Item 1 - Materials relating to Alexandra Orlova's theory of Tchaikovsky's suicide

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Photocopies of articles relating to the scholarly argument concerning the circumstances of Tchaikovsky's death: an article in the New York Times by Donal Henahan ("Did Tchaikovsky Really Commit Suicide?"), articles in High Fidelity by Joel Spiegelman ("The Trial, Condemnation, and Death of Tchaikovsky"), and Nina Berberova ("Tchaikovsky's 'Suicide' Reconsidered: A Rebuttal"), including a typescript letter to the editor of by Spiegelman and accompanied by a typescript "Table of Comparison between Stories by Dr Lev B. Bertenson and Modeste I. Tchaikovsky regarding the illness and death of P. I. Tchaikovsky," and a copy of a translation of a letter, "On Tchaikovsky's death" from Alexandra Orlova, and her article in Music & Letters ("Tchaikovsky: the Last Chapter").