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{{picture|file=Photo030.jpg|caption='''Nikolay Konradi''' (1868-1922)<br/>(centre) with the composer, [[Modest Tchaikovsky]], and his governess Sofya Yershova, at [[Montpellier]] in July 1876}}
{{picture|file=Yuliya Shpazhinskaya.jpg|caption='''Yuliya Shpazhinskaya''' (c.1850-1919)}}
Pupil of the composer's brother [[Modest Tchaikovsky]] (b. 1868; d. 1922); born '''''Nikolay Germanovich Konradi''''' (Николай Германович Конради).
Russian pianist (b. around 1850; d. 1919 in [[Sevastopol]]), born '''''Yuliya Petrovna Porokhontseva''''' (Юлия Петровна Порохонцева); known after her marriage as '''''Yuliya Petrovna Shpazhinskaya''''' (Юлия Петровна Шпажинская).


Nikolay was born without the ability to hear or speak, and in 1876 his parents ([[Herman Konradi|Herman]] and [[Alina Bryullova|Alina]]) engaged the composer's brother [[Modest]] as tutor to the eight-year-old boy. [[Modest]] had mastered a system called "sonic speech" devised by J. Gugentobler, which was designed to help communication with deaf-mute children. Under [[Modest]]'s guidance, Nikolay learned to talk, write and read in three languages, and was educated to graduate level. After the divorce of Nikolay's parents in 1881, and the death of his father the following year, permanent guardianship of Nikolay was granted to [[Modest Tchaikovsky]] in 1882.
A student of the Polish pianist Teodor Leszetycki (1830–1915), Yuliya married the dramatist [[Ippolit Shpazhinsky]] (1848–1917). Tchaikovsky became friendly with her while collaborating with her husband on the libretto for the opera ''[[The Enchantress]]'' in 1885. Tchaikovsky attempted to encourage Yuliya's own literary ambitions, and their correspondence lasted several years until the composer's death.
 
After 1876, the composer often stayed with [[Modest]] at the Konradis' estate at [[Grankino]], and was very fond of Nikolay, whom he called "Kolya". However, as Nikolay grew older he quarrelled more frequently with [[Modest]], especially over financial matters, and the composer often found himself acting in the role of peacemaker between the two men.


==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
53 letters from Tchaikovsky to Nikolay Konradi have survived, dating from 1876 to 1893, of which those highlighted in bold have been translated into English on this website:
82 letters from Tchaikovsky to Yuliya Shpazhinskaya have survived, dating from 1885 to 1891, of which those highlighted in bold have been translated into English on this website:
* '''[[Letter 485]]''' – 7/19 July 1876, from [[Vichy]]
* '''[[Letter 2717]]''' – 3/15 June 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 497]] – 17/29 September 1876, from [[Moscow]] (postscript to a letter to [[Modest Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 2820]]''' – 22 November/4 December 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 646]]''' – 12/24 November 1877, from [[Venice]]
* '''[[Letter 2847]]''' – 31 December 1885/12 January 1886, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 836]]''' – 22 May/3 June 1878, from [[Brailov]]
* '''[[Letter 2865]]''' – 23 January/4 February 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 873]] – 19/31 July 1878, from [[Verbovka]]
* '''[[Letter 2886]]''' – 13/25 February 1886, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 1052]]''' – 2/14 January 1879, from [[Clarens]]
* [[Letter 2891]] – 17 February/1 March 1886, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 1448]]''' – 14/26 March 1880, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* [[Letter 2904]] – 28 February/12 March 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 1537]] – 15/27 July 1880, from [[Simaki]]
* [[Letter 2910]] – 8/20 March 1886, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 1830]] – 10/22 August 1881, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2911]] – 11/23 March 1886, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 2099]] – 6/18 September 1882, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2930]] – 9/21 April 1886, from [[Tiflis]]
* '''[[Letter 2185]]''' – 3/15 January 1883, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2944]] – 2/14 May–3/15 May 1886, from the Black Sea
* [[Letter 2274]] – 24 April/6 May 1883, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2960]] – 28 May/9 June–1/13 June 1886, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2304]] – 22 June/4 July 1883, from [[Podushkino]]
* [[Letter 2977]] – 18/30 June 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2322]] – 1/13 August 1883, from [[Podushkino]]
* [[Letter 2990]] – 1/13 July 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2375]] – 22 October/3 November 1883, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 3002]] – 11/23 July 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2384]] – 7/19 November 1883, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 3019]] – 30 July/11 August 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2487]] – 9/21 May 1884, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 3026]] – 13/25 August 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2593]] – 14/26 November 1884, from [[Davos]]
* [[Letter 3059]] – 23 September/5 October 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2682]] – 11/23 April 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3064]] – 30 September/12 October 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2729]] – 1/13 July 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3068]] – 5/17 October 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2738]] – 14/26 July 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3088]] – 4/16 November 1886, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* [[Letter 2795]] – 15/27 October 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3093]] – 10/22 November 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2989]] – 1/13 July 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3106]] – 14/26 November–24 November/6 December 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3012]] – 25 July/6 August 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3116]] – 4/16 December 1886, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 3054]] – 20 September/2 October 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3136]] – 26 December 1886/7 January 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3090]] – 10/22 November 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3142]] – 4/16 January 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3286]] – 11/23-12/24 July 1887, from [[Odessa]]
* [[Letter 3159]] – 24 January/5 February 1887, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 3296]] – 23 July/4 August 1887, from [[Aachen]]
* [[Letter 3174]] – 7/19 February 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3302]] – 28 July/9 August 1887, from [[Aachen]]
* [[Letter 3196]] – 10/22 March 1887, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 3500]]''' – 19 February/2 March 1888, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 3202]] – 15/27 March 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 3621]]''' – 17/29 July 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 3210]] – 26 March/7 April 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 3634]]''' – 1/13 August 1888 (?), from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 3223]] – 10/22 April 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 3801]]''' – 17 February/1 March 1889, from [[Leipzig]]
* [[Letter 3251]] – 7/19 May 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 4031]]''' – 10/22 February 1890, from [[Florence]]
* '''[[Letter 3262]]''' – 20 May/1 June 1887, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 4062]]''' – 6/18 March 1890, from [[Florence]]
* [[Letter 3266]] – 4/16 June 1887, from [[Tiflis]]
* '''[[Letter 4074]]''' – 20 March/1 April 1890, from [[Florence]]
* [[Letter 3279]] – 27 June/9 July 1887, from [[Borzhom]]
* '''[[Letter 4124]]''' – 26 May/7 June 1890, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 3295]] – 22 July/3 August 1887, from [[Aachen]]
* [[Letter 4167]] – 6/18 July 1890, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 3312]] – 6/18 August 1887, from [[Aachen]]
* [[Letter 4180]] – 20 July/1 August 1890, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 3348]] – 11/23 September 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 4337]]''' – 24 February/8 March 1891, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 3392]] – 28 October/9 November 1887, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 4355]]''' – 20 March/1 April 1891, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 3407]] – 17/29 November 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 4372]]''' – 22 April/4 May 1891, from [[New York]]
* [[Letter 3420]] – 25 November/7 December 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 4406]] – 14/26 June 1891, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3421]] – 27 November/9 December 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 4426]] – 26 June/8 July 1891, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3429]] – 4/16 December 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 4445]] – 25 July/6 August 1891, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3454]] – 31 December 1887/12 January 1888, from [[Lübeck]]
* '''[[Letter 4549]]''' – 14/26 November 1891, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3479]] – 20 January/1 February 1888, from [[Leipzig]]
* '''[[Letter 4582]]''' – 23 December 1891/4 January 1892, from [[Kiev]]
* [[Letter 3497]] – 14/26 February 1888, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 4588]]''' – 31 December 1891/12 January 1892, from [[Warsaw]]
* [[Letter 3524]] – 12/24 March 1888, from [[London]]
* '''[[Letter 4594]]''' – 8/20 January 1892, from [[Hamburg]]
* [[Letter 3542]] – 29 March/10 April 1888, from [[Tiflis]]
* [[Letter 4692]] – 20 May/1 June 1892, from [[Klin]]
* [[Letter 3551]] – 23 April/5 May 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 4722]] – 9/21 July 1892, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* [[Letter 3563]] – 9/21 May 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 4830]] – 18/30 December 1892, from [[Berlin]]
* '''[[Letter 3580]]''' – 30 May/11 June 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 4948]]''' – 3/15 June 1893, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 3590]] – 13/25 June 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 3609]] – 6/18 July 1888, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 3617]] – 12/24 July 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 3626]]''' – 25 July/6 August 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 3645]]''' – 14/26 August 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 3658]]''' – 5/17 September 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 3665]] – 10/22 September 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 3684]] – 1/13 October 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 3705]] – 19/31 October 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 3727]]''' – 13/25 November 1888, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* [[Letter 3734]] – 26 November/8 December 1888, from [[Vienna]]
* [[Letter 3750]] – 26 December 1888/7 January 1889, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 3766]] – 9/21 January 1889, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 3819]] – 5/17 March 1889, from [[Hannover]]
* [[Letter 3848]] – 1/13 May 1889, from [[Tiflis]]
* [[Letter 3865]] – 22 May/3 June 1889, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 3870]] – 2/14 June 1889, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 3900]] – 9/21 July 1889, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 3908]] – 23 July/4 August 1889, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 3928]] – 2/14 September 1889, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 3973]] – 11/23 November 1889, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 4014]] – 26 January/7 February 1890, from [[Florence]]
* [[Letter 4075]] – 20 March/1 April 1890, from [[Florence]]
* [[Letter 4177]] – 17/29 July 1890, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 4204]] – 23 August/4 September 1890, from [[Kamenka]]
* '''[[Letter 4388]]''' – 29 May/10 June 1891, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 4396a]] – 3/15 June 1891, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 4404]] – 11/23 June 1891, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 4468]] – 2/14 September 1891, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 4493]] – 1/13 October 1891, from [[Maydanovo]]


61 letters from Nikolay Konradi to the composer are preserved in the {{RUS-KLč}} at [[Klin]] (a{{sup|4}}, Nos.1676–1736) <ref name="note1"/>.
82 letters from Yuliya Shpazhinskaya to the composer, dating from 1885 to 1891, are preserved in the {{RUS-KLč}} at [[Klin]] (a{{sup|4}}, Nos. 5883–5964).


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
* {{bib|1951/52}} (1951)
* {{bib|1937/39}} (1937)
 
* {{bib|1938/38}} (1938)
==Notes and References==
* {{bib|1938/39}} (1938)
<references>
* {{bib|1940/242}} (1940)
<ref name="note1">The [[Klin]] archive also holds 3 letters written by [[Modest Tchaikovsky]] with postscripts from Nikolay Konradi, dating from 1876 and 1877 (a{{sup|4}}, Nos. 5091, 5092 and 5098), and another letter from 1892 written jointly by Konradi and [[Aleksandr Litke]] (a{{sup|4}}, No. 2158).</ref>
* {{bib|1951/48}} (1951)
</references>
* {{bib|1951/53}} (1951)
* {{bib|1993/24}} (1993)


[[Category:People|Konradi, Nikolay]]
[[Category:People|Shpazhinskaya, Yuliya]]
[[Category:Correspondents|Konradi, Nikolay]]
[[Category:Correspondents|Shpazhinskaya, Yuliya]]
[[Category:Friends|Konradi, Nikolay]]
[[Category:Friends|Shpazhinskaya, Yuliya]]
[[Category:Pianists|Shpazhinskaya, Yuliya]]

Latest revision as of 15:14, 11 April 2024

Yuliya Shpazhinskaya (c.1850-1919)

Russian pianist (b. around 1850; d. 1919 in Sevastopol), born Yuliya Petrovna Porokhontseva (Юлия Петровна Порохонцева); known after her marriage as Yuliya Petrovna Shpazhinskaya (Юлия Петровна Шпажинская).

A student of the Polish pianist Teodor Leszetycki (1830–1915), Yuliya married the dramatist Ippolit Shpazhinsky (1848–1917). Tchaikovsky became friendly with her while collaborating with her husband on the libretto for the opera The Enchantress in 1885. Tchaikovsky attempted to encourage Yuliya's own literary ambitions, and their correspondence lasted several years until the composer's death.

Correspondence with Tchaikovsky

82 letters from Tchaikovsky to Yuliya Shpazhinskaya have survived, dating from 1885 to 1891, of which those highlighted in bold have been translated into English on this website:

82 letters from Yuliya Shpazhinskaya to the composer, dating from 1885 to 1891, are preserved in the Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve at Klin (a4, Nos. 5883–5964).

Bibliography

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