Pavel Pchelnikov

Pavel_Pchelnikov (1851–1913)

Russian state councillor (b. 4/16 October 1851; d. 30 April/13 May 1913), born Pavel Mikhaylovich Pchelnikov (Павел Михайлович Пчельников).

Pchelnikov was the manager of the the Imperial Theatres in Moscow (1882–1898), and later a censor of plays in private theatres (1901–1905). Tchaikovsky became acquainted with him in 1883, in connection with the staging of Mazepa at the Bolshoi Theatre in 1884.

Correspondence with Tchaikovsky

27 letters from Tchaikovsky to Pavel Pchelnikov have survived, dating from 1884 to 1893, all of which have been translated into English on this website:

• Letter 2621 – 18/30 December 1884, from Moscow
• Letter 2647 – 18/30 January 1885, from Moscow
• Letter 2648 – 19/31 January 1885, from Moscow
• Letter 2691 – mid/late April 1885, from Moscow
• Letter 2829 – 8/20 December 1885, from Maydanovo
• Letter 3158 – 23 January/4 February 1887, from Moscow
• Letter 3405 – 17/29 November 1887, from Maydanovo
• Letter 3988 – 21 December 1889/2 January 1890, from Saint Petersburg
• Letter 4108 – 5/17 May 1890, from Frolovskoye
• Letter 4132 – 31 May/12 June 1890, from Frolovskoye
• Letter 4211 – 3/15 September 1890, from Kiev
• Letter 4270 – 9/21 December 1890, from Saint Petersburg
• Letter 4535 – 3/15 November 1891, from Moscow
• Letter 4542 – 10/22 November 1891, from Moscow
• Letter 4592 – 4/16 January 1892, from Berlin
• Letter 4674 – 28 April/10 May 1892, from Moscow
• Letter 4691 – 16/28 May 1892, from Moscow
• Letter 4704 – 7/19 June 1892, from Paris
• Letter 4774 – 22 September/4 October 1892, from Itter
• Letter 4787 – 18/30 October 1892, from Klin
• Letter 4800 – 8/20 November 1892, from Saint Petersburg
• Letter 4803 – 10/22 November 1892, from Saint Petersburg
• Letter 4873 – 27 February/11 March 1893, from Moscow
• Letter 4879 – 1/13 March 1893, from Klin
• Letter 4890 – 10/22 March 1893, from Moscow
• Letter 4923 – 2/14 May 1893, from Moscow
• Letter 5033 – mid/late September 1893, from Moscow

8 letters from Pchelnikov to Tchaikovsky, dating from 1884 to 1892, are preserved in the Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve at Klin (a⁴, Nos. 3710–3717).

Bibliography

• Воспоминания о П. И. Чайковском (1900)
• Воспоминания о П. И. Чайковском (1900)
• Воспоминания о П. И. Чайковском (1973)
• Воспоминания о П. И. Чайковском (1979)
• Воспоминания о П. И. Чайковском (1980)
• Souvenirs de P. I. Tchaïkovski (1985)
• Pavel Pchelnikov (1993)
• Meine Erinnerungen an Tschaikowsky (1994)