In article <410c3c1c$1_4@127.0.0.1>, Plurpsius <x@126.0.0.1:4299> wrote:
> Peter Tchaikovsky's last letter to his beloved nephew:
>
> Klin
> 3 [or 2] August 1893
>
> In my last letter to Modest I complain that you don't want to know me, and
> now he is silent too, and all links with your crowd are completely broken.
> .
> . .
>
> What makes me sad is that you take so little interest in me. Could it be
> that
> you are positively a hard egotist? However, forgive me, I won't pester you
> again. The symphony which I was going to dedicate to you (not so sure that
> I
> shall now) is getting on. I am very pleased with the music but not entirely
> satisfied with the instrumentation. It does not come out as I hoped it
> would.
> It will be quite conventional and no surprise if this symphony is abused
> and
> best, and in particular the most sincere of all my compositions. I love it
> as
> I have never loved any of my musical children.
>
> . . . At the end of August I shall have to go abroad for a week. If I were
> sure that you would still be in Verbovka in September I would love to come
> at
> the beginning of the month. But I know nothing about you.
>
> I embrace you with all my love.
> P. Tchaikovsky
>
> More at: http://www.infopt.demon.co.uk/tchaikov.htm
>
Thanks for the post, and the link.
He's my favorite composer. :-)
Y Not
>
> "KnightWing" <knightwing@skyfire.com> wrote:
> >This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
> >
> >It's mentioned in the FAQ that Peter Tchaikovsky was a boylover who wrote
> >his
> >6th symphony for his 13-year-old nephew. I heard it tonight on the BBC Proms
> >on
> >BBC2. I really enjoyed it.
> >
> >It's a shame Tchaikovsky died 10 days after he conducted it. The actor
> >Samuel
> >West and a music critic, whose name I forget, were speculating as to the
> >cause
> >of his death as, apparently, it seems to be unknown. Cholera? Suicide? Who
> >knows? A myth even exists that Tchaikovsky wrote Pathetique forseeing his
> >own
> >death, a theory dismissed by the music critic. There certainly is a sense of
> >tragedy about this symphony. Although, we had an interview of the conductor
> >of
> >the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mariss Jansons, saying that he didn't
> >wanted to sweeten its lighter elements too much and make it
> >over-sentimental. I
> >wonder if the sweetness, though, was inspired by Tchaikovsky's nephew...
> >
> >KnightWing
> >[ ] (Attachment)
>
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