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David M. Perkins

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BSR Contributor Since May 17, 2015

David M. Perkins is an amateur Tchaikovsky scholar, freelance writer, and a retired book publishing executive living in Denver, CO.

David M. Perkins is an amateur Tchaikovsky scholar, freelance writer, and a retired book publishing executive living in Denver, CO. He would barbecue his dear old grandmama to move back to Philadelphia. His blog, Tchaikovskiana.com explores the life and music of Tchaikovsky, as does his Tchaikovsky-based Twitter, @Balancement.

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Adele aus der Ohe. (Photo courtesy of the Muller Collection in The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts)

An update on Tchaikovsky's 1891 visit to Philadelphia

It was 125 years ago today
David M. Perkins revisits Tchaikovsky, 125 years to the day that he first arrived in Philadelphia.
David M. Perkins

David M. Perkins

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The Academy of Music in 1870.

When Tchaikovsky came to Philadelphia

Tchaikovsky's charm
On May 18, 1891, Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky arrived in Philadelphia to conduct the last performance of his American tour, following his triumphant opening of Carnegie Hall.
David M. Perkins

David M. Perkins

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