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| Musical writer, critic, director of the [[Frankfurt-am-Main]] Museum-Gesellschaft (b. 1848; d. 1924).
| | <includeonly>II-й и III-й русские симфонические концерты (17 и 24 февр)</includeonly><noinclude> {{bibitem |id=1896/10 |Contributors=Findeyzen, Nikolay Fyodorovich, 1868-1928 (author) |Title=II-й и III-й русские симфонические концерты (17 и 24 февр) |In=Русская музыкальная газета [Saint Petersburg] |Part=No. 3 |Edition=March 1896 |Imprint=1896 |Extent=p. 350 |Format=Article |Language=Russian |Notes=The premiere of the overture to [[The Storm]] on 24 February/7 March 1896 in Saint Petersburg. The article is signed "Н. Ф. Ф." (N. F. F.) }} [[Category:Bibliography (1896)]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Bibliography (1896/010)}}</noinclude> |
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| After Tchaikovsky's concert on 3/15 January 1889 at the prestigious venue of the Museum-Gesellschaft, Sieger was very keen for the Russian composer to return to [[Frankfurt]] during the next winter season. Tchaikovsky had great misgivings about the conservative stamp of audiences and musicians alike in [[Frankfurt]] (which had partly been responsible for his decision to drop the overture ''[[The Year 1812]]'' from the concert he conducted in the city in January 1889), but he did accept Sieger's offer to conduct at the Museum-Gesellschaft again on 2/14 March 1890 <ref name="note1"/>. The latter hoped in particular that Tchaikovsky would acquaint the [[Frankfurt]] public with the orchestral fantasia ''[[Francesca da Rimini]]'', which he considered to be a masterpiece. Tchaikovsky did not, however, give any concerts at all in the first half of 1890, since he was absorbed in the composition of ''[[The Queen of Spades]]'', but later that year he did promise Sieger again that he would return to [[Frankfurt]] and conduct ''[[Francesca]]'', as well as the [[Serenade for String Orchestra]], at the Museum-Gesellschaft on 1/13 February 1891 <ref name="note2"/>. Unfortunately, this concert did not work out either due to other engagements, and Tchaikovsky duly apologised to Sieger, who had shown such sincere enthusiasm for his music <ref name="note3"/>.
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| ==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
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| 4 letters from Tchaikovsky to Friedrich Sieger have survived, dating from 1889 to 1891, of which those highlighted in bold have been translated into English on this website:
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| * '''[[Letter 3779]]''' – 1/13 February 1889, from [[Frankfurt]]
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| * [[Letter 3914a]] – 1/13 August 1889 (?), from [[Frolovskoye]]
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| * '''[[Letter 3943]]''' – 1/13 October 1889, from [[Moscow]]
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| * '''[[Letter 4293b]]''' – 6/18 January 1891, from [[Frolovskoye]]
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| 5 letters from Sieger to Tchaikovsky, dating from 1889 and 1890, are preserved in the [[Klin]] House-Museum Archive.
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| ==Bibliography==
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| * {{bib|1970/6}} (1970)
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| * {{bib|1998/39}} (1998)
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| * {{bib|1998/98}} (1998)
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| <ref name="note1">[[Letter 3943]] to Friedrich Sieger, 1/13 October 1889.</ref>
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| <ref name="note2">Letter to Friedrich Sieger, 15/27 July 1890. This letter seems to have been lost, but Sieger refers to it (giving the exact date) in his letter to Tchaikovsky from [[Frankfurt]] on 23 December 1890 {{NS}}, which is included (in Russian translation) in {{bib|1970/6|Чайковский и зарубежные музыканты}} (1970), p. 61–64.</ref>
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| <ref name="note3">[[Letter 4293b]] to Friedrich Sieger, 6/18 January 1891. In his letter to Tchaikovsky of 23 July 1890 {{NS}} Sieger had spoken admiringly of ''[[The Sleeping Beauty]]'' which he had studied in the piano transcription, "though I lament that I do not have the chance to hear this music so full of charm and gracefulness in an orchestral performance" — see {{bib|1970/6|Чайковский и зарубежные музыканты}} (1970), p. 63.</ref>
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| [[Category:People|Sieger, Friedrich]]
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| [[Category:Correspondents|Sieger, Friedrich]]
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| [[Category:Writers|Sieger, Friedrich]]
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