Sofiya Jurgenson
Teacher, and the wife of Tchaikovsky's publisher Pyotr Jurgenson (b. 1840; d. 1911), born Sofiya Ivanovna Sots (София Ивановна Соц); known after her marriage as Sofiya Ivanovna Yurgenson (София Ивановна Юргенсон).
Sofiya assisted her husband in managing his publishing house, and corresponded frequently with Tchaikovsky with regard to the publication of his works, as well as family matters.
Dedications
In 1884 Tchaikovsky dedicated his piano piece Impromptu-Caprice to Sofiya Jurgenson.
Correspondence with Tchaikovsky
15 letters from Tchaikovsky to Sofiya Jurgenson have survived, dating from 1879 to 1893, all of which have been translated into English on this website:
- Letter 1208 – 16/28 June 1879, from Kamenka
- Letter 2486 – 8/20 May 1884, from Kamenka
- Letter 2713 – 26 May/7 June 1885, from Moscow
- Letter 2721a – by 13/25 June 1885, from Maydanovo
- Letter 2723 – 13/25 June 1885, from Maydanovo
- Letter 2724 – 14/26 or 15/27 June 1885, from Maydanovo
- Letter 2725 – 20 June/2 July 1885, from Maydanovo
- Letter 2730 – 3/15 July 1885, from Maydanovo
- Letter 2734 – 8/20 or 9/21 July 1885, from Maydanovo
- Letter 2739 – 14/16 July 1885 (?), from Maydanovo
- Letter 2743 – between 28 July/9 August and 30 July/11 August 1885, from Maydanovo
- Letter 3109 – 19 November/1 December 1886, from Moscow
- Letter 3173 – 7/19 February 1887, from Maydanovo
- Letter 3178 – 11/23 February 1887, from Maydanovo
- Letter 5039 – 22 September/4 October 1893, from Moscow
17 letters from Sofiya Jurgenson to the composer, dating from 1879 to 1887, are preserved in the Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve at Klin (a4, Nos. 6061–6077).
