Hello,
Does anyone know if Tchaikovsky ever expressed his thoughts about
Verdi's Requiem, which was first performed in 1874? I've read nothing of
the sort to date and was wondering if anyone has. In addition, I'm curious
if Tchaikovsky himself ever thought of composing a requiem (and let's not
include how his 6th symphony can be interpreted as one - but rather
discuss the traditional requiem style).
Thanks,
Michael Svoboda
Hello Michael,
We are in the process of adding new pages to the site giving
Tchaikovsky's views on other composers, and these can be found in our People section.
One such composer is Giuseppe Verdi:
www.tchaikovsky-research.net/en/people/verdi_giuseppe.html
From that page you will see that Tchaikovsky mentioned Verdi's Requiem
in passing in some of his correspondence, but he went into more detail
about other works by Verdi.
Hope this helps,
Brett Langston