ArcheoBiblioBase: Archives in Russia: H-97

Gosudarstvennyi memorial'nyi muzykal'nyi muzei-zapovednik P.I. Chaikovskogo (Klin, Moscow Oblast) (Muzei-zapovednik P.I. Chaikovskogo)

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Archives of Russia (2000), pp. 955-56; Arkhivy Rossii (1997), pp. 732-33; PKG M&L (1972), p. 288.

h-730. Dom-muzei P.I. Chaikovskogo v Klinu. Compiled by G.I. Belonovich. Moscow: RPTs “Vneshtorgizdat”, 1994. 211 p. Parallel text in Russian and English. [K-t po kul'ture i turizmu Moskovskoi oblasti] (Lib: IU).

h-731. Dom-muzei P.I. Chaikovskogo v Klinu: Putevoditel'-spravochnik po memorial'noi ekspozitsii. Compiled by G.I. Belonovich and P.E. Vaidman. Moscow: “Mir i kul'tura”, 1992. 64 p. (Lib: IU; MH).

A survey of the museum exhibits, including manuscripts and photographs. Includes a history of the founding and development of the museum (pp. 8–12).

h-732. Gosudarstvennyi dom-muzei P.I. Chaikovskogo v Klinu: Putevoditel'. Compiled by K.I. Davydova, S.S. Kotomina, I.I. Sokolinskaia, et al. Edited by G.A. Shamkin. 4th ed. Moscow: “Muzyka”, 1980. 95 p. [Minkul't SSSR; Upravlenie kul'tury Mosoblsoveta].
        Earlier ed.: M.: Gos. muzykal'noe izd-vo, 1953. 60 p. (Lib: MH).

This guide to the House-Museum contains a brief history and a summary of the contents of the Tchaikovsky archive (pp. 19–21). There is also a bibliography of works written on the basis of the archival materials (pp. 89–91).

h-732.1. Chaikovsky Home-Museum in Klin: A Short Guide. Moscow: Foreign Languages Pub. House, 1959. 67 p. + plates. (Lib: MH).

h-733. Avtografy P.I. Chaikovskogo v arkhive Doma-Muzeia v Klinu: Spravochnik. Compiled by K.I. Davydova, G.R. Freindling and E.M. Orlova. Edited by E.V. Korotkova-Leviton. 2 vols. Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe muzykal'noe izd-vo, 1950–1952. 96 p. 332 p. (Lib: DLC; IU; MH) [IDC-R-11,028].

The first volume contains a brief description of the composer's archive and its subdivisions for (1) manuscript music scores and (2) diaries and memoirs. The second volume covers his manuscript correspondence and other writings.

h-734. Kholodovskii, Vladimir. Dom v Klinu. 5th ed. Moscow: “Moskovskii rabochii”, 1975. 340 p. + plates. (Lib: IU).
        3d ed.: M. 1962. 338 p. (Lib: MH)
        Earlier ed.: M. 1959. 334 p. + plates. (Lib: MH).

A popularized account of the history of the museum and of Tchaikovsky's life, with fragmentary information on the manuscript holdings.