Vladimir Nápravník
Lawyer and son of Eduard Nápravník (b. 1869; d. 1948), born Vladimir Eduardovich Nápravník (Владимир Эдуардович Направник).
Vladimir was the oldest child of the Czech conductor Eduard Nápravník (1839–1916) and his wife Olga (b. Schröder, 1844–1902). He became a lawyer, and secretary to the board of the Russian Musical Society in Saint Petersburg.
Tchaikovsky had good relations with all the Nápravník family, and corresponded regularly with them. As Vladimir recalled in his memoirs "Despite the fact that he was of the same age as my father, he took me 'seriously', acquainted me with his brother Modest [...] and introduced me also to the company of his nephews and their friends".
Correspondence with Tchaikovsky
18 letters from Tchaikovsky to Vladimir Nápravník have survived, dating from 1886 to 1893, of which those highlighted in bold have been translated into English on this website:
- Letter 3101 – 14/26 November 1886, from Maydanovo
- Letter 3107 – 16/28 November 1886, from Maydanovo
- Letter 3229 – 19 April/1 May 1887, from Maydanovo
- Letter 3471 – 12/24 January 1888, from Magdeburg
- Letter 3505 – 23 February/6 March 1888, from Paris
- Letter 3587 – 7/19 June 1888, from Frolovskoye
- Letter 3604 – 27 June/9 July 1888, from Frolovskoye
- Letter 3614 – 12/24 July 1888, from Frolovskoye
- Letter 3912 – 31 July/12 August 1889, from Frolovskoye
- Letter 4220 – 20 September/2 October 1890, from Tiflis
- Letter 4384 – 29 May/10 June 1891, from Maydanovo
- Letter 4446 – 25 July/6 August 1891, from Maydanovo
- Letter 4494 – 2/14 October 1891, from Maydanovo
- Letter 4545 – 11/23 November 1891, from Maydanovo
- Letter 4694 – 20 May/1 June 1892, from Klin
- Letter 4842 – 4/16 January 1893, from Paris
- Letter 4846 – 15/27 January 1893, from Odessa
- Letter 4949 – 3/15 June 1893, from Paris
22 letters from Vladimir Nápravník to the composer are preserved in the Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve at Klin (a4, Nos. 3028–3049).
Bibliography
- Мой воспоминания о Чайковском (1949)
- Переписка Е. Ф. Направника с П. И. Чайковским (1959)
- Письма П. И. Чайковского к В. Е. Направнику (1959)
- Мой воспоминания о Чайковском (1962)
- Мой воспоминания о Чайковском (1973)
- Мой воспоминания о Чайковском (1979)
- Мой воспоминания о Чайковском (1980)
- Эдуард Францевич Направник и его современники (1991)
- Vladimir Napravnik (1993)
- Vladimir Nápravník (1999)
