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'''''Dresden''''' is the capital city of the German federal state of Saxony (Sachsen), situated on the River Elbe. <br />
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During Tchaikovsky's lifetime it was part of the Kingdom of Saxony, and was incorporated into the German Empire in 1871.<br />
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Tchaikovsky's great-grandfather, [[Michel Victor Acier]] (1736-1799), worked as a sculptor in Dresden during the latter half of the eighteenth century.<br />
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==Tchaikovsky in Dresden==<br />
Tchaikovsky visited Dresden on two occasions:<br />
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| 1/13 July 1873<br />
| 5/17 July 1873<br />
| Travelling with [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] and his wife [[Sofiya Jurgenson|Sofiya]]. Here he saw performances of Halévy's ''La Juive'' and [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]'s ''Die Zauberflöte'', visited the city's picture gallery, and took a "totally delightful excursion to Saxon Switzerland" <ref name="note1"/>. He also noted down themes for an unrealized [[Symphony in B-flat major]], which he later adapted in the ''Capriccioso'' for piano—No. 5 from the [[Six Pieces, Op. 19]].<br />
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| 5/17 February 1889<br />
| 9/21 February 1889<br />
| To conduct the Philharmonic Society orchestra in a concert of his own works (8/20 February), featuring the [[Symphony No. 4]], and [[Piano Concerto No. 1]] (soloist [[Emil von Sauer]]), followed by a reception in his honour. Despite lengthy rehearsals, he considered the concert to have been "much less successful than in [[Cologne]] or [[Frankfurt am Main|Frankfurt]]" <ref name="note2"/>.<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
* {{bib|1889/2}} (1889)<br />
* {{bib|1889/13}} (1889)<br />
* {{bib|1889/26}} (1889)<br />
* {{bib|1889/27}} (1889)<br />
* {{bib|1898/20}} (1898)<br />
* {{bib|1901/19}} (1901)<br />
* {{bib|1993/198}} (1993)<br />
* {{bib|2004/3}} (2004)<br />
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==External Links==<br />
* [[wikipedia:Dresden|Wikipedia]]<br />
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==Notes and References==<br />
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<ref name="note1">See Diary entries for 1/13, 4/16 and 5/17 July 1873.</ref><br />
<ref name="note2">[[Letter 3790]] to [[Modest Tchaikovsky]], 8/20–9/21 February 1889.</ref><br />
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