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{{picture|file=Édouard Colonne.jpg|caption='''Édouard Colonne'''<br/>(1838-1910)}}
|Date=1/13 October 1888
French conductor and violinist (b. 23 July 1838 in Bordeaux; d. 28 March 1910 in [[Paris]]), born ''''' Judas Colonna'''''.
|To=[[Francesco Berger]]
|Place=[[Frolovskoye]]
|Language=German
|Autograph=[[London]] (England): {{GB-Lbl}}. Manuscripts Division (RPS MS. 366, f.153)
|Publication={{bib|1980/112|Stanford, the Cambridge Jubilee, and Tchaikovsky}} (1980), p. 321–322 (extracts in English translation)<br/>{{bibx|2013/34|Tschaikowsky-Gesellschaft Mitteilungen}}, Heft 20 (2013), p. 71–72
}}
==Text and Translation==
{{Lettertext
|Language=German
|Translator=Brett Langston
|Original text={{right|''1/13 October 1888<br/>Kline, bei Moskau''}}
{{centre|Hochgeehrter Herr Berger!}}
Ihren ersten Brief in welchem Sie mich von der mir {{sic|angethanen|angetanen}} Ehre in Kenntnis setzten habe ''ich nicht erhalten'', sonst hätte ich mich schon längst beeilt Sie zu bitten der {{sic|Philarmonischen|Philharmonischen}} Gesellschaft meinen tiefsten Dank auszudrücken. So bitte ich Sie {{sic|den|denn}} jetzt es zu {{sic|thun|tun}} und zwar in der wärmsten und herzlichsten Weise. Ich bin wirklich in höchstem Grade erfreut und geschmeichelt.  


Was die Simphonie angeht die, wenn ich Sie recht verstanden, die {{sic|Philarmonsiche|Philharmonische}} Gesellschaft von mir gewidmet zu haben wünscht, so muss ich folgendes sagen. Ich habe schon eine Simphonie (die fünfte) beendigt und wäre sehr {{sic|glücklig|glücklich}} {{sic|die selbe|dieselbe}} im Frühjahr in London aufzuführen, hatte aber eigentlich die Absicht gehabt sie einem von mir hochgeschätzten Deutschen Kunstfreunde zu widmen. Soll die Simphonie die ich in London aufzuführen gedenke durchaus eine der {{sic|Philarmonischen|Philharmonischen}} Gesellschaft gewidmete sein, so will ich mich bemühen es so zu machen, dass ich die jetzt vorhandene dazu nehmen kann, nämlich wenn es so geschehen kann, dass der erwähnte Herr sich von einem solchen Schritte nicht verletzt fühlt. Gelingt es mir aber nicht, so kann ich Ihnen nur das unbestimmte Versprechen geben dass ich in näherer oder fernerer Zukunft eigens für die Londoner Gesellschaft eine andere {{sic|componire|komponiere}}. Dieses Jahr jedoch, angesichts der vielen mir bevorstehenden Reisen und Concerte {{sic|so wie|sowie}} zahlreicher noch anderer Arbeiten, werde ich es in keinem Falle zustande bringen.
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Colonne studied at the [[Paris]] Conservatory, where he won first prizes in both harmony and violin. From 1858 to 1867 he was first violinist at the Opéra in [[Paris]]. In 1873, Colonne, along with music publisher Georges Hartmann, founded the'' Concert National'' at the ''Théâtre de l'Odéon''. Two years later, in 1875, the venue changed to the Théâtre du Châtelet, and after breaking with Hartmann, Colonne changed the name of the enterprise to the Association Artistique du Châtelet. The Association eventually became known as "Colonne Concerts". Until it ceased publication in 1880, Colonne also served as editor of the weekly '' La gazette musicale''.


Indem ich Sie bitte Ihre Frau Gemahlin und alle meine Londoner Freunde herzlich zu grüssen, bin ich mit einem freundschaftlichen Händedruck.
He was noted for his interest in [[Berlioz]] (who was then more highly regarded in the English- and German-speaking countries than in France) and for his support of [[Wagner]]'s and [[Mahler]]'s music. He was also the first conductor of eminence to make commercial gramophone (phonograph) records (for the Pathé company, 1906).
{{right|Ihr P. Tschaïkovsky}}


|Translated text={{right|''1/13 October 1888<br/>[[Klin]], near [[Moscow]]''}}
==Tchaikovsky and Colonne==
{{centre|Highly respected Herr [[Berger]]!}}
Colonne was the first conductor of several of Tchaikovsky's works in [[Paris]], including the symphonic fantasia ''[[The Tempest]]'', the [[Piano Concerto No. 1]] (with [[Nikolay Rubinstein]] as soloist) and the [[Symphony No. 4]]. Tchaikovsky was also the first person to whom Colonne yielded his place at the conductor's podium, and the composer had great respect for Colonne as a musician and conductor, assisting his conducting tours in [[Moscow]].
Your first letter, in which you informed me of the honour bestowed on me, ''I did not receive''; otherwise I would have long since hastened to ask you to express my profound thanks to the Philharmonic Society. Therefore I ask you to do so now, in the warmest and most cordial manner. I am truly delighted and flattered to the utmost degree.  


So far as the symphony is concerned, if I understood you correctly, the Philharmonic Society wishes to have me dedicate it to them, and therefore I must say the following. I have already finished a symphony (the fifth) and should be very happy to perform the same in [[London]] in the spring, although I had actually intended to dedicate it to a highly respected German patron of the arts <ref name="note1"/>. I consider  it would be most appropriate to dedicate to the Philharmonic Society the symphony I am intending to perform in [[London]], and so I shall endeavour to arrange it so, provided that the aforementioned gentleman does not feel upset by such steps. But in the event that I am unsuccessful I can only give you a general commitment that I shall in the near or distant future compose another for the [[London]] Society. This year, however, given the many tours and concerts I am about to undertake, as well as numerous other tasks, I might not be successful it in any case.  
==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
15 letters from Tchaikovsky to Édouard Colonne have survived, dating from 1876 to 1892, of which the ones highlighted in bold have been translated into English on this website:
* '''[[Letter 528a]]''' – 25 December 1876/6 January 1877, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 534a]]''' –11/23 January 1877, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 1122]]''' – 25 February/9 March 1879, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 1210a]]''' – 18/30 June 1879, from [[Kamenka]]
* '''[[Letter 2965]]''' – 5/17 June 1886, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 3467]]''' – 10/22 January 1888 , from [[Hamburg]]
* '''[[Letter 3475]]''' – 14/26 January 1888, from [[Leipzig]]
* '''[[Letter 3591]]''' – 14/26 June 1888 , from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 3774a]] – 22 January/3 February 1889, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 3796]]''' – 16/28 February 1889, from [[Berlin]]
* '''[[Letter 3998]]''' – 7/19 January 1890 , from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 4000a]] – 9/21 January 1890, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 4150]]''' – 19 June/1 July 1890, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 4602]]''' – 16/28 January 1892 (?), from [[Paris]] (?)
* [[Letter 4782b]] – 9/21 October 1892, from [[Klin]]
[[Letter 1122]] was sent to the editor of the newspaper ''La gazette musicale'' for publication. The addressee of [[Letter 4782b]] has only tentatively been identified as Colonne.


Please convey my cordial greetings to your wife and all my [[London]] friends, whom I shake warmly by the hand.  
11 letters from Colonne to the composer, dating from 1879 to 1892, are preserved in the [[Klin]] House-Museum Archive.
{{right|Yours P. Tchaikovsky}}
 
}}
==Bibliography==
==Notes and References==
* {{bib|1879/12}} (1879)
<references>
* {{bib|1968/16}} (1968)
<ref name="note1">By this time Tchaikovsky had already notified [[Theodor Avé-Lallemant]] of the [[Hamburg]] Philharmonic Society that he intended to dedicate his [[Symphony No. 5]] to him, and ultimately the dedication was not changed. It was the [[Symphony No. 4]] which Tchaikovsky eventually conducted for the Philharmonic Society in [[London]], on his last visit to the capital on 20 May/1 June 1893.</ref>
* {{bib|1990/225}} (1990)
</references>
* {{bib|2000/22}} (2000)
* {{bib|2008/11}} (2008)
* {{bib|2009/12}} (2009)
 
==External Links==
* [[wikipedia:Edouard_Colonne|Wikipedia]]  
 
[[Category:People|Colonne, Edouard]]
[[Category:Conductors|Colonne, Edouard]]
[[Category:Correspondents|Colonne, Edouard]]

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Édouard Colonne
(1838-1910)

French conductor and violinist (b. 23 July 1838 in Bordeaux; d. 28 March 1910 in Paris), born Judas Colonna.

Colonne studied at the Paris Conservatory, where he won first prizes in both harmony and violin. From 1858 to 1867 he was first violinist at the Opéra in Paris. In 1873, Colonne, along with music publisher Georges Hartmann, founded the Concert National at the Théâtre de l'Odéon. Two years later, in 1875, the venue changed to the Théâtre du Châtelet, and after breaking with Hartmann, Colonne changed the name of the enterprise to the Association Artistique du Châtelet. The Association eventually became known as "Colonne Concerts". Until it ceased publication in 1880, Colonne also served as editor of the weekly La gazette musicale.

He was noted for his interest in Berlioz (who was then more highly regarded in the English- and German-speaking countries than in France) and for his support of Wagner's and Mahler's music. He was also the first conductor of eminence to make commercial gramophone (phonograph) records (for the Pathé company, 1906).

Tchaikovsky and Colonne

Colonne was the first conductor of several of Tchaikovsky's works in Paris, including the symphonic fantasia The Tempest, the Piano Concerto No. 1 (with Nikolay Rubinstein as soloist) and the Symphony No. 4. Tchaikovsky was also the first person to whom Colonne yielded his place at the conductor's podium, and the composer had great respect for Colonne as a musician and conductor, assisting his conducting tours in Moscow.

Correspondence with Tchaikovsky

15 letters from Tchaikovsky to Édouard Colonne have survived, dating from 1876 to 1892, of which the ones highlighted in bold have been translated into English on this website:

Letter 1122 was sent to the editor of the newspaper La gazette musicale for publication. The addressee of Letter 4782b has only tentatively been identified as Colonne.

11 letters from Colonne to the composer, dating from 1879 to 1892, are preserved in the Klin House-Museum Archive.

Bibliography

External Links

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