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Priest at [[Kamenka]] (b. 1834), born '''''Aleksandr Danilovich Tarnavich''''' (Александр Данилович Тарнавич).
{{picture|file=George_Eliot.jpg|caption='''George Eliot''' (Mary Ann Evans)<br/>(1819-1880)}}
English novelist, journalist, translator (b. 22 November 1819 in Nuneaton; d. 22 December 1880 in [[London]]), born '''''Mary Ann Evans''''', but who wrote under the ''nom-de-plume'' '''''George Eliot'''''.


Tchaikovsky came to know Tarnavich through his regular visits to see his sister [[Aleksandra Davydova|Aleksandra]]'s family at [[Kamenka]] in the Ukraine. Tarnavich was a self-taught violinist and enthusiastic amateur musician, and the two men both shared a love of literature. Tchaikovsky helped Tarnavich's two daughters to enter the [[Moscow]] Conservatory and arranged inexpensive student accommodation for them. The composer also consulted Tarnavich when writing his sacred choral works, such as the ''[[All-Night Vigil]]'', Op. 52 (1881–82).
In his biography of the composer, [[Modest Tchaikovsky]] recalled that "In his last year, Pyotr Ilyich's favourite writer was George Eliot. He became acquainted with her works on one of his tours abroad and he began with this amazing woman's masterpiece ''The Mill on the Floss''. Only [[Lev Tolstoy|L. Tolstoy]] could rival her in Pyotr Ilyich's esteem. ''Adam Bede'', ''Silas Marner'' and ''Middlemarch'' all filled him with delight, and he read them not only once, but re-read them... ''Romola'' pleased him least of all, but after ''Mill on the Floss'' he liked the ''Scenes of Clerical Life'' the most" <ref name="note1"/>.


==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
According to [[Modest]], the composer intended to compose an opera on the subject of ''[[The Sad Fortunes of the Reverend Amos Barton]]'', but later changed his mind in favour of ''[[Mr Gilfil's Love Story]]'' <ref name="note2"/>.  After Tchaikovsky's death, a brief scenario for Acts II and III of an opera on ''[[Mr Gilfil's Love Story]]'' was discovered amongst his papers.
9 letters from Tchaikovsky to Aleksandr Tarnavich have survived, dating from 1881 to 1884:
* [[Letter 1662]] – 2/14 January–3/15 January 1881, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1669]] – mid/late January 1881, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 1798]] – 29 June/11 July 1881, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1844]] – 31 August/12 September 1881, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2106]] – 12/24 September–14/26 September 1882, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2134]] – 13/25 October 1882, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2150]] – 31 October/12 November 1882, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2160]] – 15/27 November 1882, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2430]] – 7/19 February 1884, from [[Berlin]]


9 letters from Aleksandr Tarnavich to the composer, dating from 1881 to 1884, are preserved in the {{RUS-KLč}} at [[Klin]],
Among the books in Tchaikovsky's library at [[Klin]] is a French translation of Eliot's 1859 novel ''[[Adam Bede]]'' which contains a brief musical sketch by the composer (E minor, 3 bars) that was later struck through.


[[Category:People|Tarnavich, Aleksandr]]
==External Links==
[[Category:Correspondents|Tarnavich, Aleksandr]]
* [[Wikipedia:George Eliot|Wikipedia]]
* {{viaf|89000553}}
 
==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">See {{bib|1902/25|Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского ; том 3}} (1902), p. 633.</ref>
<ref name="note2">[[Herman Laroche]], {{bib|1893/34|Несколько слов о Петре Ильиче Чайковском}} (1893).</ref>
</references>
[[Category:People|Eliot, George ]]
[[Category:Writers|Eliot, George ]]

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George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
(1819-1880)

English novelist, journalist, translator (b. 22 November 1819 in Nuneaton; d. 22 December 1880 in London), born Mary Ann Evans, but who wrote under the nom-de-plume George Eliot.

In his biography of the composer, Modest Tchaikovsky recalled that "In his last year, Pyotr Ilyich's favourite writer was George Eliot. He became acquainted with her works on one of his tours abroad and he began with this amazing woman's masterpiece The Mill on the Floss. Only L. Tolstoy could rival her in Pyotr Ilyich's esteem. Adam Bede, Silas Marner and Middlemarch all filled him with delight, and he read them not only once, but re-read them... Romola pleased him least of all, but after Mill on the Floss he liked the Scenes of Clerical Life the most" [1].

According to Modest, the composer intended to compose an opera on the subject of The Sad Fortunes of the Reverend Amos Barton, but later changed his mind in favour of Mr Gilfil's Love Story [2]. After Tchaikovsky's death, a brief scenario for Acts II and III of an opera on Mr Gilfil's Love Story was discovered amongst his papers.

Among the books in Tchaikovsky's library at Klin is a French translation of Eliot's 1859 novel Adam Bede which contains a brief musical sketch by the composer (E minor, 3 bars) that was later struck through.

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