Nadezhda von Meck
Deceased Person
1831 – 1894
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Who was Nadezhda von Meck?
Nadezhda Filaretovna von Meck was a Russian businesswoman, who is best known today for her artistic relationship with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. She supported him financially for 13 years, enabling him to devote himself full-time to composition, but she stipulated that they were never to meet. She was the dedicatee of his Symphony No. 4 in F minor. She was also an influential patron of the arts in general, active in providing financial support to Nikolai Rubinstein and Claude Debussy.
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- Born
- Feb 10, 1831
Znamenskoye, Chechen Republic - Nationality
- Russia
- Died
- Jan 13, 1894
Wiesbaden
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on July 23, 2013
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