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{{picture|file=Adolf Čech.jpg|caption='''Adolf Čech''' (1841–1903)}}
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Czech conductor (b. 11 December 1841 in Prčici; d. 27 December 1903 in [[Prague]]), born '''''Adolf Jan Antonin Tausik'''''.
Russian musicologist, educator and translator of German descent (b. 1852; d. 1908), born '''''Avgust Rudolfovich Berngard''''' (Август Рудольфович Бернгард)


The son of a singing instructor, Čech first trained as an engineer in [[Prague]] prior to following a career in music. From 1862 he was choirmaster at the Provisional Theatre, and deputy conductor at the Czech Theatre in Olomouc. From 1876 he was principal conductor at the National Theatre in [[Prague]], where he premiered operas by Smetana, [[Dvořák]] and many other Czech and Slavic composers. He was also a translator of opera librettos.
From 1872 to 1878 he studied music theory at the [[Saint Petersburg]] Conservatory under Julius Johansen and [[Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov]], where he later became a teacher (1878–1884), inspector (1884–1888), and eventually director (1897–1905).


On 16/28 July 1882, Čech conducted the Czech premiere of ''[[The Maid of Orleans]]'' in [[Prague]]: the first production of an opera by Tchaikovsky outside Russia. Čech ceded the conductor's rostrum to Tchaikovsky for the first performance of ''[[Yevgeny Onegin]]'' in [[Prague]] on 24 November/6 December 1888 (the first production of that opera outside Russia), but, four years later, on 30 September/12 October 1892, he conducted the Czech premiere of ''[[The Queen of Spades]]'' at the National Theatre, in the presence of the composer.
Bernhard was responsible for translating Tchaikovsky's operas ''[[Yevgeny Onegin]]'' and ''[[The Queen of Spades]]'' into German. In 1878 Tchaikovsky suggested him as his successor in the post of instructor of harmony and special theory at the [[Moscow]] Conservatory, although Bernhard did not take up this post.


==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
6 letters from Tchaikovsky to Adolf Čech have survived, dating from 1888 to 1891, all of which have been translated into English on this website:
One letter from Tchaikovsky to August Bernhard has survived, dating from 1878, and has been translated into English on this website:
* '''[[Letter 3676]]''' – 22 September/3 October 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 914]]''' – 15/27 September 1878, from [[Moscow]].
* '''[[Letter 3687a]]''' – 5/17 October 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 3702]]''' – 17/29 October 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 3745]]''' – 23 December 1888/4 January 1889, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 4489]]''' – 30 September/12 October or 1/13 October 1891 (?), from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 4513]]''' – 16/28 October 1891, from [[Maydanovo]]


5 letters from Čech to Tchaikovsky, dating from 1888 and 1891, are preserved in the [[Klin]] House-Museum Archive
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==Bibliography==
[[Category:Translators|Bernhard, August]]
* {{bib|1949/23}} (1949)
* {{bib|1952/2}} (1952)
* {{bib|1953/3}} (1953)
* {{bib|1970/6}} (1970)
 
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August Bernhard (1852-1908)

Russian musicologist, educator and translator of German descent (b. 1852; d. 1908), born Avgust Rudolfovich Berngard (Август Рудольфович Бернгард)

From 1872 to 1878 he studied music theory at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory under Julius Johansen and Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, where he later became a teacher (1878–1884), inspector (1884–1888), and eventually director (1897–1905).

Bernhard was responsible for translating Tchaikovsky's operas Yevgeny Onegin and The Queen of Spades into German. In 1878 Tchaikovsky suggested him as his successor in the post of instructor of harmony and special theory at the Moscow Conservatory, although Bernhard did not take up this post.

Correspondence with Tchaikovsky

One letter from Tchaikovsky to August Bernhard has survived, dating from 1878, and has been translated into English on this website:

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