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==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
One letter from Tchaikovsky to Mariya Golovina (in the form of a humorous poem) has survived, dating from 1875:
One letter from Tchaikovsky to Mariya Golovina (in the form of a humorous poem) has survived, dating from 1875, and has been translated into English on this website:
* [[Letter 416]] – 20 October/1 November 1875, from [[Moscow]]  
* '''[[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 {{RUS-KLč}} at [[Klin]] (a{{sup|4}}, Nos. 623–627).
5 letters from Mariya Golovina to the composer, dating from 1875 to 1878, are preserved in the {{RUS-KLč}} at [[Klin]] (a{{sup|4}}, Nos. 623–627).

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Mariya Golovina (d. 1878)

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, and has been translated into English on this website:

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).