"Beloved friend" :

Bowen, Catherine Drinker, 1897-1973.

"Beloved friend" : the story of Tchaikowsky and Nadejda von Meck / by Catherine Drinker Bowen and Barbara von Meck. - New York : Random House, 1937. - viii p., 1 l., 11-484 p. : front., illus. (music) ports. ; 22 1/2 cm.

Largely excerpts from the correspondence between Tchaikowsky and Nadejda von Meck, translated by Barbara von Meck from the original Russian edition (Moscow, 1934- ) and given by her, with notes and recollections of persons and places involved, to Mrs. Bowen, who wrote the connecting narrative.

"Chronological list of Tchaikowsky's compositions": p. 465-475.

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Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.
Meck, Nadezhda Filaretovna Frolovskaia von, 1831-1894.