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{{picture|file=Aleksandrova-Levenson_Anna.jpg|caption='''Anna Aleksandrova-Levenson''' (1856–1930)}}
|Date=2/14 June 1876
Russian pianist and teacher (b. 1856; d. 27 December 1930 in Tomsk), born '''''Aleksandra Yakovlevna Levenson''''' (Александра Яковлевна Левенсон); known after marriage as '''''Anna Yakovlevna Aleksandrova-Levenson''''' (Анна Яковлевна Александрова-Левенсон).
|To=[[Karl Albrecht]]
|Place=[[Kiev]]
|Language=German
|Autograph=[[Moscow]] (Russia): {{RUS-Mcm}} (ф. 37, No. 19)
|Publication={{bib|1961/38|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том VI}} (1961), p. 41–42
}}
==Text and Translation==
{{Lettertext
|Language=German
|Translator=Brett Langston
|Original text=Ich befinde mich heute in der {{sic|obergenannte|ober genannter}} {{sic|alte|alter}} Hauptstadt, um hier nur einige {{sic|Stunde|Stunden}} zu bleiben und morgen früh {{sic|fortzuziehn|fortzuziehen}}. Ich gehe jetzt gerade zu meiner Schwester und werde {{sic|warscheinlich|wahrscheinlich}} bei ihr drei Wochen bleiben. Ich bitte dich {{sic|gefalligst|gefälligst}}, gleich nach dem Empfange dieses ''Briefes'' mir 1-mo) einige Zeilen [zu] schreiben, in welchen ich ganz genaue Nachrichten von dir und von {{sic|unsere|unseren}} {{sic|Freunde|Freunden}} bekommen möchte, und 2-do) gleichzeitig mir das Büchlein hinzuschicken, wo von dem ''{{sic|Niebelungenring|Nibelungen Ring}}'' die Rede ist. Schicke deinen Brief und die Zusendung nach dieser {{sic|adresse|Adresse}}: ''Киевской губернии, Черкасского уезда, в местечко Смелу, а оттуда в Каменку, Льву Васильевичу Давыдову, для передачи П. И. Ч.'' Diese verfluchte russische Sprache! Welche Mühe habe ich mir gegeben, um diese {{sic|adresse|Adresse}} zu schreiben!!!


{{sic|Schreib|Schreibe}} mir, um {{sic|Gotteswillen|Gottes willen}}, ob du endlich eine ''Datscha'' gemietet hast! Das {{sic|interessirt|interessiert}} mich höchst. Wann glaubst du nach {{sic|unsere|unserem}} {{sic|beliebte|beliebten}} Vaterland {{sic|abzureisen|abzureißen}}? Ich bitte dich sehr alles, was dich und die {{sic|deinigen|Deinigen}} betrifft, mir mitzuteilen.  
Anna graduated in 1878 from the [[Moscow]] Conservatory, where she was a student in Tchaikovsky's harmony and instrumentation classes, and studied piano under [[Karl Klindworth]]. She taught in educational institutions in [[Moscow]], but remained in contact with Tchaikovsky, who recommended her as a music teacher to his friend [[Nikolay Kondratyev]] on his estate at [[Nizy]]. Anna married Nikolay Aleksandrovich Aleksandrov (1858–1936), a chemistry teacher at the German School in Moscow, who was later appointed a professor of pharmacology at Tomsk University. Their son Anatoly Nikolayevich Aleksandrov (1888–1982) later became a famous composer and edited Tchaikovsky's string quartets in volume 31 of Tchaikovsky's ''[[Complete Collected Works]]'' (1955).


Adieu, lieber Landsmann, schreibe mir so rasch wie {{sic|mögleich|möglich}}. Dein bester Freund, dich hochachtend und liebend.
==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
{{right|Peter von Tschaikovsky}}
33 letters from Tchaikovsky to Anna Aleksandrova-Levenson have survived, dating from 1877 to 1893, of which those highlighted in bold have been translated into English on this website.
Ich küsse dich, deine Frau und deine Kinder.
* [[Letter 582]] – 13/25 July 1877, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* [[Letter 1640]] – 9/21 December 1880, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 1728]] – 15/27 April 1881, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* [[Letter 1783]] – 13/25 June 1881, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1827]] – 6/18 August 1881, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1851]] – 3/15 September 1881, from [[Kamenka]]
* '''[[Letter 1948]]''' – 28 January/9 February 1882, from [[Rome]]
* '''[[Letter 1968]]''' – 14/26 February 1882, from [[Naples]]
* [[Letter 2045]] – 18/30 June 1882, from [[Grankino]]
* [[Letter 2072]] – 29 July/10 August 1882, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2092]] – 1/13 September 1882, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2159]] – 13/25 November 1882, from [[Kamenka]]
* '''[[Letter 2231]]''' – 1/13 March 1883, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2296]] – 31 May/12 June 1883, from [[ Podushkino]]
* [[Letter 2319]] – 1/13 August 1883, from [[Podushkino]]
* [[Letter 2371]] – 19/31 October 1883, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2470]] – 21 April/3 May 1884, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2782]] – 6/18 October 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2811]] – 19 November/1 December 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 2856]]''' – 15/27 January 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 2857]]''' – 16/28 January 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2976]] – 18/30 June 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3036a]] – 3/15 September 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 3279a]]''' – June 1887, from [[Borzhom]]
* '''[[Letter 3299]]''' – 26 July/7 August 1887, from [[Aachen]]
* '''[[Letter 3628]]''' – 30 July/11 August 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 3885]]''' – 26 June/8 July 1889, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 3952]]''' – 6/18 October 1889, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 3964]]''' – 27 October/8 November 1889, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 3989]]''' – 22 December 1889/3 January 1890, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 4134]]''' – 4/16 June 1890, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 4397a]]''' – early/mid-June 1891 (?), from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 4894]]''' – 19/31 March 1893, from [[Moscow]].


Ach, wie die Natur überhaupt {{sic|shön|schön}} ist!!!! Ach! Ach! Ach!
55 letters from Anna Aleksandrova-Levenson to the composer, dating from 1880 to 1893, are preserved in the {{RUS-KLč}} at [[Klin]] (a{{sup|4}}, Nos. 2046–2100).


|Translated text=I find myself today in the aforementioned old capital, staying here just for a few hours and leaving tomorrow morning. I am going directly to my sister's, and will probably stay with her for three weeks. I beg you, please, immediately after receiving this letter from me, 1st) to write a few lines, in which I want to have all the news from you and our friends, and 2nd) at the same time also send me the booklet which mentions the ''Nibelungen Ring''. Send your letter to this address: ''[[Kiev]] province, Cherkassky district, village of Smela, and thence to [[Kamenka]], to [[Lev Davydov|Lev Vasilyevich Davydov]] for delivery to P. I. T.'' This damned Russian language! The trouble it has taken me to write this address.
==Bibliography==
* {{bib|1905/3}} (1905)
* {{bib|1906/1}} (1906)
* {{bib|1906/27}} (1906)


Write to me whether, God willing, you have finally rented a dacha. When were you thinking of leaving for our beloved Fatherland? I ask you to inform me of everything concerning you and yours.
[[Category:People|Aleksandrova-Levenson, Anna]]
 
[[Category:Correspondents|Aleksandrova-Levenson, Anna]]
Adieu, dear compatriot, write to me as soon as possible. Your best friend, who respects and loves you.
[[Category:Pianists|Aleksandrova-Levenson, Anna]]
{{right|Peter von Tschaikovsky}}
I kiss you, your wife and your children.
 
Ah, how truly beautiful nature is!!! Ah! Ah! Ah!
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Latest revision as of 15:06, 11 April 2024

Anna Aleksandrova-Levenson (1856–1930)

Russian pianist and teacher (b. 1856; d. 27 December 1930 in Tomsk), born Aleksandra Yakovlevna Levenson (Александра Яковлевна Левенсон); known after marriage as Anna Yakovlevna Aleksandrova-Levenson (Анна Яковлевна Александрова-Левенсон).

Anna graduated in 1878 from the Moscow Conservatory, where she was a student in Tchaikovsky's harmony and instrumentation classes, and studied piano under Karl Klindworth. She taught in educational institutions in Moscow, but remained in contact with Tchaikovsky, who recommended her as a music teacher to his friend Nikolay Kondratyev on his estate at Nizy. Anna married Nikolay Aleksandrovich Aleksandrov (1858–1936), a chemistry teacher at the German School in Moscow, who was later appointed a professor of pharmacology at Tomsk University. Their son Anatoly Nikolayevich Aleksandrov (1888–1982) later became a famous composer and edited Tchaikovsky's string quartets in volume 31 of Tchaikovsky's Complete Collected Works (1955).

Correspondence with Tchaikovsky

33 letters from Tchaikovsky to Anna Aleksandrova-Levenson have survived, dating from 1877 to 1893, of which those highlighted in bold have been translated into English on this website.

55 letters from Anna Aleksandrova-Levenson to the composer, dating from 1880 to 1893, are preserved in the Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve at Klin (a4, Nos. 2046–2100).

Bibliography

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