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Mariia Golovina (d.1878)

Mariia Golovina

Russian pianist (d. 1878), born Mariia Alekseevna Golovina (Мария Алексеевна Головина, Marija Alekseevna Golovina, Mariya Alexeyevna Golovina).

She was a student in Tchaikovsky's and Nikolai Rubinstein's classes at the Moscow Conservatory during the 1870s, and in 1876 Tchaikovsky wrote two humorous pieces in one of her albums—The Underdog and The Siskin.

Works dedicated to Mariia Golovina:

• The Underdog—musical joke (1876), TH 195
• The Siskin—musical joke (1876), TH 196

Tchaikovsky's correspondence with Mariia Golovina:

• 1 letter from Tchaikovsky to Mariia Golovina has survived, dating from 1875.