Sentence 1: He devoted the work to his friend , the violinist Nikolai Medtner , and wrote to another friend , the composer Fritz Kreisler , on 21 December 1931 :
Sentence 2: Rachmaninoff dedicated the work to his friend the violinist Nikolai Medtner . He wrote to another friend , the composer Fritz Kreisler , on 21 December 1931 :
Question: Do Sentence 1 and Sentence 2 express the same meaning? Yes or No?