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The '''''Handbook for Instrumentation''''' (Руководство к инструментовке) ([[TH]] 329 ; [[ČW]] 628) <ref name="note1"/> is Tchaikovsky's translation of the ''Traité général d'instrumentation. Exposé méthodique des principes de cet art dans leur application à l'orchestre, à la musique d'harmonie et de fanfares, etc.'' by the Belgian composer and music historian [[François Auguste Gevaert]] (1828-1908). | |||
==History== | |||
[[Gevaert]]'s ''Traité'' was first published in Belgium in 1863, and only two years later Tchaikovsky's tutor [[Anton Rubinstein]] set him the task of translating the French text into Russian. This was accomplished during the summer of 1865, while Tchaikovsky was staying with his sister at [[Kamenka]] in the Ukraine, and he introduced his own comments and musical examples (mainly from works by [[Glinka]]) into [[Gevaert]]'s original text. The completed manuscript was submitted to [[Anton Rubinstein|Rubinstein]] in January 1866 on Tchaikovsky's graduation from the [[Saint Petersburg]] Conservatory. | |||
[[ | ==Publication== | ||
At the end of 1866 [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] published Tchaikovsky's translation <ref name="note2"/>, with the subtitle "Translated from the French with the addition of score examples from Russian works by Professor P. I. Tchaikovsky". This work has been accepted as a handbook in the conservatories of [[Moscow]] and [[Saint Petersburg]] <ref name="note3"/>, for which Tchaikovsky was paid 25 rubles <ref name="note4"/>. It was reprinted by [[Jurgenson]] in 1902, and included in volume III-Б of Tchaikovsky's ''[[Complete Collected Works]]'' (1961), edited by Vladimir Protopopov. | |||
==Autographs== | |||
Tchaikovsky's autograph manuscript is now preserved in the {{RUS-Mcm}} in [[Moscow]] {{TOW2|f-o-gevart-rukovodstvo-k-instrumentovke-perevod-s-francuzskogo|(ф. 88, No. 170)}}. | |||
==Notes and References== | ==Notes and References== | ||
<references> | <references> | ||
<ref name="note1"> | <ref name="note1">Entitled "Guide to Orchestration" in [[ČW]].</ref> | ||
<ref name="note2"> | <ref name="note2">Passed by the censor on 24 October/5 November 1866.</ref> | ||
<ref name="note3"> | <ref name="note3">F. A. Gevaert, {{bib|1866/1|Руководство к инструментовке}} (1866).</ref> | ||
<ref name="note4">[[Letter | <ref name="note4">See [[Letter 95a]] to [[Pyotr Jurgenson]], 11/23 August 1866.</ref> | ||
</references> | </references> | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:27, 11 March 2023
The Handbook for Instrumentation (Руководство к инструментовке) (TH 329 ; ČW 628) [1] is Tchaikovsky's translation of the Traité général d'instrumentation. Exposé méthodique des principes de cet art dans leur application à l'orchestre, à la musique d'harmonie et de fanfares, etc. by the Belgian composer and music historian François Auguste Gevaert (1828-1908).
History
Gevaert's Traité was first published in Belgium in 1863, and only two years later Tchaikovsky's tutor Anton Rubinstein set him the task of translating the French text into Russian. This was accomplished during the summer of 1865, while Tchaikovsky was staying with his sister at Kamenka in the Ukraine, and he introduced his own comments and musical examples (mainly from works by Glinka) into Gevaert's original text. The completed manuscript was submitted to Rubinstein in January 1866 on Tchaikovsky's graduation from the Saint Petersburg Conservatory.
Publication
At the end of 1866 Pyotr Jurgenson published Tchaikovsky's translation [2], with the subtitle "Translated from the French with the addition of score examples from Russian works by Professor P. I. Tchaikovsky". This work has been accepted as a handbook in the conservatories of Moscow and Saint Petersburg [3], for which Tchaikovsky was paid 25 rubles [4]. It was reprinted by Jurgenson in 1902, and included in volume III-Б of Tchaikovsky's Complete Collected Works (1961), edited by Vladimir Protopopov.
Autographs
Tchaikovsky's autograph manuscript is now preserved in the Russian National Museum of Music in Moscow (ф. 88, No. 170) [view].
Notes and References
- ↑ Entitled "Guide to Orchestration" in ČW.
- ↑ Passed by the censor on 24 October/5 November 1866.
- ↑ F. A. Gevaert, Музыкальные заметки. Консерваторские солисты и композитор (1866).
- ↑ See Letter 95a to Pyotr Jurgenson, 11/23 August 1866.