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'''''Leipzig''''' is the largest city in the federal state of Saxony (Sachsen) in Germany.

During Tchaikovsky's lifetime it was part of the Kingdom of Prussia, and became part of the German Empire in 1871.
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==Tchaikovsky in Leipzig==
Tchaikovsky visited Leipzig on four occasions:
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| 19/31 December 1887
| 26 December 1887/7 January 1888
| Paying frequent visits to [[Adolph Brodsky]] and his wife [[Anna Brodsky|Anna]] at their home in the city. The main purpose of his visit was to rehearse and conduct his [[Suite No. 1]] at a Gewandhaus concert (24 December/5 January), but he also attended a chamber concert in his honour, and met several notable musicians, including [[Johannes Brahms]], [[Carl Reinecke]] and [[Edvard Grieg]].
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| 15/27 January 1888
| 21 January/2 February 1888
| Staying at the ''Hotel Hauffe'', he dined frequently again with the Brodskys, he went to the theatre and various concerts, and met [[Gustav Mahler]] and Ferruccio Busoni for the first time.
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| 29 January/10 February 1888
| 31 January/12 February 1888
| After concert engagements in [[Berlin]], he returned to the ''Hotel Hauffe'' in Leipzig, and watched a special performance on his behalf of [[Wagner]]'s ''Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg'' (29 January/10 February), conducted by [[Arthur Nikisch]].
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| 17 February/1 March 1889
| 19 February/3 March 1889
| Visiting the Brodskys again, where he heard a private performance of his own [[String Quartet No. 3]] (18 February/2 March).
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==Bibliography==
* {{bib|1888/45}} (1888)
* {{bib|1888/46}} (1888)
* {{bib|1888/47}} (1888)
* {{bib|1888/61}} (1888)
* {{bib|1900/33}} (1900)
* {{bib|1902/26}} (1902)
* {{bib|1904/1}} (1904)
* {{bib|1904/2}} (1904)
* {{bib|1905/11}} (1905)
* {{bib|1990/30}} (1990)
* {{bib|1993/27}} (1993)
* {{bib|2006/51}} (2006)
* {{bib|2012/7}} (2012)

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

[[Category:Places]] [[Category:Germany]]