close friend of the composer Alfred La Liberté, singers Margaret Ritchie, Tatania Makushina and Oda Slobodskaya, and Medtner himself via extracts from Muse and the Fashion. The editor of the volume was Richard Holt. In 2004, Natalia Konsistorum published, in Russian, Nikolai Karlovich Medtner: Portrait of a Composer (). The book is available in a German translation by Christoph Flamm and is notable for the two CDs it contains with original recordings of a variety of Medtner's works. There have been numerous dissertations on Medtner's music. One of the most influential is Der russische Komponist Nikolaj Metner : Studien und Materialien by Christoph Flamm. Originally presented as the author's Ph.D thesis (Heidelberg, 1995), it was published by Kuhn (, 1995, out of print). It includes letters, reviews and other documents in German, Russian, English and French, a bibliography and partial discography. Wendelin Bitzan's dissertation "The Sonata as an Ageless Principle" (Vienna, 2019, available in open access) was written under guidance from Flamm and presents in-depth analyses of Medtner's sonatas and their historical and aesthetic contexts. In 2003, David J. Skvorak wrote a doctoral thesis Thematic unity in Nicolas Medtner's works for piano : Skazki, sonatas, and piano quintet at the University of Cincinnati, published by UMI. It contains theoretical analyses of several of Medtner's works. Adaptations and citations Bart Berman composed Variations and Fugue based on the theme in Medtner's Theme with Variations, Op. 55 in 2009. The author Philip Pullman declared Medtner as his favourite composer during a short interview available on the BBC website in September 2011. References Citations Sources Further reading External links Nicolas Medtner: Worklist, Discography, Publications and News Nikolay Karlovich Medtner (in Russian) Website of the International Nikolai Medtner Society Finding aid to the Nikolai Karlovich Medtner Papers at the Library of Congress (PDF) BBC Radio Composer of the Week: Rachmaninov and Medtner, 26 October 2012 (MP3 download, UK only) Recordings Medtner plays his Danza Festiva, Op. 38, No. 3 Piano Roll c. 1925, New York. (The Pianola Institute) Nicolas Medtner: The complete solo recordings Vol.1 (Appian Publications and Recordings) Nicolas Medtner: The complete solo recordings Vol.2 (Appian Publications and Recordings) Nicolas Medtner: The complete solo recordings Vol.3 (Appian Publications and Recordings) The Medtner Collection (St-Laurent Studio) 1880 births 1951 deaths 19th-century classical composers 19th-century male musicians 20th-century classical composers 20th-century classical pianists 20th-century Russian male musicians Russian Romantic composers Russian classical pianists Russian male