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Natal'ia Plesskaia (1837–??) |
Natal'ia Plesskaia
Cousin to the composer's brother-in-law Lev Davydov (b. 1837), born Natal'ia Andreevna Plesskaia (Наталия Андреевна Плесская, Natalija Andreevna Plesskaja, Nataliya Andreyevna Plesskaya).
Natal'ia was a close friend of the composer's sister Aleksandra, and a cousin to his brother-in-law Lev Davydov (1837–1896). Tchaikovsky was very fond of Natal'ia Plesskaia, and admired her sunny disposition and ready wit. In 1878 he wrote a piano piece—Nathalie-Valse—specially for her, and he revised this three years later as the Natha-Valse—No. 4 of the Six Pieces (Op. 51).
Works dedicated to Natal'ia Plesskaia:
- Nathalie-Valse, TH 142 (1878)
- Nata-Valse—No. 4 of the Six Pieces, Op. 51 (1881).
Tchaikovsky's correspondence with Natal'ia Plesskaia:
- 17 letters from Tchaikovsky to Natal'ia Plesskaia have survived, dating from 1879 to 1893.