Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

9. What was the name of the wealthy patroness

    whose financial support allowed Tchaikovsky to

    resign from the Moscow Conservatory?

Nadezhda von Meck (1831-1894)

The relationship between Tchaikovsky and his patroness Nadezhda von Meck was one of the most consequential in music history. Beginning in 1877, von Meck provided Tchaikovsky with a generous annual stipend that allowed him to resign from the Moscow Conservatory and devote himself entirely to composition—transforming him from a struggling academic into a fully independent artist.

10. What unusual agreement defined

      Tchaikovsky’s long relationship with

      Nadezhda von Meck?