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'''''Berlin''''' is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany.

In Tchaikovsky's lifetime it was the capital of the Kingdom of Prussia and (from 1871), of the newly-founded German Empire, where it formed part of the province of Brandenburg, until it was constituted a separate city district in 1881.
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==Tchaikovsky in Berlin==
Tchaikovsky visited Berlin on many occasions:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width=20%|From
! width=20%|Until
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| 6/18 July 1861
| 9/21 July 1861
| As part of his first journey outside Russia.
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| June 1868
| June 1868
| During a summer holiday Tchaikovsky visited the Tiergarten zoo, and reportedly burst into tears when he saw a boa constrictor devouring a live rabbit that had been placed in its cage <ref name="note1"/>.
|-
| mid/late December 1871
| early/mid January 1872
| During his Christmas break.
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| late December 1875
| early January 1876
| When he attended a performance of Jules Verne's ''Around the World in Eighty Days'' at the Berlin Theatre, with [[Modest Tchaikovsky]] and [[Nikolay Konradi]].
|-
| 11/23 January 1876
| 15/27 January 1876
| On his return home from [[Paris]].
|-
| 4/16 October 1877
| 7/19 October 1877
| Staying at the ''Hôtel Saint Petersburg'', with his brother [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky|Anatoly]].
|-
| 2/14 March 1879
| 7/19 March 1879
| Where he heard a string orchestra play the Andante cantabile from his [[String Quartet No. 1]] at the Bilse concert Hall
|-
| 11/23 November 1879
| 13/25 November 1879
| For a performance of [[Ambroise Thomas]]'s opera ''Hamlet''.
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| 3/15 March 1880
| 7/19 March 1880
| Stopping on his return to [[Saint Petersburg]].
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| 29 December 1882/10 January 1883
| 2/14 January 1883
| Where he attended a performance of his own [[Suite No. 1]], and [[Richard Wagner]]'s opera ''Tristran und Isolde''.
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| 11/23 May 1883
| 13/25 May 1883
| Attending a performance of Lohengrin, which he considered to be "one of Wagner's best compositions" <ref name="note2"/>.
|-
| 7/19 February 1884
| 8/20 February 1884
| ''En route'' to [[Paris]], avoiding the premiere of ''[[Mazepa]]'' in [[Saint Petersburg]].
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| 26 February/9 March 1884
| 28 February/11 March 1884
| Returning from [[Paris]] to [[Kamenka]].
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| 3/15 November 1884
| 7/19 November 1884
| During which time he wrote the [[Elegy]] for string orchestra, and the first two of the [[Nine Church Pieces]].
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| 17/29 December 1887
| 19/31 December 1887
| Where he met [[Désirée Artôt-Padilla]] at a concert on 18/30 December, and called on [[Karl Davydov]] the next day.
|-
| 26 December 1887/7 January 1888
| 28 December 1887/9 January 1888
| Between concert engagements in [[Leipzig]] and [[Hamburg]].
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| 11/23 January 1888
| 11/23 January 1888
| Attending a rehearsal for his concert on 27 January/8 February; here he met the composer Richard Strauss.
|-
| 22 January/3 February 1888
| 29 January/10 February 1888
| To conduct the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in a concert of his own works (see below). During his visit he stayed once again at the ''Hôtel Saint Petersburg'', and met again with [[Désirée Artôt-Padilla]], and dined with fellow composers Hugo Wolf, Emile Sauret and [[Edvard Grieg]].
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| 26 January/7 February 1889
| 29 January/10 February 1889
| Stopping ''en route'' from [[Saint Petersburg]] to a conducting engagement in [[Cologne]]. On the second day of this stay he attended a [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]] concert at the Sing-Academie.
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| 9/21 February 1889
| 16/28 February 1889
| To conduct another concert of his own works (see below). He had daily meetings with [[Désirée Artôt-Padilla]], and attended a musical evening in his honour (15/27 February) arranged by [[Karl Klindworth]].
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| 16/28 January 1890
| 17/29 January 1890
| Stopping overnight at a guest-house ''en route'' from [[Saint Petersburg]] to [[Florence]].
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| 8/20 March 1891
| 9/21 March 1891
| Attending (incognito) a concert of his own works, including ''[[The Year 1812]]'' and the ''Andante cantabile'' from [[String Quartet No. 1]].
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| 4/16 January 1892
| 5/17 January 1892
| Stopping overnight between conducting engagements in [[Warsaw]] and [[Hamburg]].
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| 14/26 December 1892
| 17/29 December 1892
| ''En route'' from [[Saint Petersburg]] to visit [[Fanny Dürbach]] in [[Montbéliard]].
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| 15/27 May 1893
| 16/28 May 1893
| Stopping overnight ''en route'' from [[Saint Petersburg]] to [[London]].
|}

===Concerts===
Tchaikovsky's conducting engagements in Berlin were as follows:
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| width="20%"|27 January/8 February 1888
| width="80%"|A Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra concert which included the overture-fantasia ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', the [[Piano Concerto No. 1]] (soloist [[Aleksandr Ziloti]]), the ''Introduzione e fuga'' from his [[Suite No. 1]], the ''Andante cantabile'' from his [[String Quartet No. 1]], four songs (soloist [[Aline Friede]]), and the overture ''[[The Year 1812]]''.
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| 14/26 February 1889
| Another Philharmonic Orchestra concert, featuring the [[Serenade for String Orchestra]] and ''[[Francesca da Rimini]]''.
|}

==Bibliography==
* {{bib|1888/41}} (1888)
* {{bib|1888/42}} (1888)
* {{bib|1888/43}} (1888)
* {{bib|1888/63}} (1888)
* {{bib|1889/10}} (1889)
* {{bib|1889/22}} (1889)
* {{bib|1889/23}} (1889)
* {{bib|1889/24}} (1889)
* {{bib|1889/25}} (1889)
* {{bib|1898/20}} (1898)
* {{bib|1963/13}} (1963)
* {{bib|1977/10}} (1977)
* {{bib|2014/4}} (2014)

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

==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">[[Letter 2292]] to [[Nadezhda von Meck]], 12/24 May 1883.</ref>
<ref name="note2">{{bib|1900/24}} (1900).</ref>
</references>
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Tony: /* Tchaikovsky in Berlin */ Text replacement - "Tristran" to "Tristan"

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