Piano Sonata, Op.5 (Medtner, Nikolay)

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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: M.P. Belaieff, 1904. Plate 2498.
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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: M.P. Belaieff, 1904. Plate 2498.
Revised - Leipzig: M.P. Belaieff, 1955.
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Editor Aleksandr Gedike (1877-1957)
Publisher. Info. Sobranie Sochinenii, Tom I: Sochineniia dlia fortepiano
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Publisher. Info. Sonatas for Piano, Vol.1 (pp.5-46)
Moscow: Muzyka, 1975. Plate 8598.
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General Information

Work Title Piano Sonata in F minor
Alternative. Title Sonate; Соната
Composer Medtner, Nikolay
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.5
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. INM 22
Key F minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements:
  1. Allegro
  2. Intermezzo. Allegro
  3. Largo
  4. Finale. Allegro risoluto
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1895?–1903
First Performance. 1904 November
First Publication. 1904
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Early 20th century
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation Piano solo
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A revised edition of its 1904 publication was issued by Belaieff in 1955 (Plate 2498) and later published by Muzgiz. Hyperion gives 1901-3; medtner.org.uk gives 1902-3. Wikipedia gives 1895 but their source is not specified. The Medtner Werkverzeichnis gives "umgearbeitet 1955" which means revamped 1955 (posthumously?) but assuming only a slight typo and that a date closer to and before 1952 is actually meant, perhaps they mean he did return to it and (perhaps) the Urtext of 1959 incorporates those changes (a comparison of the 1904 and the 1959 publications might help clarify, as might Gedike's preface, or some other source may)? -- Edit: or revamped by his wife, who was invited (as noted by Martyn) to head a team of editors in the USSR and of all people was regarded as most likely to have some notion of his intentions, so yes, perhaps revamped posthumously. - ELS

A sonata in B minor (unpublished; 1897) and a sonatina in G minor (1898, published 1981) precede this one. Martyn quotes the opening of a sonata in F minor as well.

Premiered 2 November 1904 (Julian/OS).

Piano Sonatas by Nikolay Medtner
  • Piano Sonata, Op.5 in F minor (1895-1903)
  • Piano Sonata in B minor (without op. number, 1897)
  • Piano Sonata in G minor (without op. number, 1901-10)
  • Sonaten-Triade, Op.11 (1904-07):
No.1. Sonata in A-flat major
No.2. Sonata-Elegy in D minor
No.3. Sonata in C major