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 | | During the Blitz his devoted pupil Edna Iles gave the Medtners shelter in Warwickshire, initially at Wythall and later at Wootton Wawern, where he completed his Third Piano Concerto, performing it at a 1943 Promenade Concert. |
 | | The Maharajah of Mysore, His Highness Jayachamaraja Wodeyar Bahadur, himself a music lover and amateur pianist, founded a Medtner Society with the objective of recording all Medtner's works. |
 | | Medtner was already in declining health but managed to record all three concertos with the Philharmonia Orchestra (whose first president was the Maharajah) plus some sonatas, chamber music, and a good selection of songs and shorter piano works before his death. |
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