclined to attach personal significance to particular motifs and to carry them over from one work to another, sometimes bridging many years in the process. The workings and poetic associations of memory feature strongly in his music, and also in certain texts that his dual Russian and German heredity led him to set as songs. Such preoccupations were undoubtedly deepened by the vicissitudes of a life uprooted from its own soil: Medtner left Russia soon after the Revolution, leading a precarious existence in both Germany and France before settling in London, where he remained in disappointed obscurity and relative hardship until his death. In the case of certain key works, and in particular the Piano Quintet, sketches that have become scattered between Moscow and Ottawa are drawn upon. The piecing together of this material for the very first time since its dispersal, will serve to throw unprecedented light upon the compositional progress of the works. Also examined in some depth is the sobriquet 'the Russian Brahms', in terms of rhythmic displacement, innovation and sonata structure. Another, 'Poor Man's Rakhmaninov', reiterated very recently by Taruskin, is challenged cumulatively throughout the course of the chapters dealing chronologically with the music, and centres upon an appraisal of the intentions and ulterior structural purposes of both composers in devising primary material with varying degrees of inherent melodic 'finish'. At several points the book also reflects upon handling of texture and, as an extension of this thought, the nature of pianism itself.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Music of Nikolai Medtner. To get started finding The Music of Nikolai Medtner, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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