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| {{picture|file=Natalya Plesskaya.jpg|caption='''Natalya Plesskaya''' (b. 1837)}}
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| Cousin to the composer's brother-in-law [[Lev Davydov]] (b. 1837), born '''''Natalya Andreyevna Plesskaya''''' (Наталия Андреевна Плесская), sometimes also spelled ''Pleskaya'' (Плеская).
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| Natalya was a close friend of the composer's sister [[Aleksandra Davydova|Aleksandra]], and a cousin to his brother-in-law [[Lev Davydov]] (1837–1896). Tchaikovsky was very fond of Natalya Plesskaya, and admired her sunny disposition and ready wit.
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| ==Dedications==
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| In 1878, Tchaikovsky wrote a ''[[Nathalie-Valse]]'' for Natalya Plesskaya. He retained the dedication of this piano piece when it was reworked as ''Natha-Valse'', No. 4 of the [[Six Pieces, Op. 51]] (1881).
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| ==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
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| 16 letters from Tchaikovsky to Natalya Plesskaya have survived, dating from 1879 to 1893. Those highlighted in bold have been translated into English on this website:
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| * [[Letter 1060]] – 6/18 January 1879, from [[Clarens]]
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| * [[Letter 1376]] – 13/25 December 1879, from [[Rome]]
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| * [[Letter 1388]] – 23 December 1879/4 January 1880, from [[Rome]]
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| * [[Letter 1941]] – 22 January/3 February 1882, from [[Rome]]
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| * [[Letter 1986]] – 6/18 March 1882, from [[Naples]]
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| * [[Letter 2014]] – 4/16 May 1882, from [[Kamenka]]
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| * [[Letter 2269]] – 20 April/2 May 1883, from [[Paris]]
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| * [[Letter 2330]] – 16/28 August 1883, from [[Podushkino]]
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| * [[Letter 2333]] – 22 August/3 September 1883, from [[Podushkino]]
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| * [[Letter 2536]] – 28 August/9 September 1884, from [[Skabeyevo]]
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| * [[Letter 2687]] – 15/27 April 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
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| * [[Letter 2744]] – 31 July/12 August 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
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| * '''[[Letter 3640a]]''' – 11/23 August 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
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| * [[Letter 4859]] – 6/18 February 1893, from [[Klin]]
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| * '''[[Letter 4907]]''' – 5/17 April 1893, from [[Klin]]
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| * '''[[Letter 4958]]''' – 19 June/1 July 1893, from [[Grankino]]
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| 250 letters from Natalya Plesskaya to the composer, dating from 1878 to 1893, are preserved in the {{RUS-KLč}} at [[Klin]] (a{{sup|4}}, Nos. 3363–3612) <ref name="note1"/>
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| ==Bibliography==
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| * {{bib|1938/67}} (1938)
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| * {{bib|1951/51}} (1951)
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| ==Notes and References==
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| <ref name="note1">Including one letter dating from 5/17-10/22 January 1891, written jointly by Plesskaya and the composer's sister [[Aleksandra Davydova|Aleksandra]] (a{{sup|4}}, No. 3582).</ref>
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| </references>
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| [[Category:People|Plesskaya, Natalya]]
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| [[Category:Correspondents|Plesskaya, Natalya]]
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