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| {{picture|file=Anna von Meck.jpg|caption='''Anna von Meck''' (1864-1942)}} | | <includeonly>Interview with Dr. Bertenson</includeonly><noinclude> {{bibitem |id=1995/54 |Contributors=Holden, Anthony, 1947-2023 (compiler) |Title=Interview with Dr. Bertenson |In={{bib|1995/53|Tchaikovsky}} |Imprint=London : Bantam Press; Toronto : Viking, 1995 |Extent=xxii, 489 p. (p. 437-438) |Standard=ISBN 0593024680 (UK) ; ISBN 0670846236 (Canada) |Format=Article |Language=English |Related=Translated from {{bib|1893/80|Болезнь и кончина П. И. Чайковского}} (1893) }} [[Category:Bibliography (1995)]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Bibliography (1995/054)}}</noinclude> |
| Niece of the composer (b. 9/21 December 1864 in [[Kamenka]]; d. 1942), born '''''Anna Lvovna Davydova''''' (Анна Львовна Давыдова); known after her marriage as'' '''Anna Lvovna fon Mekk''''' (Анна Львовна фон Мекк).
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| Anna was the third daughter of the composer's sister [[Aleksandra Davydova|Aleksandra]] (b. Tchaikovskaya, 1842–1891) and her husband [[Lev Davydov]] (1837–1896).
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| With encouragement from her uncle and [[Nadezhda von Meck]], on 11/23 January 1884 she married [[Nikolay von Meck]] (1863–1929), and they had five children: Kira (1885–1969); Mark (1890–1918); [[Galina von Meck|Galina]] (1891–1985); Attal (1894–1916); and Lyutsella (1896–1933). In 1903 they adopted another daughter: Yelena (b. Moyseyeva, 1897–1926).
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| ==Dedications==
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| In 1881, Tchaikovsky dedicated his piano piece ''Polka peu dansante'' — No. 2 of the [[Six Pieces, Op. 51]] — "à Mademoiselle Anna Davidoff".
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| The previous year he had also written a [[Chorus for Students of the Patriotic Institute]] at her request, which has now been lost.
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| ==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
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| One letter from Tchaikovsky to Anna von Meck (Davydova) has survived, dating from 1882, and has been translated into English on this website:
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| * '''[[Letter 2017]]''' – 10/22 May 1882, from [[Kamenka]]
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| 8 letters from Anna to her uncle, dating from 1878 to 1891, are preserved in the {{RUS-KLč}} at [[Klin]] (a{{sup|4}}, Nos. 2410–2417).
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| ==Bibliography== | |
| * {{bib|1962/63}} (1962)
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| * {{bib|1973/69}} (1973)
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| * {{bib|1979/76}} (1979)
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| * {{bib|1980/103}} (1980)
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| * {{bib|1985/51}} (1985)
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| * {{bib|1994/101}} (1994)
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| * {{bib|2015/63}} (2015)
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| [[Category:People|Meck, Anna von]]
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| [[Category:Correspondents|Meck, Anna von]]
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| [[Category:Dedicatees|Meck, Anna von]]
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| [[Category:Family|Meck, Anna von]]
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