Previous posts for January 5th are here: Wieland Wagner; Friedrich Blume (2020), Henry Lawes (2021), Alfred Brendel (2022), Johann Georg Pisendel (2023), Pietro Filippo Scarlatti; Frederick Converse (2024), and Wilhelmina Wiggins Fernandez (2025)
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Nikolai Medtner (5 January 1880 [O.S. 24 December 1879] – 13 November 1951) was a Russian composer and pianist.
Away from It All
Esteemed in England, he and Anna settled in London in 1936, modestly teaching, playing and composing, to a strict daily routine. -- Wikipedia
Nikolai Medtner, who spent his maturity
Quietly living in Golders Green,
Lived there years of domestic obscurity
Content with his disciplined daily routine.
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Wieland Wagner (5 January 1917 – 17 October 1966) was an opera director and the grandson of Richard Wagner.
Clear the Set
To Wieland Wagner, rocks and trees,
And other trappings such as these
Should be replaced in every act
By settings on the stage which lacked
And hint of time or place,
But loads and loads of empty space.
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