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Tchaikovsky on Brahms

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calvin

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Apr 2, 2010, 4:23:17 PM4/2/10
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Can anyone comment on the authenticity or
source of this Tchaikovsky quote concerning
Brahms?

"He is forever building pedestal upon pedestal,
but the statue is never forthcoming."

Russ (not Martha)

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Apr 2, 2010, 4:31:41 PM4/2/10
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The comments were in a letter to PIT's patroness, Nadezhda
Filaretovna.

Russ

Russ (not Martha)

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Apr 2, 2010, 4:45:18 PM4/2/10
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Nadezhda Filaretovna von Meck, actually.


Jon Teske

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Apr 3, 2010, 10:16:51 PM4/3/10
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Personally and Musically, Tchaikovsky and Brahms (who had met) did not
like one another according various biographies of both composers.

Intregingly both composers admired and supported Dvorak.

Jon Teske, violinist

Gary Goldberg

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Apr 4, 2010, 10:01:41 AM4/4/10
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In article
<c245d145-86a8-4508...@e21g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>,
calvin <cri...@windstream.net> wrote:

I recall reading a bio of Tchaikovsky where he said that Brahms lacked
the ability to write a good melody and Brahms returned the compliment,
saying Tchaikovsky would have made a very good GERMAN [my emphasis]
composer.

Gabor Kertesz

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Apr 8, 2010, 7:49:08 AM4/8/10
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"calvin" <cri...@windstream.net> az alábbiakat írta a következo
hírüzenetben:
c245d145-86a8-4508...@e21g2000vbb.googlegroups.com...


In the quote Tchaikowsky is referring specifically to the Brahms violin
concerto (first movement I assume)
See it here:

http://www.tchaikovsky-research.net/en/people/brahms_johannes.html

middle of the page, letter 1427 or search for 'pedestal'


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