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| {{picture|file=Edward Dannreuther.jpg|caption='''Edward Dannreuther''' (1844-1905)}}
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| German pianist and writer on music (b. 4 November 1844 in Strasbourg; d. 12 February 1905 in [[London]]), born '''''Edward George Dannreuther'''''.
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| Dannreuther trained at the [[Leipzig]] Conservatory, where he was a pupil of Ignaz Moscheles (1794–1870). In 1863 he moved to [[London]], and subsequently became a naturalised British citizen. He was very prominent in musical circles, founding the [[London]] [[Wagner]] Society in 1872.
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| On 11 March 1876 {{NS}} he performed Tchaikovsky's [[Piano Concerto No. 1]] at the Crystal Palace in [[London]], and wrote to the composer suggesting a series of alterations that were subsequently incorporated into the second edition (1879).
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| Dannreuther had previously also given the first performance in England of [[Edvard Grieg]]'s Piano Concerto, at a Crystal Palace concert in [[London]] on 18 April 1874 {{NS}}.
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| ==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
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| One letter from Tchaikovsky to Edward Dannreuther has survived, dating from 1876, and has been translated into English on this website:
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| * '''[[Letter 455]]''' – 18/30 March 1876, from [[Moscow]]
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| Two letters from Dannreuther to Tchaikovsky, dating from 1890 and 1891, are preserved in the [[Klin]] House-Museum Archive.
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| ==Bibliography==
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| * {{bib|1907/16}} (1907)
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| * {{bib|1907/18}} (1907)
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| * {{bib|1969/10}} (1969)
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| [[Category:People|Dannreuther, Edward]]
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| [[Category:Correspondents|Dannreuther, Edward]]
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| [[Category:Pianists|Dannreuther, Edward]]
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