Search results

Tchaikovsky Research

Page title matches

Page text matches

  • Autobiographical Account of a Tour Abroad in the Year 1888
    ...s Tchaikovsky's experiences of his first concert tour to Western Europe as the conductor of his own works. ...for the first time) and [[London]] (concert on 10/22 March). Nevertheless, the thirteen complete chapters which he did set down on paper form a unique per
    153 KB (24,955 words) - 10:52, 7 April 2023
  • Articles
    | Article for the journal ''Contemporary Chronicle'' | ''[[A Voice from Moscow's Musical World]]''
    9 KB (1,204 words) - 13:12, 12 July 2022
  • The Italian Opera. Russian Quartet Debut
    ...s Tchaikovsky's twenty-ninth music-review article for the Moscow journal ''Russian Register'' (Русские ведомости), in which it was published o ...usiastically discussed in [[TH 269]]); and a very favourable review of the Russian Quartet's debut concert in [[Moscow]] and, in particular, their performance
    29 KB (4,641 words) - 14:34, 12 July 2022
  • The Italian Opera. The Russian Musical Society's Quartet Sessions
    ...ти), in which it was published on 24 October 1872 {{OS}}, signed only with the initials "B.L.". ...performance as Violetta in ''La Traviata''; reflections on the richness of the German tradition in chamber music; an enthusiastic tribute to [[Schubert]]'
    22 KB (3,674 words) - 14:34, 12 July 2022
  • Two Quartet Matinées and the Seventh Symphony Concert of the Musical Society. The Italian Opera. A Musical-Bibliographical Curiosity
    ...ти), in which it was published on 2 February 1873 {{OS}}, signed only with the initials "B.L.". ...[[Beethoven]]'s late period and an interesting discussion of [[Rossini]]'s musical personality and ''Guillaume Tell''as an opera in which [[Rossini]] was not
    36 KB (5,622 words) - 14:34, 12 July 2022
  • A Frank Discussion with the Reader. The Russian Musical Society. The Italian Opera
    ...и), in which it was published on 19 December 1873 {{OS}}, signed only with the initials "B.L.". ..., which Tchaikovsky considered to be his finest work; and an appeal to the Italian Opera Company to overhaul its repertoire with new works such as [[Verdi]]'s
    32 KB (5,076 words) - 10:52, 6 April 2023
  • The Second and Third Quartet Matinées. The First Symphony Concert of the Russian Musical Society. The Italian Opera
    ...ти), in which it was published on 7 November 1872 {{OS}}, signed only with the initials "B.L.". ...ate attitude towards music in [[Saint Petersburg]] compared to [[Moscow]]; the significance of [[Beethoven]]'s '' Eroica'' Symphony; and on [[Liszt]]'s re
    26 KB (4,232 words) - 14:34, 12 July 2022
  • The Eighth Russian Musical Society Concert. The Italian Opera
    ...и), in which it was published on 24 February 1873 {{OS}}, signed only with the initials "B.L.". ...ian Opera was of a much higher standard but also new Russian operas like ''The Maid of Pskov'' and ''Boris Godunov'' were being staged.
    24 KB (4,039 words) - 14:34, 12 July 2022
  • The Sixth Russian Musical Society Concert. The Italian Opera. A Quartet Session
    ...ти), in which it was published on 10 January 1873 {{OS}}, signed only with the initials "B.L.". ...ts'', but a damning review of its staging by Merelli's company (except for the performances of Emilio Naudin as Raoul and Antonio Cotogni as Nevers).
    20 KB (3,212 words) - 14:34, 12 July 2022
  • The Third and Fourth Symphony Concerts of the Russian Musical Society. The Italian Opera
    ...и), in which it was published on 29 November 1872 {{OS}}, signed only with the initials "B.L.". ...mself in [[Moscow]], in 1863; and further ironical remarks about Merelli's Italian Opera Company.
    30 KB (4,816 words) - 12:40, 10 September 2023
  • Musical Chronicle. "Don Giovanni" and "Zora" on the Italian Stage. The Fifth Concert of the Russian Musical Society
    ...ти), in which it was published on 16 January 1874 {{OS}}, signed only with the initials "B.L.". ...husiastic description of [[Schumann]]'s Second Symphony, which, along with the "Rhenish", Tchaikovsky considered to be his finest symphonic work; a damnin
    25 KB (3,879 words) - 12:37, 17 April 2023
  • The Sixth and Seventh Concerts of the Russian Musical Society
    ...s Tchaikovsky's thirty-fifth music-review article for the Moscow journal ''Russian Register'' (Русские ведомости), in which it was published o ...erhaps because Tchaikovsky had recently suffered the bitter blow of seeing the score of his own [[Piano Concerto No. 1]] sharply criticized by [[Nikolay R
    26 KB (4,240 words) - 14:34, 12 July 2022
  • The First Concert of the Russian Musical Society. Madame Laura Kahrer. Beethoven's 8th Symphony. The Italian Opera. Madame Patti
    ...523) <ref name="note1"/> was Tchaikovsky's third music-review article for the Moscow journal Contemporary Chronicle (Современная летопи� ...ities of [[Adelina Patti]]'s voice whilst regretting at the same time that Russian opera was being so sorely neglected in [[Moscow]]
    16 KB (2,523 words) - 14:34, 12 July 2022
  • The Fifth Symphony Concert. The Italian Opera
    ...ти), in which it was published on 8 December 1872 {{OS}}, signed only with the initials "B.L.". ...ut the conduct of certain fashionable theatre-goers at performances of the Italian Opera; and lavish praise for Christina Nilsson's interpretation of Margueri
    26 KB (4,270 words) - 14:34, 12 July 2022
  • The Russian Musical Society. Italian Opera. The Decisive Battle with my Journalistic Foes
    ...orty-eighth and last regular music-review article for the Moscow journal ''Russian Register'' (Русские ведомости), in which it was published o ...ogists for Dmitry Slavyansky's "Russian Concerts"; and a certain dismay at the way in which one critic who wrote for Russia's most important newspaper had
    26 KB (4,130 words) - 14:34, 12 July 2022
  • Dargomyzhsky's "Rusalka". The Italian Opera
    ...), in which it was published on 14 September 1873 {{OS}}, signed only with the initials "B.L.". ...ew of Yevlaliya Kadmina in a new role; more ironic remarks about Merelli's Italian Opera Company.
    18 KB (2,882 words) - 10:52, 9 April 2023
  • The Italian Opera: "L'Africaine". "Il Trovatore". Mr Demidov's Benefit. Entertainments at the "Slavyansky Bazaar". Musical Chronicler of "The Citizen"
    ...), in which it was published on 24 September 1872 {{OS}}, signed only with the initials "B.L.". ...rtistic standards; reflections on privately funded initiatives to acquaint the wider public with serious music
    31 KB (5,136 words) - 14:34, 12 July 2022
  • The Fifth Symphony Concert. The Second Quartet Series. The Italian Opera
    ...Tchaikovsky's thirty-fourth music-review article for the Moscow journal ''Russian Register'' (Русские ведомости), in which it was published o ...first violin [[Ferdinand Laub]]; and a mock eulogy to the managers of the Italian Opera Company on behalf of a 'grateful' [[Moscow]].
    28 KB (4,491 words) - 14:45, 2 September 2023
  • The Start of the Concert Season
    ...ости), in which it was published on 10 March 1873 {{OS}}, signed only with the initials "B.L.". ...very greatest composers"—[[Mozart]] and [[Beethoven]]—were able to combine the two in equal strength).
    29 KB (4,566 words) - 00:03, 3 December 2023
  • Mozart's "Don Giovanni" on the Italian Stage. Weber's "Freischütz" on the Russian Opera Stage
    ...f name="note1"/> was Tchaikovsky's sixth and last music-review article for the Moscow journal ''Contemporary Chronicle'' (Современная лето� ...ingers' greater professional commitment (in comparison to the Italians) in the performance of ''Der Freischütz''.
    18 KB (2,863 words) - 14:34, 12 July 2022
  • The Kiev Opera. The Fourth Symphony Concert
    ...s Tchaikovsky's thirty-third music-review article for the Moscow journal ''Russian Register'' (Русские ведомости), in which it was published o ...Tchaikovsky, revealed [[Glinka]] to be "one of the greatest symphonists of the century", even comparable to [[Beethoven]] in certain respects.
    28 KB (4,527 words) - 14:14, 10 September 2023
  • Beethoven and His Time
    ...shed article written by Tchaikovsky for the [[Saint Petersburg]] journal ''The Citizen'' (Гражданин) <ref name="note1"/>, in which it was seriali ...s" in which his "radiant genius" as a symphonist revealed itself fully for the first time (see also [[TH 268]])
    127 KB (20,852 words) - 13:14, 12 July 2022
  • The Musical Society. Response to an Anonymous Correspondent. Two Examples of Muscovite Music Criticism
    ...as Tchaikovsky's forty-sixth music-review article for the Moscow journal ''Russian Register'' (Русские ведомости), in which it was published o ...bitter reflection that "99.5 %" of [[Moscow]]'s population knew nothing of the works of [[Glinka]], "this colossal artist"; and sarcastic ripostes to seve
    41 KB (6,534 words) - 19:48, 9 September 2023
  • The Eighth Symphony Concert. The Italian Opera
    ...s Tchaikovsky's thirty-sixth music-review article for the Moscow journal ''Russian Register'' (Русские ведомости), in which it was published o ...n Opera Company's hegemony in [[Moscow]], which Tchaikovsky contrasts with the situation in [[Saint Petersburg]].
    17 KB (2,727 words) - 12:40, 10 September 2023
  • The Third Symphony Concert. The Italian Opera. The Amateur Society for the Musical and Dramatic Arts
    ...Tchaikovsky's thirty-second music-review article for the Moscow journal ''Russian Register'' (Русские ведомости), in which it was published o ...friend would eventually premiere the work; and a disenchanted appraisal of the Swedish soprano Christine Nilsson's performance in [[Gounod]]'s ''Faust''.
    20 KB (3,241 words) - 14:34, 12 July 2022
  • Italian Capriccio
    Tchaikovsky's '''''Italian Capriccio''''' (Итальяанское каприччио) on themes from The ''Capriccio'' is scored for an orchestra of 3 flutes (3rd doubling piccolo)
    9 KB (1,211 words) - 21:36, 14 September 2023
  • Tchaikovsky: A Life
    {{Ybox|The following essay has been specially written by<br/>'''''Alexander Poznansky' {{picture|file=Photo116.jpg|caption=Tchaikovsky at the height of his fame in 1893}}
    135 KB (20,349 words) - 23:29, 1 January 2024
  • The First Quartet Series. The Italian Opera
    ...s Tchaikovsky's forty-fourth music-review article for the Moscow journal ''Russian Register'' (Русские ведомости), in which it was published o ...[[Enrico Bevignani]]'s work as a conductor (even though he was serving the Italian Opera Company!)
    15 KB (2,507 words) - 14:34, 12 July 2022
  • Autobiography
    ...phy''''' (Автобиография) ([[TH]] 317 ; [[ČW]] 589) was written in 1889 for the German publication ''Nord und Süd'', in which it was first published in an ...ntative], which was published the following year in the July 1890 issue of the periodical ''Nord und Süd''.
    49 KB (8,092 words) - 11:37, 7 April 2023
  • The Italian Opera. Its Company. Rossini's "Zora"
    ...24) <ref name="note1"/> was Tchaikovsky's fourth music-review article for the Moscow journal ''Contemporary Chronicle'' (Современная лето� ...artistic and production standards, Tchaikovsky would repeatedly criticize the craze of his compatriots for these performances.
    11 KB (1,692 words) - 14:34, 12 July 2022
  • The Second Symphony Concert. Madame Patti's Benefit (1872)
    ...и), in which it was published on 18 November 1872 {{OS}}, signed only with the initials "B.L.". ...ecting reality; as well as critical remarks addressed to the management of the Imperial theatres.
    25 KB (4,054 words) - 14:34, 12 July 2022
  • Fyodor Dostoyevsky
    Russian novelist (b. 30 October/11 November 1821 in [[Moscow]]; d. 28 January/9 Feb ...by firing squad. At the very last moment the Tsar's pardon was read out to the condemned prisoners and Dostoyevsky's sentence commuted to 4 years of hard
    52 KB (8,025 words) - 12:03, 10 August 2023
  • Richard Wagner
    ...e="note2"/> Tchaikovsky refuted this gross misrepresentation and jumped to the defence of his former teacher: ...ls a long series of concerts which were very much epoch-making. Since then the music of this great German master has taken root in our country <ref name="
    93 KB (14,333 words) - 21:51, 28 August 2023
  • The Third Week of the Concert Season
    ...) was Tchaikovsky's fortieth music-review article for the Moscow journal ''Russian Register'' (Русские ведомости), in which it was published o ...]]'s Violin Concerto, which had been one of the works most associated with the late [[Ferdinand Laub]]
    20 KB (3,138 words) - 12:44, 10 September 2023
  • The Second Concert of the Russian Musical Society. Mr Slavyansky's Russian Concert
    ...525) <ref name="note1"/> was Tchaikovsky's fifth music-review article for the Moscow journal ''Contemporary Chronicle'' (Современная лето� ...Tchaikovsky describes as an act of "sacrilege" against this "sanctuary of Russian art"
    15 KB (2,264 words) - 14:42, 2 September 2023
  • Diaries (April 1886)
    ...r 1886, and includes the composer's visits to [[Tiflis]] and France during the spring. ..., and the couple's daughter [[Tatyana Tchaikovskaya|Tatyana]] ("Tatyusa"). The composer was accompanied by his valet [[Aleksey Sofronov]] ("Alyosha").
    70 KB (6,311 words) - 14:01, 12 July 2022
  • The First Week of the Concert Season
    ...мости), in which it was published on 1 March 1874 {{OS}}, signed only with the initials "B.L.". ...f [[Schumann]]'s Cello Concerto, which Tchaikovsky considered to be one of the German composer's weakest works.
    27 KB (4,297 words) - 18:21, 9 September 2023
  • The Musical Society. Madame Patti's Benefit. Mr Demidov
    ...as Tchaikovsky's forty-fifth music-review article for the Moscow journal ''Russian Register'' (Русские ведомости), in which it was published o ...ussian singer; and yet another ironical remark in passing about the pseudo-Russian concerts of Dmitry Slavyansky and his choir.
    17 KB (2,801 words) - 14:34, 12 July 2022
  • Diaries (April 1891)
    ...ould be read by his family on his return <ref name="note1"/>. Consequently the entries are fuller and more narrative in style than those in his previous d ...4/26 April still in mourning for his sister, and deeply apprehensive about the trip that awaited him.
    159 KB (13,812 words) - 14:01, 12 July 2022
  • The Second Symphony Concert. Madame Patti's Benefit (1874)
    ...s Tchaikovsky's thirty-first music-review article for the Moscow journal ''Russian Register'' (Русские ведомости), in which it was published o ...regard to her last appearance with the Italian Opera in [[Moscow]] during the 1874–75 season.
    20 KB (3,220 words) - 14:34, 12 July 2022
  • The Second Week of the Concert Season
    ...ости), in which it was published on 18 March 1873 {{OS}}, signed only with the initials "B.L.". ...t also laments his lack of productivity as a composer; a comparison of the Russian-made Becker pianos with those manufactured by Carl Bechstein.
    28 KB (4,472 words) - 14:34, 12 July 2022
  • A Conversation with P. I. Tchaikovsky
    ...etween Tchaikovsky and a certain "G. B." <ref name="note2"/>, published in the newspaper ''Petersburg Life'' (Петербургская жизнь) on 12 ...how people were wrong in assuming that he was at loggerheads with the new Russian school of music, since he had a lot in common with [[Rimsky-Korsakov]], and
    43 KB (6,768 words) - 21:27, 10 March 2023
  • Diaries (February 1886)
    ...r 1886, and includes the composer's visits to [[Tiflis]] and France during the spring. ...y, which he had completed on the very same day that he started work on ''[[The Enchantress]]''.
    71 KB (6,677 words) - 16:03, 23 September 2023
  • Diaries (March 1886)
    ...r 1886, and includes the composer's visits to [[Tiflis]] and France during the spring. ...ing south via [[Moscow]], [[Vladikavkaz]], the Caucasus, the Black Sea and the Mediterranean.
    58 KB (5,466 words) - 18:34, 24 January 2024
  • The Last Weeks of the Concert Season
    ...мости), in which it was published on 4 April 1873 {{OS}}, signed only with the initials "B.L.". ...d Malashkin; and some sarcastic remarks at the end about the Italomania of the [[Moscow]] public.
    18 KB (2,848 words) - 17:33, 9 September 2023
  • The Fourth Week of the Concert Season
    ...as Tchaikovsky's forty-first music-review article for the Moscow journal ''Russian Register'' (Русские ведомости), in which it was published o ...Russia; and yet another ironical barb at the Italian Opera Company's "anti-musical outrages"
    29 KB (4,596 words) - 12:44, 10 September 2023
  • Letter 159
    |Language=Russian |Language=Russian
    22 KB (2,093 words) - 14:04, 10 February 2024
  • Vakula the Smith
    ...n between June and October 1874 for a competition organised by the Russian Musical Society. In 1885, Tchaikovsky carried out a thorough revision of the opera and re-titled it ''[[Cherevichki]]''.
    38 KB (5,300 words) - 19:49, 9 September 2023
  • The Tempest
    Tchaikovsky's fantasia '''''The Tempest''''' (Буря) in F minor, Op. 18 ([[TH]] 44 ; [[ČW]] 41), after The fantasia is scored for an orchestra consisting of piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboe
    14 KB (2,104 words) - 21:47, 27 August 2023
  • Jules Massenet
    ...des Beaux-Arts. The most prolific and successful French opera composer of the day, Massenet is now best remembered for ''Hérodiade'' (1881), '' Manon'' ...the melody of his song ''Softly the Spirit Flew up to Heaven'' — No. 2 of the [[Seven Romances, Op. 47]] — which he was composing that summer.
    27 KB (4,110 words) - 21:25, 17 August 2023

View (previous 50 | next 50) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)

Retrieved from ‘https://en.tchaikovsky-research.net/pages/Special:Search’