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There is no surviving information on the origin of the '''''Aveu passionné''''' in E minor ([[TH]] 148 ; [[ČW]] 185) <ref name="note1"/>, which is largely a solo piano transcription of the central section of the symphonic ballad ''[[The Voyevoda (symphonic ballad)|The Voyevoda]]'', and therefore probably made soon after Tchaikovsky withdrew that work, following its premiere in November 1891 <ref name="note2"/>.
{{picture|file=Tatyana_Tchaikovskaya.jpg|caption='''Tatyana Tchaikovskaya''' (1883–1970)}}
Niece of the composer (b. March 1883 in [[Tiflis]]; d. 26 March 1970 at Juan les Pips, France), born '''''Tatyana Anatolyevna Chaykovskaya''''' (Татьяна Анатольевна Чайковская); during her first marriage she was known as '''''Tatyana Anatolyevna Venevitinova''''' (Татьяна Анатольевна Веневитинова); during her second marriage as '''''Baroness Ungern-Sternberg''';'' and during her third marriage as '''''Mrs Warren Crosse'''''.


==Movements and Duration==
Tatyana was the only child of the composer's brother [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]] (1850–1915) and his wife [[Praskovya]] (b. Konshina, 1864–1956). She married for the first time to the diplomat Aleksey Vladimirovich Venevitinov (1875–1925), by whom she had three children: Vladimir; Yelena (b. 1906); and Apollinariya.  
There is one movement: Moderato mosso, molto rubato (E minor, 64 bars), lasting around 3 minutes in performance.


==Publication==
Her second marriage took place in 1909 to Baron Paul Adolf Leonhard von Ungern-Sternberg (1882–1948), by whom she had two more children: Margareta (1910-1980), and Maria (1912–2002). This marriage was dissolved in 1928, and Tatyana later married for the third and final time to the author Felix Warren Crosse (1892–1975).
''Aveu passionné'' was published for the first time by Muzgiz ([[Moscow]] and [[Leningrad]]) in 1949, in a version edited by Konstantin Sorokin. Later the same year it was included in volume 53 of Tchaikovsky's ''[[Complete Collected Works]]'', edited by Anatoly Drozdov.


==Autographs==
==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
Tchaikovsky's manuscript score is preserved in the Library of Congress, Music Division, in [[Washington]], D.C.
No letters from the composer to Tatyana Tchaikovskaya are known, but 2 letters from Tatyana to her uncle, dating from 1891 and 1893, are preserved in the {{RUS-KLč}} at [[Klin]] (a{{sup|4}}, Nos. 5731–5732).


==Recordings==
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==Related Works==
See also the symphonic ballad ''[[The Voyevoda (symphonic ballad)|The Voyevoda]]''.
 
==External Links==
* {{imslpscore|Aveu_passionné_(Tchaikovsky,_Pyotr)|Aveu passionné}}
 
==Notes and References==
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<ref name="note1">Entitled ''Passionate Confession'' in [[ČW]].</ref>
<ref name="note2">In [[Letter 4654]] to [[Albert Gutmann]] in [[Vienna]] on 28 March/9 April 1892, Tchaikovsky wrote that "I shall endeavour to send you a piece for the International Composer's Album soon". This album was not ultimately published, but it is not implausible that the composer submitted the ''Aveu passionné'' for this collection, since the score was rediscovered in the Austrian capital in 1927, and in [[Letter 4686]] to [[Pyotr Jurgenson]], 10/22 May 1892, Tchaikovsky mentioned that he had "already sent one piece for the international album to [[Vienna]] via [[Osip Ivanovich]]".</ref>
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Tatyana Tchaikovskaya (1883–1970)

Niece of the composer (b. March 1883 in Tiflis; d. 26 March 1970 at Juan les Pips, France), born Tatyana Anatolyevna Chaykovskaya (Татьяна Анатольевна Чайковская); during her first marriage she was known as Tatyana Anatolyevna Venevitinova (Татьяна Анатольевна Веневитинова); during her second marriage as Baroness Ungern-Sternberg; and during her third marriage as Mrs Warren Crosse.

Tatyana was the only child of the composer's brother Anatoly Tchaikovsky (1850–1915) and his wife Praskovya (b. Konshina, 1864–1956). She married for the first time to the diplomat Aleksey Vladimirovich Venevitinov (1875–1925), by whom she had three children: Vladimir; Yelena (b. 1906); and Apollinariya.

Her second marriage took place in 1909 to Baron Paul Adolf Leonhard von Ungern-Sternberg (1882–1948), by whom she had two more children: Margareta (1910-1980), and Maria (1912–2002). This marriage was dissolved in 1928, and Tatyana later married for the third and final time to the author Felix Warren Crosse (1892–1975).

Correspondence with Tchaikovsky

No letters from the composer to Tatyana Tchaikovskaya are known, but 2 letters from Tatyana to her uncle, dating from 1891 and 1893, are preserved in the Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve at Klin (a4, Nos. 5731–5732).