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Theme from the first movement of the [[Symphony No. 4]], from [[Letter 763]] to [[Nadezhda von Meck]], 17 February/1 March 1878
{{picture|file=Francesco Berger.jpg|caption='''Francesco Berger''' (1834–1933)}}
English pianist and composer of Italian parentage (b. 10 June 1834 {{NS}} in [[London]]; d. 26 April 1933 in [[London]]), also known as '''''Francis Berger'''''.
 
After studying piano and composition in [[London]], in 1848 Berger travelled to his father's home city of Trieste, where he had his first opera performed while aged only seventeen. After his return from continental Europe in 1855, Berger returned to England as a pianist and music professor. He befriended Charles Dickens, and in 1864 married the contralto Annie Lascelles (1840–1907).
 
Berger became of a member of the [[London]] Philharmonic Society in 1871, and was its honorary secretary from 1884 until 1911. It was in this capacity that he corresponded with Tchaikovsky, and greeted the composer on his visits to [[London]] in 1888, 1889 and 1893.
 
==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
16 letters from Tchaikovsky to Francesco Berger have survived, dating from 1888 to 1893, all of which have been translated into English on this website:
* '''[[Letter 3485]]''' – 25 January/6 February 1888, from [[Berlin]]
* '''[[Letter 3493]]''' – 8/20 February 1888, from [[Prague]]
* '''[[Letter 3498a]]''' – 16/28 February 1888, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 3506]]''' – 24 February/7 March 1888, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 3684a]]''' – 1/13 October 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 3799a]]''' – 17 February/1 March 1889, from [[Leipzig]]
* '''[[Letter 3808a]]''' – 25 February/9 March 1889, from [[Geneva]]
* '''[[Letter 3812a]]''' – 1/13 March 1889, from [[Hamburg]]
* '''[[Letter 3812b]]''' – 1/13 March 1889, from [[Hamburg]]
* '''[[Letter 4362b]]''' – 31 March/12 April 1891, from [[Rouen]]
* '''[[Letter 4389a]]''' – 2/14 June 1891, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 4496a]]''' – 5/17 October 1891, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 4642a]]''' – 13/25 March 1892, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 4812c]]''' – 4/16 December 1892, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 4844a]]''' – 4/16 January 1893, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 4971]]''' – 19/31 July 1893, from [[Klin]]
 
17 letters from Francesco Berger to the composer, dating from 1888 to 1893, are preserved in the {{RUS-KLč}} at [[Klin]] <ref name="note1"/>.
 
==Bibliography==
* {{bib|1913/2}} (1913)
* {{bib|1925/23}} (1925)
* {{bib|1927/36}} (1927)
* Berger, F. {{und|97}} (London, 1931)
* {{bib|1971/80}} (1971)
* {{bib|1980/112}} (1980)
* Ehrlich, C. {{und|First Philharmonic: A History of the Royal Philharmonic Society}} (Oxford, 1995)
* {{bib|2004/19}} (2004)
* {{bib|2007/7}} (2007)
* {{bib|2012/10}} (2012)
* {{bib|2013/34}} (2013)
 
==External Links==
* [[wikipedia:Francesco_Berger|Wikipedia]]
* {{IMSLP|Berger,_Francesco}}
* {{viaf|51956644}}
 
==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">Six of these letters were published in Russian translation only in {{bib|1970/6|Чайковский и зарубежные музыканты}} (1970), p. 20–22. All of Berger's letters to Tchaikovsky were published in the original German in {{bib|2013/34|Čajkovskijs Londoner Sinfonien. Der Briefwechsel des Komponisten mit Francesco Berger}} (2013).</ref>
</references>
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Francesco Berger (1834–1933)

English pianist and composer of Italian parentage (b. 10 June 1834 [N.S.] in London; d. 26 April 1933 in London), also known as Francis Berger.

After studying piano and composition in London, in 1848 Berger travelled to his father's home city of Trieste, where he had his first opera performed while aged only seventeen. After his return from continental Europe in 1855, Berger returned to England as a pianist and music professor. He befriended Charles Dickens, and in 1864 married the contralto Annie Lascelles (1840–1907).

Berger became of a member of the London Philharmonic Society in 1871, and was its honorary secretary from 1884 until 1911. It was in this capacity that he corresponded with Tchaikovsky, and greeted the composer on his visits to London in 1888, 1889 and 1893.

Correspondence with Tchaikovsky

16 letters from Tchaikovsky to Francesco Berger have survived, dating from 1888 to 1893, all of which have been translated into English on this website:

17 letters from Francesco Berger to the composer, dating from 1888 to 1893, are preserved in the Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve at Klin [1].

Bibliography

External Links

Notes and References

  1. Six of these letters were published in Russian translation only in Чайковский и зарубежные музыканты (1970), p. 20–22. All of Berger's letters to Tchaikovsky were published in the original German in Čajkovskijs Londoner Sinfonien. Der Briefwechsel des Komponisten mit Francesco Berger (2013).

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