Jacques Dusautoy
Tchaikovsky Research
French composer and pianist (b. 13 October 1853 [N.S.] in Paris; d. 31 August 1915 [N.S.] in Paris), born Charles Henri Jacques Dusautoy.
Dusautoy made some piano transcriptions of works by Tchaikovsky, about which the two men corresponded in the late 1880s and early 1890s.
Correspondence with Tchaikovsky
3 letters from Tchaikovsky to Jacques Dusautoy have survived, dating from 1886 to 1891, all of which have been translated into English on this website:
- Letter 2999a – 8/20 July 1886, from Maydanovo
- Letter 3219a – 4/16 April 1887, from Maydanovo
- Letter 4357 – 25 March/6 April 1891, from Paris
5 letters from Dusautoy to Tchaikovsky, dating from 1886 to 1891, are preserved in the Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve at Klin (a4, Nos. 988–992).
Bibliography
- Bisher unbekannte Briefe und musikalische Arbeiten Čajkovskijs (1994)
- Drei bisher unbekannte Briefe Čajkovskijs von 1887, 1891 und 1893, sowie sechs weitere Briefe vom 20. August 1893 (1995)
