Mariya Golovina
Tchaikovsky Research
Russian pianist (d. 1878), born Mariya Alekseyevna Golovina (Мария Алексеевна Головина).
She was a student in Tchaikovsky's and Nikolay Rubinstein's classes at the Moscow Conservatory during the 1870s, and in 1876 Tchaikovsky wrote two humorous pieces in one of her albums: Base Dog, Shameless Bishka (TH 195) and The Siskin (TH 196).
Correspondence with Tchaikovsky
One letter from Tchaikovsky to Mariya Golovina (in the form of a humorous poem) has survived, dating from 1875:
- Letter 416 – 20 October/1 November 1875, from Moscow
5 letters from Mariya Golovina to the composer, dating from 1875 to 1878, are preserved in the Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve at Klin (a4, Nos. 623–627).
