Quote from composer Gioachino Rossini
Author: djkilbourne
I Think You’re Great, Stay Away
Last week we came across two instances of famous men receiving admiring letters from women who insisted that they never meet. Here is a brief account of the first’s story.
The first was Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, who sustained a thirteen-year relationship with Nadezhda von Meck. She initiated their relationship by commissioning pieces to be played in her home. She later became his patron, providing him with a generous yearly pension that allowed him to quit his teaching job and concentrate on composing full-time. Their letters show that they were very close, sharing many confidences, but she insisted that they never meet. And they never did, even when both were in residence at her estate at the same time.
Check back later to find out about the other letter writer’s story ; )
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Quote from composer Gioachino Rossini
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Digital subscriptions to Arts in Letters will be available soon! The same historical letters and info, just delivered to your email as a PDF instead of through the mail. You’ll be able to view it on your devices or print it out if you like.
This is similar to the individual historical letter packets already available for download, except that subscription PDF’s won’t be watermarked as the individual downloads are.
One cool feature of these PDF’s is that links to extra resources will be clickable, so if you’re reading on your computer or other device, you can click right through to them, no typing in of long link addresses ! (I’m working on that issue, too!)
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