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Anna BrodskyWife of the Russian violinist Adolph Brodsky (b. 1853; d. 1929 at Bowdon, near Manchester), born Anna L'vovna Skadovskaia (Анна Львовна Скадовская, Anna L'vovna Skadovskaja, Anna L'vovna Skadovskaya); also known as Anna Skadovsky Brodsky. The daughter of a Russian nobleman who owned estates in southern Russia, Anna married at Sevastopol in 1882, and accompanied her husband to the United States in 1891, eventually settling with him in Manchester, England. Tchaikovsky was introduced to Anna Brodsky during his tour of Leipzig in 1888, and it was at their home
that he met Edvard Grieg and Johannes Brahms
on New Year's Day 1888
[N.S.]. Anna Brodsky would later write a fascinating account
of life on the road with her husband, whom she accompanied on his many tours,
as well as of this memorable meeting between the three composers. Her memoirs
were published as Recollections of a Russian Home (Manchester and London,
1904) and are available
online Tchaikovsky's correspondence with Anna Brodsky:
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