The publication of the present volume marks the 70th anniversary of the death of the Russian composer-pianist Nikolai Medtner (1880-1951). It is the first scholarly collection in the English language that is fully dedicated to Medtner's life and work. Its twelve contributions offer a variety of approaches to his biography and music, ranging from analyses and interpretive studies to hermeneutical contexts, and including many insights into his aesthetic thought. In four sections grouped by musi...