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	Tchaikovsky stayed in the city from 3/15 May to 4/16 May 1891, as part of his American tour. "''Baltimore'' is a very pretty and clean city. The houses are not large, and all have red-coloured bricks with white marble staircases at their front entrances. Before anything else we went to Knabe's [piano] works and inspected every detail of his enormous piano factory... From there we travelled to the central square, with a wonderful view of the ''harbour'' and the city. Thence to the ''Peabody Institute''. This enormous, handsome house was built with the money of the tycoon ''Peabody''. It consists of: an enormous library, open to everyone; a gallery of paintings and sculpture (exceptionally poor and wretched, but that does not prevent Baltimorians from taking pride in it), and the ''Conservatory''. The exterior of the latter is marvellous" <ref name="note1"/>.		Tchaikovsky stayed in the city from 3/15 May to 4/16 May 1891, as part of his American tour. "''Baltimore'' is a very pretty and clean city. The houses are not large, and all have red-coloured bricks with white marble staircases at their front entrances. Before anything else we went to Knabe's [piano] works and inspected every detail of his enormous piano factory... From there we travelled to the central square, with a wonderful view of the ''harbour'' and the city. Thence to the ''Peabody Institute''. This enormous, handsome house was built with the money of the tycoon ''Peabody''. It consists of: an enormous library, open to everyone; a gallery of paintings and sculpture (exceptionally poor and wretched, but that does not prevent Baltimorians from taking pride in it), and the ''Conservatory''. The exterior of the latter is marvellous" <ref name="note1"/>.

	On 3/15 May Tchaikovsky conducted a concert at the Lyceum Theatre, where he conducted his own [[Serenade for String Orchestra]] and [[Piano Concerto No. 1]] (with soloist [[Adele aus der Ohe]]). "Everything went off satisfactorily, but I did not notice any particular enthusiasm in the audience, at least compared with [[New York]]" <ref name="note2"/>.		On 3/15 May, Tchaikovsky conducted a concert at the Lyceum Theatre, where he conducted his own [[Serenade for String Orchestra]] and [[Piano Concerto No. 1]] (with soloist [[Adele aus der Ohe]]). "Everything went off satisfactorily, but I did not notice any particular enthusiasm in the audience, at least compared with [[New York]]" <ref name="note2"/>.

	==Bibliography==		==Bibliography==

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'''''Baltimore''''' is a seaport and the largest city in the state of Maryland in the United States.

==Tchaikovsky in Baltimore==
Tchaikovsky stayed in the city from 3/15 May to 4/16 May 1891, as part of his American tour. "''Baltimore'' is a very pretty and clean city. The houses are not large, and all have red-coloured bricks with white marble staircases at their front entrances. Before anything else we went to Knabe's [piano] works and inspected every detail of his enormous piano factory... From there we travelled to the central square, with a wonderful view of the ''harbour'' and the city. Thence to the ''Peabody Institute''. This enormous, handsome house was built with the money of the tycoon ''Peabody''. It consists of: an enormous library, open to everyone; a gallery of paintings and sculpture (exceptionally poor and wretched, but that does not prevent Baltimorians from taking pride in it), and the ''Conservatory''. The exterior of the latter is marvellous" <ref name="note1"/>.

On 3/15 May Tchaikovsky conducted a concert at the Lyceum Theatre, where he conducted his own [[Serenade for String Orchestra]] and [[Piano Concerto No. 1]] (with soloist [[Adele aus der Ohe]]). "Everything went off satisfactorily, but I did not notice any particular enthusiasm in the audience, at least compared with [[New York]]" <ref name="note2"/>.

==Bibliography==
* {{bib|1891/25}} (1891)
* {{bib|1891/33}} (1891)
* {{bib|1891/36}} (1891)
* {{bib|1939/17}} (1939)
* {{bib|1986/68}} (1986)

==External Links==
* [[wikipedia:Baltimore|Wikipedia]]

==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">Diary entry for [[Diaries_(May_1891)#Saturday_4.2F16_May_1891|4/16 May 1891]].</ref>
<ref name="note2">Diary entry for [[Diaries_(May_1891)#Friday_3.2F15_May_1891|3/15 May 1891]].</ref>
</references>
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