Autograph letter from Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky to Lev Abramovich Kupernik, with transcript
Part of Brodsky Papers
Tchaikovsky has just discovered in a letter from his publisher Jurgenson that Brodsky has played his concerto in Vienna. The concerto has been written for 4 years and considered by various expert Russian violinists to be unplayable. Tchaikovsk...
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893), Composer
Autograph letter signed from Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky to Adolph Brodsky
Part of Brodsky Papers
Tchaikovsky is delighted that Brodsky will come to play in his concert on 28th October and sends the programme: Symphony in D major by Mozart; Brodsky to play the Tchaikovsky violin concerto or any other he likes; Passe-pied and Gavotte from Idome...
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893), Composer
Autograph letter signed from Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky to Adolph Brodsky
Part of Brodsky Papers
Tchaikovsky writes to Brodsky about arrangements for forthcoming concerts. Tchaikovsky himself must conduct the concert on 28th October. Brodsky wanted to come for the Christmas holidays if possible and to this end, Tchaikovsky tried for a conce...
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893), Composer
Autograph letter signed from Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky to Adolph Brodsky
Part of Brodsky Papers
Tchaikovsky is pleased to have a letter from Brodsky and is delighted to be able to write to him directly instead of through Kupernik and Jurgenson. Tchaikovsky wrote to the latter after chancing upon the Neue Freie Presse in which Hanslick descr...
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893), Composer
Autograph letter signed from Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky to Adolph Brodsky
Part of Brodsky Papers
Tchaikovsky has proposed that Brodsky should play in one of the Music Society Concerts. However the other directors of the society decided that it would be awkward since Brodsky has taken part in the Philharmonic Society. It is suggested that Br...
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893), Composer
Autograph letter signed from Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky to Adolph Brodsky
Part of Brodsky Papers
In this brief letter Tchaikovsky announces to Brodsky that he will breakfast alone and suggests that Brodsky starts rehearsing. Tchaikovsky will appear in approximately one and a half hours. Tchaikovsky wants Brodsky to stay until this evening o...
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893), Composer
Autograph letter signed from Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky to Adolph Brodsky
Part of Brodsky Papers
Tchaikovsky sends Brodsky details of the concert programmes: Pabst will play Rubinstein's quintet op.99; Taneiev will play Tchaikovsky's own trio; Siloti and Safonov have not yet decided. Tchaikovsky would like to know when they are com...
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893), Composer
Autograph letter signed from Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky to Adolph Brodsky
Part of Brodsky Papers
Tchaikovsky writes to wish the Brodskys every success in New York. He reaffirms his love and friendship for Adolph and also for his wife after Leipzig. He philosophises on how fate brings people together in intimacy and then separates them for m...
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893), Composer
Autograph letter signed from Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky to Adolph Brodsky
Part of Brodsky Papers
Tchaikovsky begs to be excused for muddling the arrangements for the quartet's visit. It has been decided that one of their 4 pianists will play at each of the 4 sessions. If one was left out there would unpleasantness and quarrels. Tchaik...
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893), Composer
Autograph letter signed from Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky to Adolph Brodsky
Part of Brodsky Papers
Tchaikovsky has written to Brodsky from Paris but has had no reply and assumes that the letter never arrived. He tells Brodsky how much he loves him and Anna and Olga Lvovna; and recalls the wonderful hours spent with them in Leipzig. He has had...
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893), Composer