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Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Content NoteThe Nikolay Karlovich Medtner Papers contain letters, programs, clippings, photographs, scores, books, realia, and other items related to Medtner's family life and career as a concert pianist. These materials date from 1826-1954, with the majority dating from 1914-1954. The Correspondence series takes up nearly half the collection and consists of family and general correspondence written between 1914 and 1954, containing over 1,900 letters in Russian, German, English, and French. Family correspondence (1914-1936) consists of approximately 500 letters by Nikolay and/or wife Anna to Ėmiliĭ Karlovich Metner with over 400 letters in reply. The general correspondence (1921-1954) contains significant letters and transcripts to and from Sergei and Nataliia Rachmaninoff, Leon and Olga Conus, Sofiia Aleksandrovna Satina, Konstantin Klimov, Madeleine Laliberté (Mrs. Albert Laliberté), Bernard and Cecile Pinsonneault, Abbé J.G. Turcotte, and smaller holdings of letters by other musicians and admirers. This series also contains condolence letters sent to Anna upon Nikolay’s death and a large quantity of unidentified letters. The Programs series largely documents concerts given by Medtner in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Russia between 1907 and 1946. There are also programs featuring Medtner’s works, presumably collected by the family. The Articles series (1910-1952) consists chiefly of newspaper clippings (often collected in scrapbooks, transcribed, and occasionally translated) and several longer articles written about Medtner. In addition, there is a brief article written by Medtner on the topic of musical inspiration. Aside from one photograph of Medtner himself, the Photography series is confined mostly to inscribed photographs of various musicians presented to Medtner, including two by Rachmaninoff. The Miscellany series includes analytical notes, advertisements, and reviews pertaining to the Medtner Society's recordings; catalogues from Ėmiliĭ's publishing house Musaget' dating from 1912-1913; a 1927 address (with English translation) signed by 111 Moscow musicians and given to Medtner upon his visit to Russia; a diploma (1928) from the Royal Academy of Music; and a humorous scroll dated 1936. A bronze bust of Medtner executed by Karen Vogel and a posthumous plaster cast of Medtner's hands are included in this collection. Among the books are poetic works by Pushkin and Tiutchev, with Medtner's annotations, Medtner's personal copy of Muza i moda, and a copy of Ėmiliĭ's Modernizm’ i Muzika. The Music series consists of printed scores and three manuscripts in Medtner's hand: Russian Round Dance, op. 58, no. 1; a 1896 work entitled Prelude, piano, E♭ minor, dedicated to Anna (possibly reworked as Op. 14/1); and an early vocal piece entitled Romance, also dedicated to Anna (possibly reworked as Op. 3/1). Among the printed music holdings is a bound volume containing musical settings to Pushkin's texts by various composers compiled by V.A. Kiselev as well as a printed score to Arthur Lourié’s Formes en l’air, with a written dedication to Medtner initialed by Rachmaninoff. A few explanatory words regarding transliteration of the composer's surname: although the correct transliteration of the Russian-born composer's surname would be more precisely rendered according to the Library of Congress's transliteration system as "Metner," the composer himself favored the Germanic spelling of his name, "Medtner," in Roman script; the latter form, through which the composer gained renown in the West, has therefore been retained within this document. Conversely, the Library of Congress transliteration system has been adhered to in transliterating the name of the composer's brother, Ėmiliĭ Metner (who neither cultivated a career in the West, nor adopted the Germanic spelling of his surname). Alternate spellings for Russian names and titles that appear in this finding aid--including those defined by convention as well as standardized transliteration--have been included in an appendix to facilitate searching. A modified Library of Congress transliteration system, excluding ligatures and accent marks, has been adopted in this finding aid. Return to the Table of Contents Selected Search TermsPeople
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Return to the Table of Contents Organization of the Nikolay Karlovich Medtner PapersThe Nikolay Karlovich Medtner Papers are organized in seven series:
Return to the Table of Contents Container ListCorrespondence, 1914-1954Letters by Nikolay and/or Anna Medtner and Ėmiliĭ Karlovich Metner (Nikolay's brother) to one another, condolence notes/letters written by others to Anna Medtner at the time of Nikolay's death in 1951, and correspondence by friends and colleagues of Nikolay Medtner. The series is arranged into two subseries: the first contains correspondence between Medtner family members; the second contains correspondence by non-family members to Nikolay Medtner. Arranged alphabetically by correspondent's last name, and chronologically therein. Medtner Family, 1914-1951Ėmiliĭ to Nikolay and Anna, 1917-1936Anna to Ėmiliĭ, 1914Anna and Nikolay to Ėmiliĭ, 1914-1936, undatedCondolence letters/notes to Anna Medtner, 1951, undatedGeneral, 1921-1954Alexander, Arthur, 1928-1951, undatedArmin, George, 1926-1938, undatedArnson, Lyuta, 1928-1930"A" miscellaneous, 1926-1949Bax, Arnold, undatedBentner, Marie Auguste, 1932-1945Bernhard, Isolda, 1928Binstead, S.T. and Ann, 1947-1951Bloch, J. H., 1928-1933Blom, Eric, 1948-1952Braithware, Sam Hartley, 1930-1944Braunstein, Albert, 1951Bühler, Lenox, 1945-1951"B" miscellaneous, 1928-1952Catterall, Yvonne and Hugh, 1950-1951 and undatedChamberland, Albert, 1927-1951Chekhova, Vseniya, 1931-1934Cloutier, Leo, 1947-1952Conus, Leon and Olga, 1936-1945Conus, Olga, 1946-1952 and undatedConus, Sergei, 1947-1951Conus, Tatiana, 1931-1951"C" miscellaneous, 1921-1943Décarie, Annette, 1927-1934Decaux, Abel, 1927-1928De Jersey, Everal, 1928Denissoff, J., dobrowen 1933Dhami, Sadhu Singh, 1944-1948Dobrowen, Issay, 1948-1951 and undatedDobuzhinsky, Mstislav, 1948-1951 and undatedDupré, Marcel, 1926-1951"D" miscellaneous, 1928-1950"E" miscellaneous, 1939Fortier, Florestine, 1930-1932"F" miscellaneous, 1928-1953 and undatedGedike, Aleksandr Fedorovich, 1926Gélinas, Rosaire, 1936Godowsky, Leopold, 1926"G" miscellaneous, 1928-1934Harrison, Eric, 1944Hervé, Henriette, 1922Hill, Valentina, 1951Holt, Richard, 1948-1951"H" miscellaneous, 1927-1949Iles, Edna, 1954Jacobson, Myron, 1931 and undatedJaya Chamaraja Wadiyar (Maharaja of Mysore), 1946-1951"J" miscellaneous, 1937Kedroff, Nikolai, 1938-1952 and undatedKlimov, Konstantin, 1932-1939 and undatedKlimov, Konstantin, 1940-1953Knatchbule, Dora, 1942-1944 and undated"K" miscellaneous, 1923-1948 and undatedLaliberté, Madeleine, 1950-1951Langlet, Nina Nikolaevna, 1948-1950Legge, Walter see Box 5, Schwarzkopf, Elizabeth"L" miscellaneous, 1928-1952Marie-Stéphanie, Sœur, 1928-1951Marx, Joseph, 1949-1951Menzel, Richard, 1948Mettsel, Vladimir, 1943-1947Moiseiwitsch, Benno, 1943-1951Mutch, Isabel, 1934-1936 and undated"M" miscellaneous, 1927-1948 and undatedNewman, Ernest, 1932"N" miscellaneous, 1932 and undatedOlenina-d'Alʹgeĭm, M. A. (Mariia Alekseevna), undatedOrlov, G., 1929-1951Paĭchadze, Gavril Gregorevich, 1951Patience, Ernest, 1923 and undatedPinsonneault, Bernard, 1949-1952Pinsonneault, Cécile, 1950-1951"P" miscellaneous, 1928-1950Rachmaninoff, Natalie, 1922-1949 and undatedRachmaninoff, Sergei, 1912, 1921-1939 and undatedRandle, Maud, undatedRitchie, Margaret, 1948-1952"R" miscellaneous, 1944-1951Sabaniev, Alyota, 1937-1950 and undatedSabline, E., 1942-1944Samofnikova, Natasha, 1924-1928Satin, Vladimir Alexandrovich, 1921 and undatedSatina, Sofiia Aleksandrovna, 1945-1953 and undatedSchwarzkopf, Elizabeth, 1951Segovia, Andrés, 1923 and undatedSmith, Cyril, 1945-1948Sorabji, Kaikhosru Shapurji, 1946-1952Stegmann, G. F., 1949Stone, Christopher, 1948-1951 and undatedSwan, Alfred J., 1948"S" miscellaneous, 1928-1952Thompson, J. Antonio, 1933-1934Turcotte, J. G., abbé, 1929-1951"T" miscellaneous, 1927-1952"V" miscellaneous, 1928-1934Wolfman, J., 1931-1934Wolkonsky, Irina Rachmaninoff, 1930-1952Wood, Henry J., 1944Wüllner, Ludwig, 1927-1928"W" miscellaneous, 1928-1950 and undatedYasser, Joseph, 1927-1952Zernova, Militsa, 1944-1948Zhorzh, Sasha (?), 1927-1937 and undated"X - Z" miscellaneous, 1952 and undated"Constance" (unidentified surname), 1952"Lelya (Lelia)" (unidentified surname), undatedUnidentifed (miscellaneous correspondence), 1912-1952 and undatedUnidentified (multiple signatures), 1946 and undatedUnidentified (miscellaneous - various addresses), 1921 and undatedUnidentified (notes by Nikolai or Anna Medtner) 1954 and undatedUnidentified (letters written in a similar hand), 1923 and undatedUnidentified (with attributive annotations by Anna Medtner?), 1924-1951 and undatedPrograms, 1907-1953Programs for concerts given by Medtner in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Russia, as well as programs featuring performances of Medtner's works by others. Arranged chronologically. Concerts given by Medtner, 1907-1946 and undated1907-1946 and undatedConcerts of Medtner's works given by other musicians, 1920-1953 and undated1920-1953 and undatedArticles, 1910-1952Newspaper clippings (often collected in scrapbooks, transcribed, and occasionally translated) and several longer articles written about Medtner. Includes a brief article written by Medtner on musical inspiration. Arranged alphabetically by author's last name, and chronologically therein. Alexander, Arthur. "Nicolas Medtner: an appreciation," Tempo, no. 22 (Winter 1951-1952)Armin, George, editor. [Several articles featuring Medtner] Der Stimmwart, 2-4, 6. Jahrgang, (1926-1930)Clippings, 1910-1950 and undatedClippings. Unbound book of transcripts, 1924-1940 and undatedClippings album, 1932Clippings. Preservation photocopies, 1929-1946Gestlé, Henry S. "The Piano music of Nicolai Medtner," Musical Quarterly, 10, no. 4 (October 1924)Il'in, Ivan. [Unidentified article], [Unidentified journal], no. 7 (1929)Medtner, Nikolai. "Opinions: On Inspiration," The Chesterian, 10, no. 73 (September-October 1928)Miller, Sidney. "Medtner's Piano Music," The Musical Times, 82, nos. 1184-1185 (October-November 1941)Riesemann, Oskar von. "Nikolai Medtner," The Sackbut, (May 1925)Riesemann, Oskar von. "Nikolai Medtner," Rheinische Musik- und Theater Zeitung, XXV. Jahrgang, nr. 41-42, November 22, 1924Swan, Alfred J. "Medtner," The Musical Times, 955, no. 63 (September 1, 1922)Swan, Alfred J. "Medtner and the Music of our Time," Music and Letters, January 1927Swan, Alfred J. "Nicholas Medtner," The Chesterian, 10, no. 75 (December 1928)Swan, Alfred J. [Unidentified article] [Unidentified journal], (1945)Swan, Alfred J. and Katherine. "Rachmaninoff: Personal Reminiscences - Part I," Musical Quarterly, 30, no. 1 (January 1944)[Unidentified]. [Unidentified article], Cahiers Periodiques, (1949)Photographs, 1922-1951, undatedChiefly photographs of various musicians inscribed to Nikolay Medtner. Included are two inscribed photographs of Rachmaninoff and a photograph of Medtner. Arranged alphabetically by last name of individual, and chronologically therein. Armin, George, undatedArmin, George and Ludwig Wüllner, July 26, 1934Decaux, Abel, undatedDobrowen, Issay, June 8, 1947Dupré, Marcel, October 7, 1935Dusseau, Jeanne, undatedFortier, Florestine, December 1929Fortier, Florestine and Leopold, December 1929Katuar, G. (Georgiĭ), undatedLaliberté, Alfred, 1927, 1931 and undatedMakushina, Tatiana, 1929Marx, Joseph, 1951Medtner, Nikolay, 1922Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1925Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1930Santagano, Elisabeth, 1926Turcotte, J. G., abbé, undatedWüllner, Ludwig, July 1934Zimmermann, Wilhelm, undatedMiscellany, 1912-1951, undatedAnalytical notes, advertisements, and reviews pertaining to the Medtner Society's issued recordings; catalogues of 1912-1913 of Ėmiliĭ Metner's publishing house Musaget'; a 1927 address (with English translation) signed by 111 Moscow musicians given to Medtner upon his visit to Russia; a diploma (dated 1928) from the Royal Academy of Music on the occasion of Medtner's election as an honorary member; and a humorous banner given to Medtner from Russian friends soon after his arrival in London in 1936. A bronze bust of Medtner executed by Czech sculptor Karen Vogel and a posthumous plaster cast of Medtner's hands are also included in this collection. Arranged alphabetically by subject, and chronologically therein. Address presented to Nikolay Medtner upon his return to Russia, 1927Humorous scroll, July 11, 1936Medtner Society publications, 1947-1949Musaget' catalogues, 1912-1913Royal Academy of Music. Diploma, June 28, 1928Plaster cast of Medtner's hands, ca. November 1951Bronze bust of Medtner executed by Czech sculptor, Karen Vogel, undatedBooks, 1826-1948Eleven items, including two volumes of Pushkin's poems, single volumes of Lermontov and Tiutchev, all with Medtner's marginalia and musical sketches, as well as Medtner's personal copy of Muza i moda (Paris: Navarre, 1935) with autograph emendations, and Ėmiliĭ Karlovich Metner's Modernizm i muzyka (Moskva: Musaget', 1912). Arranged alphabetically by author. Drinker, Henry Sandwith. English texts for the songs of Nicholas Medtner. n.p., 1946.Gebhard, Friedrich Albert. Dramatische Spiele. Queblinburg and Leipzig: G. Basse, 1826.Holt, Richard. Medtner and his music: a tribute to a great Russian composer. London: Rimington, Van Wyck Ltd., 1948IAkovlev, Vasiliĭ. [Nikolaĭ̆ Karlovich Metner]. Moscow: [Musik Sektion, Staats verlag], 1927.Lermontov, Mikhail IUrʹevich. Lirika. n.p., 1921.Medtner, Nikolay Karlovich. Muza i moda. Paris: Navarre, 1935.Metner, Ėmiliĭ Karlovich. Modernizm i muzyka. Moskva: Musageť, 1912.Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich. [Unidentified collection of poems]. n.p., 1896.Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich. [Unidentified collection of poems], volume 2. n.p., 1921.Tiutchev, F. I. (Fedor Ivanovich). Stikhotvorenīi︠a︡. [Moskva: n.p., 1899.Urania : Tiutchevskiĭ al'manakh, 1803-1928 . Leningrad: Priboĭ, 1928.Music, 1896-circa 1940Three holograph scores and two printed music items. The holographs include: an undated score titled Romance, the first fair copy with composer's emendations for the Russian round dance, op. 58, for two pianos, and the Prelude, piano, E♭ minor, dated 1896. Printed music includes a printed score of Formes en l'air by Arthur Lourié (Paris: A. Gutheil, 1923), inscribed by Rachmaninoff, and a bound compilation by Kiselev of musical settings (by various Russian composers) to Pushkin's texts. Arranged alphabetically by composer/compiler's last name. Kiselev, V. A. (Vasiliĭ Aleksandrovich), comp. Pushkin v romansakh i pesniakh ego sovremennikov. Moskva: Muzyka, 1936. Score, 224 p., 30 cm.Lourié, Arthur. Formes en l'air. Paris: A. Gutheil, 1923. Score, 9 p., 34 cm.Medtner, Nikolay Karlovich. Prelude, piano, E♭ minor. Holograph manuscript score, in ink, 2 p., 35 cm.Medtner, Nikolay Karlovich. Romance. Holograph manuscript score, in ink, 1 p., 35 cm.Medtner, Nikolay Karlovich. Russkiĭ khorovod = Russian round dance, op. 58, no. 1, for two pianos. Holograph manuscript score, in ink, 27 p., 34 cm.Return to the Table of Contents |
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