Mariya Kondratyeva

Wife of Tchaikovsky's friend Nikolay Kondratyev, known after her marriage as Mariya Sergeyevna Kondratyeva (Мария Сергеевна Кондратьева).

Dedications

In 1882 Tchaikovsky dedicated his Valse de Salon — No. 1 of the Six Pieces, Op. 51, for piano — to Mariya Kondratyeva.

Correspondence with Tchaikovsky

One letter from Tchaikovsky to Mariya Kondratyeva has survived, dating from the early 1890s, and has been translated into English on this website:

• Letter 4282a – 1890–1892 (?), from Saint Petersburg

13 letters from Mariya Kondratyeva to Tchaikovsky are preserved in the Klin House-Museum Archive.