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| Cellist, teacher, professor at the [[Saint Petersburg]] Conservatory and director of the [[Saint Petersburg]] Philharmonic Society (b. 26 May 1833 {{NS}} in [[Prague]]; d. after 1914); known in Russia as '''''Ivan Ivanovich Zeyfert''''' (Иван Иванович Зейферт).
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| Born into a Czech family, from 1853 Seifert played the cello in the orchestra of the Imperial Theatres in [[Saint Petersburg]]. He was an instructor at the city's conservatory from its foundation in 1862, while Tchaikovsky was a student there. Seifert also gave tuition to amateur musicians, including the [[Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich]]. He also composed small pieces for cello.
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| ==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
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| 2 letters from Tchaikovsky to Jan Seifert have survived, dating from 1880 to 1892, both of which have been translated into English on this website:
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| * '''[[Letter 1496]]''' – 15/27 May 1880, from [[Kamenka]]
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| * '''[[Letter 4631]]''' – 1/13 March 1892, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
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| 2 letters from Seifert to Tchaikovsky, dating from 1880 and 1892, are preserved in the {{RUS-KLč}} at [[Klin]] (a{{sup|4}}, Nos. 1238–1239).
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| ==Bibliography==
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| * {{bib|1941/17}} (1941)
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| ==External Links==
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| * [[wikipedia:ru:Зейферт,_Иван_Иванович|Wikipedia]] (Russian)
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| * {{viaf|299977835}}
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| [[Category:People|Seifert, Jan]]
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| [[Category:Cellists|Seifert, Jan]]
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| [[Category:Correspondents|Seifert, Jan]]
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