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The Tchaikovsky House-Museum was the country home in Klin, 85 kilometers northwest of Moscow where Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky lived from May 1892 until his death in 1893. His last major work, the 6th Symphony, was written there. The house is now a museum. ==Tchaikovsky in Klin== In 1885 Tchaikovsky wrote to his friend and patron, "These days I dream of settling in a village not far from Moscow. I can't wander any longer, and I'm anxious to come and stay at a place where I can feel at home." Early that year he rented a small house in the village of Maidanovo. Both the Maidanovo house and the later Frolovskoye house were later demolished two kilometers from the small town of Klin. Tchaikovsky lived in this house from February 1885 until March 1888. The house was located on the bank of the Sestra River, and had but overgrown park with ponds and old lime trees. It was not far from the railway station to both Moscow and St. Petersburg, but far enough from the city to deter unwelcome visitors, so he would not be disturbed. In the Maidanovo house Tchaikovsky rewrote an old opera he had composed in 1874, ''Vakula the Smith'', transforming it into a new opera, ''Cherevichki''. He also wrote the Manfred symphony and another opera, Charodeika. In the evenings Tchaikovsky read magazines and books, played the piano, had conversations with guests, strolled in the forest, gathered mushrooms, gardened and swam. Unfortunately for Tchaikovsky, increasing numbers of vacationers came to Maidanovo, along with increasing numbers of people who wanted to see him. After a three-month concert tour to Europe, he decided to move to another house in the area, in the village of Frolovskoye. In May 1892 Tchaikovsky wrote to his brother Anatoly: "I rented a house in Klin to live there. Probably you saw it - the Sakharovs' house, large, comfortable, out-of-town, near the highway to Moscow...I am in need - and I feel it - of having a house in the countryside, or, which is almost the same, in Klin, to make sure that I can get, whenever I wish, a calm, quiet place to work. Besides, I've gotten accustomed to Klin. The view from inside the house is really wonderful, and there is a rather large garden. I am thinking of buying this house in the future." During his time at the house in Klin, Tchaikovsky finished proof-reading the scores of ''Iolanta'' and ''The Nutcracker,'' wrote eighteen piano pieces, Opus 72; The vocal quartet ''The Night''; six romances to the words of Rathaus; and the 6th Symphony. On October 3, 1893, he finished his Piano Concert No. 3. On October 7 he departed from Klin for Moscow, and then to St. Petersburg where he conducted the premiere of Symphony No. 6. He died in St. Petersburg on October 25 (November 6 new style) at the age of 53. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tchaikovsky House-Museum (Klin)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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