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{{picture|file=Paul Collin.jpg|size=200px|caption='''Paul Collin''' (1844-1915)}}
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French writer and translator (b. 12 July 1843 {{NS}} in Conches; d. 5 February 1915 {{NS}} in [[Paris]]).
German pianist, teacher and composer (b. 27 May 1854 {{NS}} in Königsberg, Prussia [now Kaliningrad, Russia]; d. 27 May/9 June 1897 in [[Moscow]]), born '''''Christian Georg Paul Pabst'''''; known in Russia as '''''Pavel Avgustovich Pabst''''' (Павел Августович Пабст).


==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
After receiving lessons from his father, the composer and performer August Pabst (1811–1885), Paul gave his first public recitals at the age of 11, studying with [[Anton Door]] at the Academy of Music and Lyric Arts in [[Vienna]], and later in Weimar with [[Franz Liszt]]. From 1875 he taught piano in Riga, and in 1878 was invited by [[Nikolay Rubinstein]] to teach piano at the [[Moscow]] Conservatory, where he became professor of piano in 1881.
One letter from Tchaikovsky to Paul Collin has survived, dating from 1892, which has been translated into English on this website:
* '''[[Letter 4810]]''' – 24 November/6 December 1892, from [[Saint Petersburg]]  


One letter from Collin to the composer, dating from 1893, is preserved in the {{RUS-KLč}} at [[Klin]].
Tchaikovsky was a great admirer of Pabst's virtuosity, and was particularly impressed by his ''Paraphrase'' (1880) on themes from the opera ''[[Yevgeny Onegin]]''. As well as his virtuosic transcriptions, Pabst also composed many smaller works, almost exclusively for piano.


==Tchaikovsky's Settings of Works by Collin==
==Dedications==
When composing his [[Six French Songs, Op. 65]] in 1888, Tchaikovsky set three poems from Collin's cycle ''Melodies'', published in 1878: ''Déception'' (No. 2 in the set of songs), ''Sérénade'' (No. 3) and ''Rondel'' (No. 6). The text of ''Qu'importe que l'hiver'' (No. 4) comes from the untitled fourth poem in Collin's cycle ''Poème d'Octobre'', also published in 1878.
In 1893, Tchaikovsky dedicated the piano piece ''Polacca de Concert'' No. 7 of the [[Eighteen Pieces, Op. 72]] — to Paul Pabst.


The composer's sketches show that he also considered, but ultimately rejected, six other poems by Collin – ''Prière'', ''Rondel à Madame I. Triery'', ''Rondel d'automne'', ''À la mémoire de Madame Marie ***'', ''Lamento'', and ''Mai''. Short musical sketches exist for the two last poems.
==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
One letter from Tchaikovsky to Paul Pabst has survived, dating from 1887, and has been translated into English on this website:
* '''[[Letter 3344]]''' – 9/21 September 1887, from [[Maydanovo]].


==Bibliography==
One telegram from Paul Pabst to Tchaikovsky, dating from 19 April/1 May 1892 is preserved in the {{RUS-KLč}} at [[Klin]] (a{{sup|4}}, No. 3187).
* {{bib|1960/11}} (1960)
* {{bib|2013/4}} (2013)


==External Links==
==External Links==
* [[wikipedia:Paul_Collin|Wikipedia]]
* [[wikipedia:Pavel_Pabst|Wikipedia]]
* {{viaf|116295738}}
* {{IMSLP|Pabst,_Paul}}
* {{viaf|42026185}}


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Paul Pabst (1854-1897)

German pianist, teacher and composer (b. 27 May 1854 [N.S.] in Königsberg, Prussia [now Kaliningrad, Russia]; d. 27 May/9 June 1897 in Moscow), born Christian Georg Paul Pabst; known in Russia as Pavel Avgustovich Pabst (Павел Августович Пабст).

After receiving lessons from his father, the composer and performer August Pabst (1811–1885), Paul gave his first public recitals at the age of 11, studying with Anton Door at the Academy of Music and Lyric Arts in Vienna, and later in Weimar with Franz Liszt. From 1875 he taught piano in Riga, and in 1878 was invited by Nikolay Rubinstein to teach piano at the Moscow Conservatory, where he became professor of piano in 1881.

Tchaikovsky was a great admirer of Pabst's virtuosity, and was particularly impressed by his Paraphrase (1880) on themes from the opera Yevgeny Onegin. As well as his virtuosic transcriptions, Pabst also composed many smaller works, almost exclusively for piano.

Dedications

In 1893, Tchaikovsky dedicated the piano piece Polacca de Concert — No. 7 of the Eighteen Pieces, Op. 72 — to Paul Pabst.

Correspondence with Tchaikovsky

One letter from Tchaikovsky to Paul Pabst has survived, dating from 1887, and has been translated into English on this website:

One telegram from Paul Pabst to Tchaikovsky, dating from 19 April/1 May 1892 is preserved in the Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve at Klin (a4, No. 3187).

External Links