Nadezhda von Meck, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Patron of Tchaikovsky
Date of Birth: 10-Feb-1831
Place of Birth: Smolensk Oblast, Russia
Date of Death: 13-Jan-1894
Profession: patron of the arts
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Nadezhda von Meck
- Nadezhda Filaretovna von Meck (Russian: ??????? ??????????? ??? ????; 10 February [O.S.
- 29 January] 1831 – 13 January 1894) was a Russian business woman 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.
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