Are these paraphrases?
Rachmaninoff dedicated the work to his friend the violinist Nikolai Medtner . He wrote to another friend , the composer Fritz Kreisler , on 21 December 1931 :
He dedicated this work to his friend , the violinist Nikolai Medtner , and wrote to another friend , the composer Fritz Kreisler , on 21 December 1931 :
yes