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	On his doctor's advice, Tchaikovsky spent six weeks at Interlaken during his 1870 summer vacation <ref name="note1"/>, arriving there on 10/22 July. "Switzerland's nature is delightful, and I have done a great deal of walking through the mountains" <ref name="note2"/>, he wrote. "Interlaken is situated between two lakes, Thun and Brienz, and is surrounded on all sides by enormous Alpine mountains and glaciers. This sight is so magnificent and astounding that on the first day of my stay I even felt somewhat frightened and oppressed, but little by little I became acclimatised to these wonders of nature, and I'm experiencing a whole range of pleasures from appreciating the beauty of nature. The only minor source of irritation is the countless Englishmen dashing around Switzerland..." <ref name="note3"/>.		On his doctor's advice, Tchaikovsky spent six weeks at Interlaken during his 1870 summer vacation <ref name="note1"/>, arriving there on 10/22 July. "Switzerland's nature is delightful, and I have done a great deal of walking through the mountains" <ref name="note2"/>, he wrote. "Interlaken is situated between two lakes, Thun and Brienz, and is surrounded on all sides by enormous Alpine mountains and glaciers. This sight is so magnificent and astounding that on the first day of my stay I even felt somewhat frightened and oppressed, but little by little I became acclimatised to these wonders of nature, and I'm experiencing a whole range of pleasures from appreciating the beauty of nature. The only minor source of irritation is the countless Englishmen dashing around Switzerland..." <ref name="note3"/>.

	During his time in the city Tchaikovsky completely revised his overture-fantasia ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', which had received its first performance earlier in the year.		During his time in the city, Tchaikovsky completely revised his overture-fantasia ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', which had received its first performance earlier in the year.

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'''''Interlaken''''' is a city and municipal district in the canton of Berne in central Switzerland.

==Tchaikovsky in Interlaken==
On his doctor's advice, Tchaikovsky spent six weeks at Interlaken during his 1870 summer vacation <ref name="note1"/>, arriving there on 10/22 July. "Switzerland's nature is delightful, and I have done a great deal of walking through the mountains" <ref name="note2"/>, he wrote. "Interlaken is situated between two lakes, Thun and Brienz, and is surrounded on all sides by enormous Alpine mountains and glaciers. This sight is so magnificent and astounding that on the first day of my stay I even felt somewhat frightened and oppressed, but little by little I became acclimatised to these wonders of nature, and I'm experiencing a whole range of pleasures from appreciating the beauty of nature. The only minor source of irritation is the countless Englishmen dashing around Switzerland..." <ref name="note3"/>.

During his time in the city Tchaikovsky completely revised his overture-fantasia ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', which had received its first performance earlier in the year.

==External Links==
* [[wikipedia:Interlaken|Wikipedia]]

==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">See [[Letter 205]] to [[Mily Balakirev]], 6/18 September 1870.</ref>
<ref name="note2">[[Letter 202]] to [[Modest Tchaikovsky]], 12/24 July 1870.</ref>
<ref name="note3">[[Letter 201]] to [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]], 12/24 July 1870.</ref>
</references>
[[Category:Places]] [[Category:Switzerland]]