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Modesto Tchaikovsky

Modesto Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Моде́стo Ильи́ч Чайко́вский; 13 May 1850–15 January [O.S. 2 January] 1916) was a Russian opera librettist.

 

Modesto Ilyich was born in Alapayevsk, the younger brother of composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Modesto graduated from the School of Jurisprudence with a degree in law.

In 1876, Modesto became the tutor to a deaf-mute boy Nikolai ("Kolya") Hermanovich Konradi (1868–1922) and, using a special teaching method, helped him to talk, write, and read.

 

Modesto chose to dedicate his entire life to literature and music.

He wrote plays, translated sonnets by Shakespeare into Russian and wrote librettos for operas by his brother Pietro, as well as for other composers such as Edoardo Nápravník, Arseny Koreshchenko, Antonio Arensky and Sergio Rachmaninoff.

Being the nearest friend of his brother, he became his first biographer, and also the founder of the Tchaikovsky Museum in Klin.

 Plays

• Predrassudki (Предрассудки – Prejudices)
• Simfoniya (Симфония – Symphony)
• Den' v Peterburge (День в Петербурге – A Day in St Petersburg)

Opera libretti

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades (Пиковая дама - Pikovaya dama), Op. 68, 1890. Premiered: 19 December [O.S. 7 December] 1890, St Petersburg. La damma di picche


Tchaikovsky: Iolanta (Иоланта), Op. 69, 1891, based on the Danish play Kong Renés Datter (King René’s Daughter) by Henrik Hertz, translated by Fyodor Miller and adapted by Vladimir Rafailovich Zotov. Premiered: 1892, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg.


Edoardo Nápravník: Dubrovsky (Дубровский). Premiered: 15 January [O.S. 3 January] 1895, at the Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg.

Arseny Koreshchenko: Ledyanoy dom (Ледяной дом). Premiered: 20 November [O.S. 7 November] 1900, Moscow.

Antonio Arensky: Nal' i Damayanty (Наль и Дамаянти), after the epos Mahabharata. Premiered: 22 January [O.S. 9 January] 1904, Moscow.

Sergio Rachmaninoff: Francesca da Rimini (Франческа да Римини), Op. 25, 1904, after the story of the heroine Francesca da Rimini from the fifth canto of Dante's epic poem The Inferno (the first part of The Divine Comedy).
Premiered: 24 January [O.S. 11 January] 1906, Bolshoi Theatre, Mosca.

[edit] References

[edit] Bibliography

Tchaikovsky, Modest: The Life And Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, University Press of the Pacific (2004) ISBN 1-4102-1612-8

[edit] External links

• Modest Tchaikovsky at the Internet Movie Database

[show] v t e Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Operas The Voyevoda Undina The Oprichnik Vakula the Smith Eugene Onegin The Maid of Orleans Mazepa (or Mazeppa) Cherevichki The Enchantress The Queen of Spades Iolanta Ballets Swan Lake The Sleeping Beauty The Nutcracker Symphonies No. 1 in G minor ("Winter Daydreams") No. 2 in C minor ("Little Russian") No. 3 in D major ("Polish") No. 4 in F minor Symphony in B minor ("Manfred") No. 5 in E minor No. 6 in B minor ("Pathétique") No. 7 in E♭ major (unfinished) Concertos Piano Concerto No. 1 in B♭ minor Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major Piano Concerto No. 3 in E♭ major Concert Fantasia Andante and Finale Sérénade mélancolique Valse-Scherzo Violin Concerto in D major Variations on a Rococo Theme Pezzo capriccioso Cello Concerto Orchestra works Romeo and Juliet The Tempest Hamlet Capriccio Italien Francesca da Rimini The Storm Fatum The Voyevoda 1812 Overture Marche Slave Festival Overture on the Danish National Anthem Festival Coronation March Orchestral Suite No. 1 in D minor Orchestral Suite No. 2 in C major Orchestral Suite No. 3 in G major Orchestral Suite No. 4 in G major ("Mozartiana") Serenade for Strings Vocal music Liturgy of St John Chrysostom All-Night Vigil Moscow Chamber music Four Movements for String Quartet (1864) Quartet Movement in B♭ major String Quartet No. 1 in D major String Quartet No. 2 in F major String Quartet No. 3 in E♭ minor Souvenir d'un lieu cher Piano Trio in A minor String Sextet in D minor (Souvenir de Florence) Piano music Scherzo à la russe Souvenir de Hapsal The Seasons (Les saisons) Piano Sonata No. 2 in C♯ minor Related articles List of compositions Musical style Operas Symphonies Biography Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky The Five Vladimir Davydov Antonina Miliukova Nadezhda von Meck Belyayev circle Death Book:Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Category:Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Portal:Classical music

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Name	Tchaikovsky, Modest Ilyich
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Date of birth	1850
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Date of death	1916
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