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Praskovya's father was the industrialist Vladimir Dmitriyevich Konshin (1835-1915), and her mother Yelizaveta (1835–1870) was the sister of the Russian businessman and art collector [[Pavel Tretyakov]] (1832–1898); Pavel's daughter Vera was married to the pianist [[Aleksandr Ziloti]] (1863–1945), who worked closely with Tchaikovsky in his later years.
Praskovya's father was the industrialist Vladimir Dmitriyevich Konshin (1835-1915), and her mother Yelizaveta (1835–1870) was the sister of the Russian businessman and art collector [[Pavel Tretyakov]] (1832–1898); Pavel's daughter Vera was married to the pianist [[Aleksandr Ziloti]] (1863–1945), who worked closely with Tchaikovsky in his later years.


In 1882 Praskovya married the composer's brother [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]] (1850–1915), and the couple had one daughter: [[Tatyana Tchaikovskaya|Tatyana]] (1883–1970).
In 1882, Praskovya married the composer's brother [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]] (1850–1915), and the couple had one daughter: [[Tatyana Tchaikovskaya|Tatyana]] (1883–1970).


Tchaikovsky often stayed with [[Anatoly]] and Praskovya at [[Tiflis]] during the 1880s, and he corresponded regularly with his sister-in-law.
Tchaikovsky often stayed with [[Anatoly]] and Praskovya at [[Tiflis]] during the 1880s, and he corresponded regularly with his sister-in-law.


==Dedications==
==Dedications==
In 1883 Tchaikovsky dedicated his [[Suite No. 2]] in C major, Op. 53, to Praskovya Tchaikovskaya.
In 1883, Tchaikovsky dedicated his [[Suite No. 2]] in C major, Op. 53, "À Madame Pauline Tschaikowsky".


==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
108 letters from Tchaikovsky to his sister-in-law Praskovya Tchaikovskaya have survived, dating from 1883 to 1893, of which those highlighted in bold have been translated into English on this website:
108 letters from Tchaikovsky to his sister-in-law Praskovya Tchaikovskaya have survived, dating from 1883 to 1893, of which those highlighted in bold have been translated into English on this website:
* [[Letter 2203]] – 19/31 January 1883, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 2203]]''' – 19/31 January 1883, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2345]] – 11/23 September 1883, from [[Verbovka]]
* [[Letter 2345]] – 11/23 September 1883, from [[Verbovka]]
* [[Letter 2353]] – 26 September/8 October 1883, from [[Verbovka]]
* [[Letter 2353]] – 26 September/8 October 1883, from [[Verbovka]]
* [[Letter 2369]] – 17/29 October 1883, from [[Kiev]]
* [[Letter 2369]] – 17/29 October 1883, from [[Kiev]]
* [[Letter 2378]] – 30 October/11 November 1883, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2378]] – 30 October/11 November 1883, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2433]] – 10/22 February 1884, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 2433]]''' – 10/22 February 1884, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2443]] – 23 February/6 March 1884, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 2443]]''' – 23 February/6 March 1884, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2469]] – 20 April/2 May 1884, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2469]] – 20 April/2 May 1884, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2478]] – 27 April/9 May 1884, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2478]] – 27 April/9 May 1884, from [[Kamenka]]
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* [[Letter 2591]] – 12/24 November 1884, from [[Davos]]
* [[Letter 2591]] – 12/24 November 1884, from [[Davos]]
* [[Letter 2608]] – 26 November/8 December 1884, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2608]] – 26 November/8 December 1884, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2656]] – 14/26 February 1885, from [[Maydanovo]] (addressed jointly to Praskovya and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 2656]]''' – 14/26 February 1885, from [[Maydanovo]] (addressed jointly to Praskovya and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]])
* [[Letter 2663]] – 26 February/10 March 1885, from [[Maydanovo]] (addressed jointly to Praskovya and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 2663]]''' – 26 February/10 March 1885, from [[Maydanovo]] (addressed jointly to Praskovya and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]])
* [[Letter 2770]] – 20 September/2 October 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2770]] – 20 September/2 October 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2776]] – 25 September/7 October 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2776]] – 25 September/7 October 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
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* [[Letter 2826]] – 4/16 December 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2826]] – 4/16 December 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2835]] – 11/23 December 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2835]] – 11/23 December 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2840]] – 22 December 1885/3 January 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 2840]]''' – 22 December 1885/3 January 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2864]] – 23 January/4 February 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 2864]]''' – 23 January/4 February 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2876]] – 31 January/12 February 1886, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 2876]]''' – 31 January/12 February 1886, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 2881]] – 6/18 February 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 2881]]''' – 6/18 February 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2897]] – 25 February/9 March 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 2897]]''' – 25 February/9 March 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2914]] – 13/25 March 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 2914]]''' – 13/25 March 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2916]] – 20 March/1 April 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 2916]]''' – 20 March/1 April 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2942]] – 1/13 May–3/15 May 1886Black Sea
* [[Letter 2942]] – 1/13 May–3/15 May 1886, from the Black Sea
* [[Letter 2952]] – 16/28 May–18/30 May 1886, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2952]] – 16/28 May–18/30 May 1886, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2956]] – 25 May/6 June 1886, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2956]] – 25 May/6 June 1886, from [[Paris]]
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* [[Letter 3112]] – 26 November/8 December 1886, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 3112]] – 26 November/8 December 1886, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 3121]] – 15/27 December 1886, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 3121]] – 15/27 December 1886, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 3155]] – 22 January/3 February 1887, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 3155]]''' – 22 January/3 February 1887, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 3167]] – 29 January/10 February 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 3167]]''' – 29 January/10 February 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3190]] – 27 February/11 March 1887, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 3190]]''' – 27 February/11 March 1887, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* [[Letter 3199]] – 12/24 March 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 3199]]''' – 12/24 March 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3206]] – 23 March/4 April 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 3206]]''' – 23 March/4 April 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3217]] – 4/16 April 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3217]] – 4/16 April 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 3226]]''' – 15/27 April 1887, from [[Maydanovo]] (addressed jointly to Praskovya and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 3226]]''' – 15/27 April 1887, from [[Maydanovo]] (addressed jointly to Praskovya and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]])
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* [[Letter 3315]] – 8/20 August 1887, from [[Aachen]]
* [[Letter 3315]] – 8/20 August 1887, from [[Aachen]]
* [[Letter 3316]] – 9/21 August 1887, from [[Aachen]] (addressed jointly to Praskovya and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]])
* [[Letter 3316]] – 9/21 August 1887, from [[Aachen]] (addressed jointly to Praskovya and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]])
* [[Letter 3439]] – 21 December 1887/2 January 1888, from [[Leipzig]] (addressed jointly to Praskovya and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 3439]]''' – 21 December 1887/2 January 1888, from [[Leipzig]] (addressed jointly to Praskovya and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]])
* [[Letter 3452]] – 30 December 1887/11 January 1888–10/22 January 1888, from [[Lübeck]] and [[Hamburg]] (addressed jointly to Praskovya and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 3452]]''' – 30 December 1887/11 January 1888–10/22 January 1888, from [[Lübeck]] and [[Hamburg]] (addressed jointly to Praskovya and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 3488]]''' – 30 January/11 February 1888, from [[Leipzig]]
* '''[[Letter 3488]]''' – 30 January/11 February 1888, from [[Leipzig]]
* '''[[Letter 3495]]''' – 10/22 February 1888, from [[Prague]] (addressed jointly to Praskovya and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 3495]]''' – 10/22 February 1888, from [[Prague]] (addressed jointly to Praskovya and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]])
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* [[Letter 3733]] – 26 November/8 December 1888, from [[Vienna]]
* [[Letter 3733]] – 26 November/8 December 1888, from [[Vienna]]
* [[Letter 3737]] – 1/13 December 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 3737]] – 1/13 December 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 3806]] – 20 February/3 March 1889, from [[Geneva]] (addressed jointly to Praskovya and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 3806]]''' – 20 February/4 March 1889, from [[Geneva]] (addressed jointly to Praskovya and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]])
* [[Letter 3871]] – 6/18 June 1889, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 3871]] – 6/18 June 1889, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 4099]] – 17/29 April 1890, from [[Rome]] (addressed jointly to Praskovya and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]])
* [[Letter 4099]] – 17/29 April 1890, from [[Rome]] (addressed jointly to Praskovya and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]])
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* [[Letter 4247]] – 2/14 November 1890, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 4247]] – 2/14 November 1890, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 4260]] – 21 November/3 December 1890, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* [[Letter 4260]] – 21 November/3 December 1890, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* [[Letter 4281]] – 24 December 1890/5 January 1891, from [[Kamenka]]
* '''[[Letter 4281]]''' – 24 December 1890/5 January 1891, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 4318]] – 30 January/12 February 1891, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 4318]]''' – 30 January/11 February 1891, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* [[Letter 4338]] – 25 February/9 March 1891, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 4338]]''' – 25 February/9 March 1891, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 4360]] – 30 March/11 April 1891, from [[Rouen]]
* '''[[Letter 4360]]''' – 30 March/11 April 1891, from [[Rouen]]
* '''[[Letter 4368]]''' – 15/27 April 1891, from [[New York]] (addressed jointly to Praskovya and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 4368]]''' – 15/27 April 1891, from [[New York]] (addressed jointly to Praskovya and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]])
* [[Letter 4393]] – 2/14 June 1891, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 4393]] – 2/14 June 1891, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 4466]]''' – 2/14 September 1891, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 4466]]''' – 2/14 September 1891, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 4573]] – 14/26 December 1891, from [[Maydanovo]] (addressed jointly to Praskovya and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]])
* [[Letter 4573]] – 14/26 December 1891, from [[Maydanovo]] (addressed jointly to Praskovya and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]])
* [[Letter 4595]] – 8/20 January 1892, from [[Hamburg]] (addressed jointly to Praskovya and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 4595]]''' – 8/20 January 1892, from [[Hamburg]] (addressed jointly to Praskovya and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 4652]]''' – 27 March/8 April 1892, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 4652]]''' – 27 March/8 April 1892, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 4659]]''' – early/mid–mid/late April 1892, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 4659]]''' – early/mid–mid/late April 1892, from [[Moscow]]
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* [[Letter 4980]] – 20 July/1 August–21 July/2 August 1893, from [[Klin]]
* [[Letter 4980]] – 20 July/1 August–21 July/2 August 1893, from [[Klin]]


69 letters from Praskovya Tchaikovskaya to the composer, dating from 1883 to 1891, are preserved in the [[Klin]] House-Museum Archive.
69 letters from Praskovya Tchaikovskaya to the composer, dating from 1883 to 1891, are preserved in the {{RUS-KLč}} at [[Klin]] (a{{sup|4}}, Nos. 5662–5730) <ref name="note1"/>.


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
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* {{bib|1958/51}} (1958)
* {{bib|1958/51}} (1958)
* {{bib|1958/74}} (1958)
* {{bib|1958/74}} (1958)
==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">Including two letters written jointly with her husband [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky|Anatoly]].</ref>
</references>


[[Category:People|Tchaikovskaya, Praskovya]]
[[Category:People|Tchaikovskaya, Praskovya]]
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[[Category:Dedicatees|Tchaikovskaya, Praskovya]]
[[Category:Dedicatees|Tchaikovskaya, Praskovya]]
[[Category:Family|Tchaikovskaya, Praskovya]]
[[Category:Family|Tchaikovskaya, Praskovya]]
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Latest revision as of 15:16, 11 April 2024

Praskovya Tchaikovskaya (1864-1956)

Sister-in-law of the composer (b. 1864; d. 1956), born Praskovya Vladimirovna Konshina (Прасковья Владимировна Коншина); known after her marriage as Praskovya Vladimirovna Chaykovskaya (Прасковья Владимировна Чайковская).

Praskovya's father was the industrialist Vladimir Dmitriyevich Konshin (1835-1915), and her mother Yelizaveta (1835–1870) was the sister of the Russian businessman and art collector Pavel Tretyakov (1832–1898); Pavel's daughter Vera was married to the pianist Aleksandr Ziloti (1863–1945), who worked closely with Tchaikovsky in his later years.

In 1882, Praskovya married the composer's brother Anatoly Tchaikovsky (1850–1915), and the couple had one daughter: Tatyana (1883–1970).

Tchaikovsky often stayed with Anatoly and Praskovya at Tiflis during the 1880s, and he corresponded regularly with his sister-in-law.

Dedications

In 1883, Tchaikovsky dedicated his Suite No. 2 in C major, Op. 53, "À Madame Pauline Tschaikowsky".

Correspondence with Tchaikovsky

108 letters from Tchaikovsky to his sister-in-law Praskovya Tchaikovskaya have survived, dating from 1883 to 1893, of which those highlighted in bold have been translated into English on this website:

69 letters from Praskovya Tchaikovskaya to the composer, dating from 1883 to 1891, are preserved in the Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve at Klin (a4, Nos. 5662–5730) [1].

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Including two letters written jointly with her husband Anatoly.