Forgotten Melodies, Opp. 38, 39 and 40 is a set of three cycles of short pieces for solo piano by the Russian composer Nikolai Medtner. The cycles were produced between 1917 and 1921, while Medtner was living in Moscow; the first and third cycles were published in 1922, and the second in 1923, all by the German publishing house Zimmerman.
Miller writes of the cycles that 'very little, if anything at all, in the way of Russian influences is discernible here; the general atmosphere would appear to be that of classical mythology.' The cycles contain a number of well-known showpieces for the piano, including the Danza Festiva, Op. 38, No. 3, a popular encore amongst pianists.
Pieces
Cycle I, Op. 38 (1919–22) Sonata reminiscenza (Соната-воспоминание) Danza graziosa (Грациозный танец) Danza festiva (Праздничный танец) Canzona fluviala (Песнь на реке) Danza rustica (Сельский танец) Canzona serenata (Вечерния песня) Danza silvestra (Лесной танец) Alla reminiscenza (Как бы воспоминание) Cycle II, Op. 39 (1919–20) Meditazione (Раздумье) Romanza (Романс) Primavera (Frühlingsmärchen - Весна) Canzona matinata (Утренняя песня) Sonata tragica (Трагическая соната) Cycle III, Op. 40 (1919–20) Danza col canto Danza sinfonica Danza fiorata Danza jubilosa Danza ondulata Danza ditirambica
See also
List of compositions by Nikolai Medtner
References
External links
Op. 38 at the IMSLP
Op. 39 at the IMSLP
Op. 40 at the IMSLP
Forgotten Melodies, First Cycle, Op. 38 at medtner.org.uk
Forgotten Melodies, Second Cycle, Op. 39 at medtner.org.uk
Forgotten Melodies, Third Cycle, Op. 40 at medtner.org.uk
Compositions by Nikolai Medtner
1921 compositions
Suites (music) Piano compositions by Russian composers