Aleksandr Shidlovsky

History teacher, and coachman to the Davydov family at Kamenka (b. 1852), born Aleksandr Ivanovich Shidlovsky (Александр Иванович Шидловский).

Correspondence with Tchaikovsky

6 letters from Tchaikovsky to Aleksandr Shidlovsky have survived, dating from 1882 to 1893, all of which have been translated into English on this website:

• Letter 2029 – 26 May/7 June 1882, from Kamenka
• Letter 2087 – 26 August/7 September 1882, from Kamenka
• Letter 2095 – 1/13 September 1882, from Kamenka
• Letter 4860 – 7/19 February 1893, from Klin
• Letter 4912 – 5/17 April 1893, from Klin
• Letter 4953 – 3/15 June 1893, from Paris

10 letters from Shidlovsky to the composer, dating from 1882 to 1893, are preserved in the Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve at Klin (a⁴, Nos. 5847–5856).