Frederick Gleason

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Frederick Gleason (1848-1903)

American composer and music critic (b. 17 December 1848 [N.S.] in Middletown, Connecticut; d. 6 December 1903 [N.S.] in Chicago), born Frederick Grant Gleason.

In 1891, Gleason wrote to Tchaikovsky in his capacity as musical editor of the Chicago Tribune newspaper, seeking his views on the musical aspects of the "Columbian Exposition" scheduled to take place in the city in 1893.

Correspondence with Tchaikovsky

One letter from Tchaikovsky to Frederick Gleason has survived, and has been translated into English on this website:

One letter from Gleason to Tchaikovsky, dated 23 December 1890/4 January 1891, is preserved in the Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve at Klin (a4, No. 613) [1].

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Notes and References

  1. Published in a Russian translation (from the original French) in Чайковский и зарубежные музыканты (1970), p. 88-89 (as "Glikson"), and in Чайковский. Сборник статей (2021).