==References==
<ref name="note1">Jules Barbier's drama ''Jeanna d'Arc'', in 5 acts, 7 scenes with music by [[tchaikovsky:Charles Gounod|Charles Gounod]] was first performed in [[tchaikovsky:Paris|Paris]] on 8 November 1873. According to Félix Clément (1822–1885), this drama represented events with historical accuracy Among the musical numbers, Clément highly rated the chorus of refugees, the soldiers' chorus, and the funeral march — see Félix Clément & Pierre Larousse, ''Dictionnaire des operas (Dictionnaire lyrique)'' (1897 edition, revised by Arthur Pougin), p. 604. Auguste Mermet's opera ''Jeanna d'Arc'', in 4 acts, 6 scenes, was first performed in [[tchaikovsky:Paris|Paris]] on 5 April 1876.</ref>
<ref name="note2">See [[tchaikovsky:Letter 900|Letter 900]] to [[tchaikovsky:Modest Tchaikovsky|Modest Tchaikovsky]], 21 August/2 September 1878.</ref>
<ref name="note3">The original gives an incorrect date of "2 December".</ref>
<ref name="note4">[[tchaikovsky:Letter 973|Letter 973]] to [[tchaikovsky:Nadezhda von Meck|Nadezhda von Meck]], 21 November/3 December 1878; see also [[tchaikovsky:Letter 966|Letter 966]] to [[tchaikovsky:Modest Tchaikovsky|Modest Tchaikovsky]], 13/25 November 1878.</ref>
<ref name="note5">See [[tchaikovsky:Letter 968|Letter 968]] to [[tchaikovsky:Pyotr Jurgenson|Pyotr Jurgenson]], 15/27 November 1878; [[tchaikovsky:Letter 976|Letter 976]] to [[tchaikovsky:Nadezhda von Meck|Nadezhda von Meck]], 23 November/5 December 1878; [[tchaikovsky:Letter 1016|Letter 1016]] to [[tchaikovsky:Anatoly Tchaikovsky|Anatoly Tchaikovsky]], 11/23 December 1878; and [[tchaikovsky:Letter 1008|Letter 1008]] to [[tchaikovsky:Modest Tchaikovsky|Modest Tchaikovsky]], 6/18 December 1878.</ref>
<ref name="note6">[[tchaikovsky:Letter 1007|Letter 1007]] to [[tchaikovsky:Nadezhda von Meck|Nadezhda von Meck]], 6/18 December 1878.</ref>
<ref name="note7">See [[tchaikovsky:Letter 1007|Letter 1007]] to [[tchaikovsky:Nadezhda von Meck|Nadezhda von Meck]], 6/18 December 1878.</ref>
<ref name="note8">[[tchaikovsky:Letter 1013|Letter 1013]] to [[tchaikovsky:Modest Tchaikovsky|Nadezhda von Meck]], 10/22 December 1878.</ref>
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