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Nadezhda Filaretovna von Meck | |
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 Nadezhda von Meck | |
| Born | 10 February [O.S. 29 January] 1831 Znamenskoye, Smolensk Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 13 January 1894 (aged 62) Nice, France |
| Husband | Karl Otto Georg von Meck |
| Issue | 13 children |
| Father | Filaret Frolovsky |
| Mother | Anastasia Dimitryevna Potemkina |
Nadezhda Filaretovna von Meck (Russian: Надежда Филаретовна фон Мекк; 10 February [O.S. 29 January] 1831 – 13 January 1894) was a Russian businesswoman who became an influential patron of the arts, especially music. She is best known today for her artistic relationship with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, supporting him financially for thirteen years, so that he could devote himself full-time to composition, while stipulating that they were never to meet. Tchaikovsky dedicated his Symphony No. 4 in F minor to her. She also gave financial support to several other musicians, including Nikolai Rubinstein and Claude Debussy.