Photograph of Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Part of Brodsky Papers
At the bottom of the photograph, Tchaikovsky has written in Russian: ‘To my dear friend Adolph. P. I. Tchaikovsky. 23 November '91.’
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893), Composer
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 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 addresses Brodsky by his forename and patronymic, Adolph Davidovich. Tchaikovsky is delighted to have heard from Brodsky the previous evening and cannot thank Brodsky enough for his fatherly care of his concerto. Tchaikovsky worries...
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
Photocopy of autograph letter signed from Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky to Adolph Brodsky
Part of Brodsky Papers
The letter is on monogrammed paper. Tchaikovsky is overjoyed to have heard from Brodsky of more success with the concerto. [Brodsky gave the London premiere at one of the Richter concerts in spring 1882.] Tchaikovsky asks Brodsky to pass on his...
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
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
Autograph letter signed from Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky to Anna Brodsky
Part of Brodsky Papers
Tchaikovsky has written to Brodsky at the Conservatoire, from Paris, Vienna and Tiflis without receiving a reply. He now writes to Anna and is distressed that their interchange has been broken. Tchaikovsky wants to know what they are doing; if ...
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893), Composer
Autograph letter signed from Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky to Anna Brodsky
Part of Brodsky Papers
Tchaikovsky writes to Anna Lvovna that he will come to dinner on Saturday. He requests Anna not to spread news of his arrival in Leipzig since he will only be going to the Brodskys. Dated 25/13 Feb 1889.
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893), Composer