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Tchaikovsky's '''''Guide to the Practical Study of Harmony''''' (Руководство к практическому изучению гармоний) ([[TH]] 255 ; [[ČW]] 513) was written in July and August 1871 in [[Moscow]].
Russian music publisher and impresario (born 10/22 September 1836 in [[Saint Petersburg]]; d. 28 December 1903/10 January 1904 in [[Saint Petersburg]]), born '''''Mitrofan Petrovich Belyayev''''' (Митрофан Петрович Беляев).


The son of Pyotr Abramovich Belyayev, a wealthy timber merchant, he was educated at the German-speaking Reform School in [[Saint Petersburg]] until the age of 15, where he learnt the piano, violin and viola. Although he joined his father's timber business, he retained his musical interests, and was an active participant in amateur symphony concerts, eventually launching his own series of "Russian Symphony Concerts" and "Russian Quartet Evenings" in the capital. Tchaikovsky conducted his own works at a number of Russian Symphony Concerts during the late 1880s and early 1890s.
According to [[Nikolay Kashkin]]'s memoirs, the ''Guide'' was based on Tchaikovsky's lectures at the [[Moscow]] Conservatory, written down by one of his students <ref name="note1"/>.


In 1885 Belyayev established a music publishing house ("M. P. Beliaeff") devoted to the works of Russian composers, based in [[ Leipzig]] and [[Saint Petersburg]]. After Tchaikovsky's death, Belyayev published the orchestral works ''[[The Storm]]'', ''[[Fatum]]'', ''[[The Voyevoda (symphonic ballad)|The Voyevoda]]'', and the [[Andante and Finale]] for piano and orchestra, under the posthumous opus numbers 76 to 79,
==History==
Work on the ''Guide'' was begun by 15/27 July 1871 <ref name="note2"/>, and completed at [[Nizy]] on 2/14 August 1871 (according to Tchaikovsky's date at the end of the foreword).


After Belyayev's death in 1894, his publishing house was eventually succeeded by C. F. Peters in [[Leipzig]].
==Publication==
The ''Guide'' was first published in [[Moscow]] by [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] in 1872 <ref name="note3"/>, and was reprinted in 1876, 1881, 1885, 1891, 1902, 1905 and 1914. In 1957 it was included in volume III-а of the ''[[Complete Collected Works]]'', edited by Vladimir Protopopov.
 
A German translation by Paul Juon, as ''Leitfaden zum praktischen Erlernen der Harmonie'' was published by [[Jurgenson]] in 1899. This formed the basis for an English version by Emil Krall and James Liebling, brought out by the same publisher in 1900 <ref name="note4"/>. Both the German and English editions have been reprinted many times.
 
==Autographs==
Tchaikovsky's autograph manuscript is now preserved in the {{RUS-Mcm}} in [[Moscow]] {{TOW2|rukovodstvo-k-prakticheskomu-izucheniyu-garmonii|(ф. 88, No. 168)}}.


==External Links==
==External Links==
* [[wikipedia:Mitrofan_Belyayev|Wikipedia]]
* {{imslpscore|Guide_to_the_Practical_Study_of_Harmony_(Tchaikovsky,_Pyotr)|Guide to the Practical Study of Harmony}}
* [http://imslp.org/wiki/M.P._Belaieff IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library]


[[Category:People|Belyayev, Mitrofan]]
==Notes and References==
[[Category:Publishers|Belyayev, Mitrofan]]
<references>
<ref name="note1">[[Nikolay Kashkin]], {{bib|1954/50|Воспоминания о П. И. Чайковском}} (1954), pp. 54–55.</ref>
<ref name="note2">See [[Letter 236]], to [[Pyotr Jurgenson]], 15/27 July 1871.</ref>
<ref name="note3">{{und|Руководство к практическому изучению гармоний}}. Учебник сост. профессором Московской консерваторий П. Чайковским. Moscow (printed Leipzig): P. Jurgenson, 1872.</ref>
<ref name="note4">A facsimile reprint of the first English edition is available through the [http://imslp.org/wiki/Guide_to_the_Practical_Study_of_Harmony_(Tchaikovsky,_Pyotr) Internet Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)].</ref>
</references>
[[Category:Books]]

Revision as of 19:59, 10 February 2019

Tchaikovsky's Guide to the Practical Study of Harmony (Руководство к практическому изучению гармоний) (TH 255 ; ČW 513) was written in July and August 1871 in Moscow.

According to Nikolay Kashkin's memoirs, the Guide was based on Tchaikovsky's lectures at the Moscow Conservatory, written down by one of his students [1].

History

Work on the Guide was begun by 15/27 July 1871 [2], and completed at Nizy on 2/14 August 1871 (according to Tchaikovsky's date at the end of the foreword).

Publication

The Guide was first published in Moscow by Pyotr Jurgenson in 1872 [3], and was reprinted in 1876, 1881, 1885, 1891, 1902, 1905 and 1914. In 1957 it was included in volume III-а of the Complete Collected Works, edited by Vladimir Protopopov.

A German translation by Paul Juon, as Leitfaden zum praktischen Erlernen der Harmonie was published by Jurgenson in 1899. This formed the basis for an English version by Emil Krall and James Liebling, brought out by the same publisher in 1900 [4]. Both the German and English editions have been reprinted many times.

Autographs

Tchaikovsky's autograph manuscript is now preserved in the Russian National Museum of Music in Moscow (ф. 88, No. 168) [view].

External Links

Notes and References

  1. Nikolay Kashkin, Воспоминания о П. И. Чайковском (1954), pp. 54–55.
  2. See Letter 236, to Pyotr Jurgenson, 15/27 July 1871.
  3. Руководство к практическому изучению гармоний. Учебник сост. профессором Московской консерваторий П. Чайковским. Moscow (printed Leipzig): P. Jurgenson, 1872.
  4. A facsimile reprint of the first English edition is available through the Internet Music Score Library Project (IMSLP).