Otto Schneider
Tchaikovsky Research
German horn player, and one of the founder members of the Berlin Philharmonic (b. 1851; d. 1890).
In 1887, Schneider invited Tchaikovsky to conduct at a Philharmonic concert in Berlin, where the composer conducted his overture-fantasia Romeo and Juliet on 27 January/8 February 1888 [1].
Correspondence with Tchaikovsky
3 letters from Tchaikovsky to Otto Schneider have survived, dating from 1887, all of which have been translated into English on this website:
- Letter 3384 – 15/27 October 1887, from Saint Petersburg
- Letter 3390 – 27 October/8 November 1887, from Saint Petersburg
- Letter 3441 – 21 December 1887/2 January 1888, from Leipzig.
4 letters from Otto Schneider to the composer, dating from 1887 and 1888, are preserved in the Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve at Klin (a4, Nos. 5870–5873).
Notes and References
- ↑ See https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/stories/peter-tschaikowsky-berliner-philharmoniker/ (accessed 21 August 2023).
