Yulian Poplavsky
Tchaikovsky Research
Russian cellist and writer (b. 21 June/3 July 1871 in Moscow; d. 1 February 1958 in Kremlin-Bicêtre, near Paris), born Yulian Ignatyevich Poplavsky (Юлиан Игнатьевич Поплавский).
In the early 1890s, Poplavsky studied the cello at the Moscow Conservatory under Alfred von Glenn. He was a guest at the composer's home shortly before his death in October 1893, and subsequently wrote an account of "Tchaikovsky's Last Days at Klin".
Correspondence with Tchaikovsky
2 letters from Tchaikovsky to Yulian Poplavsky have survived, dating from 1893, both of which have been translated into English on this website:
- Letter 4963 – 26 June/8 July 1893, from Grankino
- Letter 5053 – 2/14 October 1893, from Klin
3 letters from Poplavsky to the composer, dating from 1893, are preserved in the Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve at Klin (a4, Nos. 3650–3652).
Bibliography
- Последний день П. И. Чайковского в Клину (1894)
- Памяти П. И. Чайковского (1904)
- Памяти Чайковского (1904)
- Последний день П. И. Чайковского в Клину (1962)
- Из жизни П. Чайковского. Записки современника (1965)
- Последний день П. И. Чайковского в Клину (1973)
- Последний день П. И. Чайковского в Клину (1979)
- Последний день П. И. Чайковского в Клину (1980)
- La Dernière journée de Tchaïkovski à Kline (1985)
- Yulian Poplavsky (1993)
- Tschaikowskys letzter Tag in Klin (1994)
- Yulian Poplavsky (1999)
