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{{picture|file=Nikolay Hubert.jpg|size=250px|caption='''Nikolay Hubert''' (1840–1888)}}
|Date=1/13 August 1883
Russian music critic, teacher and pianist (b. 7/19 March 1840 in [[Saint Petersburg]]; d. 27 September/9 October 1888 <ref name="note1"/> in [[Moscow]]), born '''''Nikolay Albertovich Gubert''''' (Николай Альбертович Губерт).
|To=[[Modest Tchaikovsky]]
|Place=[[ Podushkino]]
|Language=Russian
|Autograph=[[Klin]] (Russia): {{RUS-KLč}} (a{{sup|3}}, No. 1711)
|Publication={{bib|1970/86|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XII}} (1970), p. 204–205
}}
==Text==
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|Language=Russian
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|Original text={{right|Подушкино<br/>1 авг[уста] 883}}
Модичка! Меня с сегодняшнего утра занимает мысль, коей спешу поделиться с тобой. Ввиду моего безденежья, ввиду страшной неохоты сделать 2 раза 60 вёрст на лошадях, ввиду желания пожить с тобой не в Гранки не, наводящем на меня уныние вследствие описываемого тобою бездождия, наконец ввиду доставления неизреченной радости Толе (который буквально ''заплакал'' от радости, ког да я сообщил ему мой план), я хочу тебе предложить выехать из Гранки но пораньше и провести здесь недели две. Чем более я узнаю эту местность, тем более восхищаюсь ей и знаю заранее, что тебе очень приятно будет пожить здесь. Но Коля! Чувствую, что он будет против этого. Чтобы уломать его, напишу ему сейчас отдельное письмецо. Я Вам устрою во флигеле совершенно отдельное помещение; позабочусь, чтобы Количке было комфортабельно и удобно, дабы он мог себя чувствовать как дома. Подумай, какое нам будет у довольствие провести вместе две недели. А мне как бы это удобно было! Я бы тогда отсюда прямо поехал бы в Каменку, и в такое время, когда большинство оттуда разъедется и места будет достаточно, а то ведь теперь буквально в Вербовке вершка нет свободного.


Есть ещё причина, почему меня страшит дальний путь и 120 вёрст, которые мне предстоит сделать, если я поеду в Гранкино. С 15 июля я все немножко недомогаю; у меня очень лёгкая, но упорная лихорадка, от времени до времени нападающая на меня. Напр[имер], я вчера был совсем как собака болен. Корректуру кончил; могу теперь отдыхать и укрепляться, и хотелось бы избегнуть излишних переездов.
Hubert studied composition with [[Nikolay Zaremba]] and harmony with [[Anton Rubinstein]] at the [[Saint Petersburg]] Conservatory, where he formed a lifelong friendship with his fellow student Tchaikovsky. After graduating in 1869, Hubert moved to [[Kiev]], where he was a teacher in choral singing and music theory for the local branch of the Russian Musical Society, and also worked briefly as an opera conductor in [[Odessa]]. In 1871, he was appointed professor of music theory at the [[Moscow]] Conservatory, where he once again worked alongside Tchaikovsky, and became its director after [[Nikolay Rubinstein]]'s death in 1881.


Впрочем, если моя мысль неудобоисполнима, то распоряжайся; я, конечно, рад буду и в Гранкине побывать.
During the 1870s and 1880s he was also the music critic for the journals ''Contemporary Chronicle'' (Современная летопись) and ''Moscow Register'' (Московские ведомости).


Целую крепко.
Nikolay Hubert and his wife [[Aleksandra Hubert|Aleksandra]] were among Tchaikovsky's closest friends, and they each made piano transcriptions of many of the composer's orchestral works. Hubert left his post at the [[Moscow]] Conservatory in 1883 due to ill health, but returned to the faculty in 1885 and remained there until his death three years later.
{{right|П. Чайковский}}
Чувствую, что не утерплю и завтра буду тебе телеграфировать об этом.


==Dedications==
In 1872, Tchaikovsky dedicated ''O Sing that Song'' — No. 4 of the [[Six Romances, Op. 16]] — to Nikolay Hubert.


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==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
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25 letters from Tchaikovsky to Nikolay Hubert have survived, dating from 1882 to 1888, of which those highlighted in bold have been translated into English on this website:
* [[Letter 2093]] – 1/13 September 1882, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2128]] – 8/20 October 1882, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2300]] – 15/27 June 1883, from [[Podushkino]]
* [[Letter 2307]] – 2/14 July 1883, from [[Podushkino]]
* [[Letter 2495]] – 26 May/7 June 1884, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2664]] – 26 February/10 March 1885, from [[Maydanovo]] (addressed jointly to Nikolay and [[Aleksandra Hubert]])
* '''[[Letter 2676a]]''' – 29 March/10 April 1885, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 2754]] – 23 August/4 September 1885, from [[Maydanovo]] (addressed jointly to Nikolay and [[Aleksandra Hubert]])
* [[Letter 2905]] – 6/18 March 1886, from [[Moscow]] (addressed jointly to Nikolay and [[Aleksandra Hubert]])
* [[Letter 2908]] – 8/20 March 1886, from [[Moscow]]  (addressed jointly to Nikolay and [[Aleksandra Hubert]])
* [[Letter 2983]] – 24 June/6 July 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]  (addressed jointly to Nikolay and [[Aleksandra Hubert]])
* [[Letter 3004]] – 13/25 July 1886, from [[Maydanovo]] (addressed jointly to Nikolay and [[Aleksandra Hubert]])
* [[Letter 3030]] – 18/30 August 1886, from [[Maydanovo]] (addressed jointly to Nikolay and [[Aleksandra Hubert]])
* [[Letter 3117]] – 5/17 December 1886, from [[Moscow]] (addressed jointly to Nikolay and [[Aleksandra Hubert]])
* [[Letter 3270]] – 20 June/2 July 1887, from [[Borzhom]] (addressed jointly to Nikolay and [[Aleksandra Hubert]])
* [[Letter 3282]] – 4/16 July 1887, from [[Borzhom]] (addressed jointly to Nikolay and [[Aleksandra Hubert]])
* [[Letter 3290]] – 20 July/1 August 1887, from [[Aachen]]
* '''[[Letter 3343]]''' – 9/21 September 1887, from [[Maydanovo]] (addressed jointly to Nikolay and [[Aleksandra Hubert]])
* '''[[Letter 3423a]]''' – 30 November/12 December 1887, from [[Moscow]] (addressed jointly to Nikolay and [[Aleksandra Hubert]])
* [[Letter 3449]] – 30 December 1887/11 January 1888, from [[Lübeck]] (addressed jointly to Nikolay and [[Aleksandra Hubert]])
* '''[[Letter 3470]]''' – 12/24 January 1888, from [[Magdeburg]] (addressed jointly to Nikolay and [[Aleksandra Hubert]])
* '''[[Letter 3481]]''' – 23 January/4 February 1888, from [[Berlin]]
* '''[[Letter 3486]]''' – 28 January/9 February 1888, from [[Berlin]] (addressed jointly to Nikolay and [[Aleksandra Hubert]])
* [[Letter 3611]] – 12/24 July 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]] (addressed jointly to Nikolay and [[Aleksandra Hubert]])
* '''[[Letter 3642]]''' – 12/24 August 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
 
30 letters from Nikolay Hubert to the composer, dating from 1879 to 1888, are preserved in the [[Klin]] House-Museum Archive.
 
==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">In many sources his date of death is given as 26 September/8 October 1888, but [[Aleksandra Hubert]]'s telegram to Tchaikovsky (which is preserved in the [[Klin]] house-museum archive) would put this at least a day later. See also [[Letter 3679]] to [[Modest Tchaikovsky]], 27 September/9 October 1888, and [[Letter 3680]] to [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] of the same date.</ref>
</references>
[[Category:People|Hubert, Nikolay]]
[[Category:Correspondents|Hubert, Nikolay]]
[[Category:Dedicatees|Hubert, Nikolay]]
[[Category:Friends|Hubert, Nikolay]]
[[Category:Writers|Hubert, Nikolay]]

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Nikolay Hubert (1840–1888)

Russian music critic, teacher and pianist (b. 7/19 March 1840 in Saint Petersburg; d. 27 September/9 October 1888 [1] in Moscow), born Nikolay Albertovich Gubert (Николай Альбертович Губерт).

Hubert studied composition with Nikolay Zaremba and harmony with Anton Rubinstein at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, where he formed a lifelong friendship with his fellow student Tchaikovsky. After graduating in 1869, Hubert moved to Kiev, where he was a teacher in choral singing and music theory for the local branch of the Russian Musical Society, and also worked briefly as an opera conductor in Odessa. In 1871, he was appointed professor of music theory at the Moscow Conservatory, where he once again worked alongside Tchaikovsky, and became its director after Nikolay Rubinstein's death in 1881.

During the 1870s and 1880s he was also the music critic for the journals Contemporary Chronicle (Современная летопись) and Moscow Register (Московские ведомости).

Nikolay Hubert and his wife Aleksandra were among Tchaikovsky's closest friends, and they each made piano transcriptions of many of the composer's orchestral works. Hubert left his post at the Moscow Conservatory in 1883 due to ill health, but returned to the faculty in 1885 and remained there until his death three years later.

Dedications

In 1872, Tchaikovsky dedicated O Sing that Song — No. 4 of the Six Romances, Op. 16 — to Nikolay Hubert.

Correspondence with Tchaikovsky

25 letters from Tchaikovsky to Nikolay Hubert have survived, dating from 1882 to 1888, of which those highlighted in bold have been translated into English on this website:

30 letters from Nikolay Hubert to the composer, dating from 1879 to 1888, are preserved in the Klin House-Museum Archive.

Notes and References

  1. ↑ In many sources his date of death is given as 26 September/8 October 1888, but Aleksandra Hubert's telegram to Tchaikovsky (which is preserved in the Klin house-museum archive) would put this at least a day later. See also Letter 3679 to Modest Tchaikovsky, 27 September/9 October 1888, and Letter 3680 to Pyotr Jurgenson of the same date.
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