Louis de Fourcaud

French journalist, art critic, collector, and educator (b. 6 November 1851 in Beaumarches; d. 19 October 1914 in Beaumarches), born Louis de Boussès Fourcaud.

In 1884, he commissioned the piano piece Impromptu-Caprice from Tchaikovsky.

Correspondence with Tchaikovsky

2 letters from Tchaikovsky to Louis de Fourcaud have survived, dating from 1884, both of which have been translated into English on this website:

• Letter 2550a – 18/30 September 1884, from Pleshcheyevo
• Letter 2567 – 12/24 October 1884, from Saint Petersburg

2 letters from Fourcaud to Tchaikovsky, both dating from 1884, are preserved in the Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve at Klin.