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Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian
Russian language

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: ?????? ????? ??????????, May 13 [OS May 1] 1850, Alapaevsk – January 15 [OS January 2] 1916, Moscow
Moscow

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) was a Russian dramatist, opera
Opera

Opera is an Performing arts in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work which combines a text and a musical score. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition....
 librettist and translator.

Biography
Modest Ilyich was the younger brother of the composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – ) was a Russian composer of the Romantic music era. He wrote some of the most popular concert and theatrical music in the current classical repertoire, including the ballets Swan Lake and Nutcracker, the 1812 Overture, his Piano Concerto No....
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Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian
Russian language

Russian is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages, and the largest native language in Europe....
: ?????? ????? ??????????, May 13 [OS May 1] 1850, Alapaevsk – January 15 [OS January 2] 1916, Moscow
Moscow

Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
) was a Russian dramatist, opera
Opera

Opera is an Performing arts in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work which combines a text and a musical score. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition....
 librettist and translator.

Biography


Modest Ilyich was the younger brother of the composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – ) was a Russian composer of the Romantic music era. He wrote some of the most popular concert and theatrical music in the current classical repertoire, including the ballets Swan Lake and Nutcracker, the 1812 Overture, his Piano Concerto No....
. He graduated from the School of Jurisprudence with a degree in law. Like many graduates of this school (including his brother) he was homosexual and lived relatively openly with his boyfriend, Nikolai (‘Kolia’) Hermanovich Konradi (1868-1923), a deaf and dumb
Dumb

Dumb may refer to:* Stupidity, the lack of intelligence.* Muteness, a speech disorder in which the person cannot or will not speak* Dumb , a 1993 song by the band Nirvana from the album In Utero...
 boy whom Modest tutored and with whom he lived for about seventeen years from 1876.

Modest chose to dedicate his entire life to literature and music. He wrote plays, translated sonnets by Shakespeare into Russian and wrote librettos for operas of his brother, as well as other composers such as Eduard Nápravník
Eduard Nápravník

Eduard Frantsovitch N?pravn?k was a Czechs conductor and composer, who settled in Russia and is best known for his leading role in Russian musical life as the principal conductor of the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg for many decades....
, Arseny Koreshchenko
Arseny Koreshchenko

Arseny Nikolayevich Koreshchenko was a Russian pianist and composer of classical music, including operas and ballets....
, Anton Arensky
Anton Arensky

Anton Stepanovich Arensky , was a Russian composer of Romantic music, a pianist and a professor of music....
 and Sergei Rachmaninov
Sergei Rachmaninoff

Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer, pianist, and conducting. He was one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, the last great representative of Russian late Romantic music in classical music....
. Being the nearest friend of his brother, he became his first biographer, and also the founder of Tchaikovsky's museum in Klin
Klin

Klin is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located northwest of Moscow. The Russian Route M10 connecting Moscow to Saint Petersburg and the Moscow-Saint Petersburg Railway run through the town....
.

Plays

  • Predrassudki (???????????? – Prejudices)
  • Simfoniya (???????? – Symphony)
  • Den’ v Peterburge (???? ? ?????????? – Day in St Petersburg)


Opera libretti


  • The Queen of Spades
    The Queen of Spades (opera)

    The Queen of Spades, Op. 68 is an opera in 3 acts by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to a Russian libretto by the composer's brother Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, based on a The Queen of Spades by the poet Alexander Pushkin....
     (??????? ???? - Pikovaya dama), music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – ) was a Russian composer of the Romantic music era. He wrote some of the most popular concert and theatrical music in the current classical repertoire, including the ballets Swan Lake and Nutcracker, the 1812 Overture, his Piano Concerto No....
     Op. 68, 1890 (premiered: December 19 [OS December 7] 1890, St Petersburg).


  • Iolanta
    Iolanta

    Iolanta, Opus number 69, is a lyric opera in one act by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto was written by the composer's brother Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and is based on the Danish Play Kong Ren?s Datter by Henrik Hertz....
     (??????? – Iolanthe), based on the Danish play Kong Renés Datte King René’s Daughter by Henrik Hertz
    Henrik Hertz

    Henrik Hertz , Denmark poet, was born of Jewish parents in Copenhagen.In 1817 he was sent to the university of Copenhagen. His father died in his infancy, and the family property was destroyed in the battle of Copenhagen ....
    . The play was translated by Fyodor Miller and adapted by Vladimir Rafailovich Zotov, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – ) was a Russian composer of the Romantic music era. He wrote some of the most popular concert and theatrical music in the current classical repertoire, including the ballets Swan Lake and Nutcracker, the 1812 Overture, his Piano Concerto No....
     Op. 69, 1891 (premiered: 1892, Mariinsky Theatre
    Mariinsky Theatre

    The Mariinsky Theatre is a historic theatre of opera and ballet in St Petersburg, Russia. Opened in 1860, it became the preeminent music theatre of late 19th century Russia, where many of the stage masterpieces of Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, and Rimsky-Korsakov received their premieres....
    , St Petersburg).


  • Dubrovsky
    Dubrovsky (opera)

    Dubrovsky is an opera in four acts Op.58, by Eduard N?pravn?k , to a Russian language libretto by Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky after the novel of Dubrovsky by Alexander Pushkin ....
     (??????????) , music by Eduard Nápravník
    Eduard Nápravník

    Eduard Frantsovitch N?pravn?k was a Czechs conductor and composer, who settled in Russia and is best known for his leading role in Russian musical life as the principal conductor of the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg for many decades....
    , (premiered: January 15, [OS January 3] 1895, at the Mariinsky Theatre
    Mariinsky Theatre

    The Mariinsky Theatre is a historic theatre of opera and ballet in St Petersburg, Russia. Opened in 1860, it became the preeminent music theatre of late 19th century Russia, where many of the stage masterpieces of Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, and Rimsky-Korsakov received their premieres....
    , St Petersburg.


  • Ledyanoy dom (??????? ???), music by Arseny Koreshchenko, (premiered: November 20 [OS November 7], 1900, Moscow
    Moscow

    Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
    ).


  • Nal’ i Damayanty (???? ? ????????), after the epos Mahabharata
    Mahabharata

    The is one of the two major Sanskrit Indian epic poetrys of History of India, the other being the '. The epic is part of the Hindu itihasa , and forms an important part of Hindu mythology....
    , music by Anton Arensky
    Anton Arensky

    Anton Stepanovich Arensky , was a Russian composer of Romantic music, a pianist and a professor of music....
    , (premiered: January 22 [OS January 9] 1904, Moscow
    Moscow

    Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
    ).


  • Francesca da Rimini
    Francesca da Rimini (opera)

    Francesca da Rimini , Op. 25 is an opera in two acts by Sergei Rachmaninoff to a Russian libretto by Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky. It is based on the story of Francesca da Rimini in the fifth canto of Dante's epic poem The Inferno ....
     (????????? ?? ??????) after the story of the heroine Francesca da Rimini from the fifth canto of Dante's epic poem The Inferno (the first part of Divine Comedy), music by Sergei Rachmaninov
    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer, pianist, and conducting. He was one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, the last great representative of Russian late Romantic music in classical music....
     Op. 25 (written 1904, premiered: January 24 [OS January 11], 1906, Bolshoi Theatre
    Bolshoi Theatre

    The Bolshoi Theatre is a historic theatre in Moscow, Russia, designed by the architect Joseph Bov?, which holds performances of ballet and opera....
    , Moscow
    Moscow

    Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
    ).


Bibliography

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

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