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Russian pianist (b. 1831; d. April 1895 in [[Saint Petersburg]]), born '''''Pavel Leontyevich Peterssen''''' (Павел Леонтьевич Петерссен); also known outside Russia as '''''Paul Petersen'''''.
Russian pianist (b. 1831; d. April 1895 in [[Saint Petersburg]]), born '''''Pavel Leontyevich Peterssen''''' (Павел Леонтьевич Петерссен); also known outside Russia as '''''Paul Petersen'''''.


A pupil of Adolf Henselt (1814–1889), Peterssen taught piano classes at the [[Saint Petersburg]] Conservatory from 1862 to 1868, During the early 1890s he was also programming director of the [[Saint Petersburg]] branch of the Russian Musical Society, in which capacity he corresponded with Tchaikovsky regarding concert arrangements.
A pupil of Adolf Henselt (1814–1889), Peterssen taught piano classes at the [[Saint Petersburg]] Conservatory from 1862 to 1868. During the early 1890s he was also programming director of the [[Saint Petersburg]] branch of the Russian Musical Society, in which capacity he corresponded with Tchaikovsky regarding concert arrangements.


==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
17 letters from Tchaikovsky to Pavel Peterssen have survived, dating from 1886 to 1893, of which those highlighted in bold are now available in an English translation on this website:
17 letters from Tchaikovsky to Pavel Peterssen have survived, dating from 1886 to 1893, of which those highlighted in bold have been translated into English on this website:
* '''[[Letter 3086a]]''' – 4/16 November 1886 (?), from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 3086a]]''' – 4/16 November 1886 (?), from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* [[Letter 4458]] – 22 August/3 September 1891, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 4458]] – 22 August/3 September 1891, from [[Kamenka]]

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Russian pianist (b. 1831; d. April 1895 in Saint Petersburg), born Pavel Leontyevich Peterssen (Павел Леонтьевич Петерссен); also known outside Russia as Paul Petersen.

A pupil of Adolf Henselt (1814–1889), Peterssen taught piano classes at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory from 1862 to 1868. During the early 1890s he was also programming director of the Saint Petersburg branch of the Russian Musical Society, in which capacity he corresponded with Tchaikovsky regarding concert arrangements.

Correspondence with Tchaikovsky

17 letters from Tchaikovsky to Pavel Peterssen have survived, dating from 1886 to 1893, of which those highlighted in bold have been translated into English on this website:

14 letters from Peterssen to Tchaikovsky, dating from 1891 to 1893, are preserved in the Klin House-Museum Archive.

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