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Date | 19 June/1 July 1893 |
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Addressed to | Konstantin Koninsky |
Where written | Grankino |
Language | Russian |
Autograph Location | Moscow (Russia): Bakhrushin State Central Theatre Museum |
Publication | Русская музыкальная газета (1899), No. 1, p. 15–16 (facsimile of music only) П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XVII (1981), p. 117 |
Text and Translation
Russian text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
19 июня [18]93 г. Полт[авской] губ[ериии], Константиногр[адского] уезда почт[овая] ст[анция] Ново-Николаевка Многоуважаемый Константин Мартынович!
Я только что вернулся из поездки за границу; этим объясняется, что так поздно отвечаю на письмо Ваше. Так как писем набралось множество, то могу ответить Вам сегодня лишь вкратце. Как сборник русских песен могу Вам рекомендовать сборники Прокунина и Римского-Корсакова. Направо найдёте ответ на Ваше желание. Очень благодарен Вам за добрые чувства. Искренно преданный, П. Чайковский |
19 June 1893 Poltava province Konstantinograd district Novo-Nikolayevka post office Most respected Konstantin Martynovich!
I have only just returned from a journey abroad; this is the reason why I am so late in answering your letter [1]. Since I have a heap of letters accumulating, I can only answer you briefly today. As for collections of Russian songs, might I recommend to you the collections by Prokunin [2] and Rimsky-Korsakov. You will find the response to your request overleaf. I am most grateful to you for your kind sentiments. Sincerely devoted, P. Tchaikovsky |
Notes and References
- ↑ Letter from Konstantin Koninsky to Tchaikovsky, 1/13 July 1893. "It would be very good of you to agree harmonize this melody...", Koninsky wrote. "I attempted it, but was truly lacking in 'divine inspiration'. I would have liked to have made such that the theme is repeated in the bass while the soprano line stands out on its own, but failed because I lack the talent and know-how, so is it possible for me to make this single request of you to help with my chorus?".
- ↑ Vasily Prokunin's collection of 65 Russian Folksongs was published under Tchaikovsky's editorship in 1872 and 1873.