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{{picture|file=Hubert_Aleksandra.jpg|caption='''Aleksandra Hubert''' (1850–1937)}}
|Date=29 December 1881/10 January 1882
Russian pianist and teacher (b. 11/23 January 1850; d. 1937), born '''''Aleksandra Ivanovna Batalina''''' (Александра Ивановна Баталина); known after her marriage as '''''Aleksandra Ivanovna Hubert''''' (Александра Ивановна Губерт).
|To=[[Aleksey Sofronov]]
|Place=[[Rome]]
|Language=Russian
|Autograph=[[Klin]] (Russia): {{RUS-KLč}} (a{{sup|3}}, No. 382)
|Publication={{bib|1966/44|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том X}} (1966), p. 306
}}
==Text and Translation==
{{Lettertext
|Language=Russian
|Translator=Brett Langston
|Original text={{right|{{datestyle|''Рим''|Декабрь 29, 1881|Январь 10, 1882|}}}}
{{centre|Дорогой, милый Лёня!}}
Твоё последнее письмо очень меня огорчило и расстроило. Оно проникнуто грустью и тоской. Видно, что ты томишься и тяготишься своей служебной обстановкой. Очень досадно, что у Вас ходят слухи, которым не суждено сбыться и которые только напрасно поселяют надежды и расстраивают тебя. Я тебе советую, голубчик, лучше не верить тому, что говорится, ибо очень сомнительно, чтобы ''весь ваш год отпустили''. Если б в самом деле подобное счастье было возможно, то я бы пудовую свечку поставил и готов был бы сделать все возможное, чтобы опять иметь тебя около себя. Но так как мне не верится, что мечта это осуществится, — то лучше об этом не думай и, уж если приходится служить, то служи, голубчик, как можно усерднее. Лишь бы я только остался жив, — а уж как хорошо мы с тобой заживём, когда окончится срок службы!


У нас праздники вышли невесёлые. Модест и Коля оба были больны, а последний даже и сейчас все ещё нездоров. Но ёлка у нас всё-таки была, и все получили хорошие подарки. Модесту я подарил новое платье, Коле альбом с портретами всех римских императоров и ещё разные мелочи. Ты меня справедливо бранишь за шубу. Это была ужасная глупость, тем более что эта новая шуба мне ужасно не нравится. А главное: к чему мне она? Здесь даже и пальто лёгкое редко приходится надевать.
From 1874 until 1883 Aleksandra taught the piano at the [[Moscow]] Conservatory (where she had enrolled as a student in 1867), and here she met her future husband, [[Nikolay Hubert]], who was professor of music theory. Both were close friends of Tchaikovsky, who also taught at the Conservatory during the 1870s. Aleksandra helped Tchaikovsky to make piano duet arrangements of his [[Suite No. 2]] (1883) and ''[[Manfred]]'' symphony (1885), and she also made her own transcriptions of many of his other works.


Милый мой Лёня! не скучай, не томись, не падай духом! Будь здоров, голубчик.
Following [[Nikolay Hubert|Nikolay]]'s death in 1888, Tchaikovsky helped Aleksandra to take over her husband's position as inspector at the [[Moscow]] Conservatory, and she retained this post until 1914.
{{right|Твой П. Чайковский}}


|Translated text={{right|{{datestyle|''[[Rome]]''|December 29, 1881|January 10, 1882|}}}}
==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
{{centre|Good, dear [[Lyonya]]!}}
64 letters from Tchaikovsky to Aleksandra Hubert have survived, dating from 1882 to 1893, of which those highlighted in bold have been translated into English on this website:
Your last letter made me very sad and upset. It was full of misery and homesickness. Clearly, you are pining and burdened by the circumstances of your service. It is very irritating that you rumours are circulating that are not destined to become true, and which only raise false hopes and upset you. I advise you, golubchik, that it is better not to believe what they say, because it is highly doubtful that ''your whole year will be released''. If such happiness were really possible, then I would light a candle and be prepared to do everything possible to have you with me again. But since I don't believe that this dream will come true, then it's better not to think about it, and if you have to serve, then serve as diligently as possible, golubchik. Provided I am still alive, imagine how well you and I will start living when your time in service comes to an end!
* [[Letter 2100]] – 7/19 September 1882, from [[Kamenka]]
* '''[[Letter 2366]]''' – 13/25 October 1883, from [[Kamenka]]
* '''[[Letter 2552]]''' – 20 September/2 October 1884, from [[Pleshcheyevo]]
* '''[[Letter 2664]]''' – 26 February/10 March 1885, from [[Maydanovo]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Nikolay Hubert]])
* [[Letter 2674]] – 16/28 March 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 2692]]''' – 23 April/5 May 1885 (?), from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 2714a]]''' – May 1885 (?), from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 2720]] – 11/23 June 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 2754]]''' – 23 August/4 September 1885, from [[Maydanovo]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Nikolay Hubert]])
* '''[[Letter 2773]]''' – 24 September/6 October 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2892]] – 19 February/3 March 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 2905]]''' – 6/18 March 1886, from [[Moscow]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Nikolay Hubert]])
* '''[[Letter 2908]]''' – 8/20 March 1886, from [[Moscow]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Nikolay Hubert]])
* [[Letter 2923]] – 3/15 April 1886, from [[Tiflis]]
* [[Letter 2983]] – 24 June/6 July 1886, from [[Maydanovo]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Nikolay Hubert]])
* [[Letter 3004]] – 13/25 July 1886, from [[Maydanovo]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Nikolay Hubert]])
* '''[[Letter 3030]]''' – 18/30 August 1886, from [[Maydanovo]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Nikolay Hubert]])
* [[Letter 3076]] – 17/29 October 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3098]] – 14/26 November 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 3117]]''' – 5/17 December 1886, from [[Moscow]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Nikolay Hubert]])
* '''[[Letter 3129]]''' – 24 December 1886/5 January 1887, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 3148]]''' – 16/28 January 1887, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 3179]]''' – 11/23 February 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3220]] – 7/19 April 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 3240]]''' – 26 April/8 May 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 3252]]''' – 9/21 May 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3263]] – 26 May/7 June 1887Caspian Sea
* [[Letter 3270]] – 20 June/2 July 1887, from [[Borzhom]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Nikolay Hubert]])
* [[Letter 3282]] – 4/16 July 1887, from [[Borzhom]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Nikolay Hubert]])
* '''[[Letter 3343]]''' – 9/21 September 1887, from [[Maydanovo]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Nikolay Hubert]])
* '''[[Letter 3378]]''' – 9/21 October 1887, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 3423a]]''' – 30 November/12 December 1887, from [[Moscow]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Nikolay Hubert]])
* '''[[Letter 3449]]''' – 30 December 1887/11 January 1888, from [[Lübeck]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Nikolay Hubert]])
* '''[[Letter 3470]]''' – 12/24 January 1888, from [[Magdeburg]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Nikolay Hubert]])
* '''[[Letter 3486]]''' – 28 January/9 February 1888, from [[Berlin]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Nikolay Hubert]])
* '''[[Letter 3528]]''' – 15/27 March 1888, from [[Vienna]]
* '''[[Letter 3559]]''' – 28 April/10 May 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 3611]] – 12/24 July 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Nikolay Hubert]])
* '''[[Letter 3681]]''' – 29 September/11 October 1888, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 3706]]''' – 22 October/3 November 1888, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 3836]] – 13/25 April 1889, from [[Tiflis]]
* '''[[Letter 3850]]''' – 9/21 May 1889, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 3866]]''' – 24 May/5 June 1889, from [[Klin]]
* '''[[Letter 3880]]''' – 18/30 June 1889, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 3896]]''' – 6/18 July 1889, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 3902]]''' – 10/22 July 1889, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 3905]]''' – 17/29 July 1889, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 3940]]''' – 18/30 September or 19 September/1 October 1889, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 3954]] – 8/20 October 1889, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 4105]]''' – 5/17 May 1890, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 4274]]''' – 21 December 1890/2 January 1891, from [[Kiev]]
* '''[[Letter 4284]]''' – 4/16 January 1891, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 4287]]''' – 5/17 January 1891, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 4314]]''' – 23 January/4 February 1891, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 4414]]''' – 18/30 June 1891, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 4419]]''' – 25 June/7 July 1891, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 4441]]''' – 18/30 July 1891, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 4516]] – 19/31 October 1891, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 4534]]''' – 3/15 November 1891, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 4544]]''' – 11/23 November 1891, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 4615]]''' – 4/16 February 1892, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 4681]]''' – 5/17 May 1892, from [[Klin]]
* [[Letter 5014]] – 20 August/1 September 1893, from [[Klin]]
* '''[[Letter 5032]]''' – 17/29 September 1893 (?), from [[Moscow]]


Our holidays were not fun. [[Modest]] and [[Nikolay Konradi|Kolya]] were both ill, and the latter is still unwell even now. But we still had a Christmas tree, and everyone received good gifts. I gave [[Modest]] new clothes, and [[Nikolay Konradi|Kolya]] an album with portraits of all the Roman emperors, and other small trifles. You are right to scold me for my fur coat. It was awfully stupid of me, the more so since I don't terribly like this new coat. And most importantly: what do I need it for? Even an overcoat is hardly ever required here.
18 letters from Aleksandra Hubert to the composer, dating from 1886 to 1890, are preserved in the {{RUS-KLč}} at [[Klin]] (a{{sup|4}}, Nos. 654–672).


My dear [[Lyonya]]! Don't be homesick, don't pine, don't lose heart! Keep well, golubchik!
==Bibliography==
{{right|Yours P. Tchaikovsky}}
* {{bib|1918/15}} (1918)
}}
* {{bib|1994/180}} (1994)
* {{bib|1995/75}} (1995)
 
==External Links==
* {{IMSLP|Hubert,_Aleksandra}}
* {{viaf|14097390}}
 
[[Category:People|Hubert, Aleksandra]]
[[Category:Correspondents|Hubert, Aleksandra]]
[[Category:Friends|Hubert, Aleksandra]]
[[Category:Pianists|Hubert, Aleksandra]]

Revision as of 14:52, 13 February 2024

Aleksandra Hubert (1850–1937)

Russian pianist and teacher (b. 11/23 January 1850; d. 1937), born Aleksandra Ivanovna Batalina (Александра Ивановна Баталина); known after her marriage as Aleksandra Ivanovna Hubert (Александра Ивановна Губерт).

From 1874 until 1883 Aleksandra taught the piano at the Moscow Conservatory (where she had enrolled as a student in 1867), and here she met her future husband, Nikolay Hubert, who was professor of music theory. Both were close friends of Tchaikovsky, who also taught at the Conservatory during the 1870s. Aleksandra helped Tchaikovsky to make piano duet arrangements of his Suite No. 2 (1883) and Manfred symphony (1885), and she also made her own transcriptions of many of his other works.

Following Nikolay's death in 1888, Tchaikovsky helped Aleksandra to take over her husband's position as inspector at the Moscow Conservatory, and she retained this post until 1914.

Correspondence with Tchaikovsky

64 letters from Tchaikovsky to Aleksandra Hubert have survived, dating from 1882 to 1893, of which those highlighted in bold have been translated into English on this website:

18 letters from Aleksandra Hubert to the composer, dating from 1886 to 1890, are preserved in the Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve at Klin (a4, Nos. 654–672).

Bibliography

External Links

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