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|Translated text={{centre|[[Sergey Ivanovich]]!}}
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I am also ill and am sitting at home. Tomorrow I shall be at the Conservatory: I will ask about the rehearsal and reply to you immediately. Thank you for proof-reading the concerto <ref name="note2"/>.
I am also ill and am sitting at home. Tomorrow I shall be at the Conservatory: I will ask about the rehearsal and reply to you immediately. Thank you for proofreading the concerto <ref name="note2"/>.
{{right|Yours P. Tchaikovsky}}
{{right|Yours P. Tchaikovsky}}
How many bars has your Second Symphony grown by? <ref name="note3"/>
How many bars has your Second Symphony grown by? <ref name="note3"/>
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<ref name="note1">The original letter is undated, but the references to the proofs of Tchaikovsky's [[Piano Concerto No. 1]] and [[Taneyev]]'s work on his Symphony No. 2 indicate that it was probably written in September or October 1875 (see also [[Letter 414]]).</ref>
<ref name="note1">The original letter is undated, but the references to the proofs of Tchaikovsky's [[Piano Concerto No. 1]] and [[Taneyev]]'s work on his Symphony No. 2 indicate that it was probably written in September or October 1875 (see also [[Letter 414]]).</ref>
<ref name="note2">[[Taneyev]] proof-read the orchestral parts of the [[Piano Concerto No. 1]], which [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] would publish in October that year.</ref>
<ref name="note2">[[Taneyev]] proofread the orchestral parts of the [[Piano Concerto No. 1]], which [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] would publish in October that year.</ref>
<ref name="note3">[[Sergey Taneyev]] completed the sketches for his Symphony No. 2 in B-flat minor in 1875, but did not start orchestrating it until early 1877. The symphony was never completed or published. The surviving manuscripts contain various comments by Tchaikovsky.</ref>
<ref name="note3">[[Sergey Taneyev]] completed the sketches for his Symphony No. 2 in B-flat minor in 1875, but did not start orchestrating it until early 1877. The symphony was never completed or published. The surviving manuscripts contain various comments by Tchaikovsky.</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Letter 0415}}

Latest revision as of 09:55, 23 August 2024

Date September or October 1875 [1]
Addressed to Sergey Taneyev
Where written Moscow
Language Russian
Autograph Location Moscow: Russian State Archive of Literature and Art (ф. 880)
Publication П. И. Чайковский. С. И. Танеев. Письма (1951), p. 5 ("March–May 1875")
П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том V (1959), p. 416

Text and Translation

Russian text
(original)
English translation
By Luis Sundkvist
Сергей Иванович!

Я тоже болен и сижу дома. Завтра буду в консерватории, спрошу насчёт репетиции и немедленно Вам отвечу. Благодарю за корректуру концерта.

Ваш П. Чайковский

Сколько прибавилось тактов в Вашей Второй симфонии?

I am also ill and am sitting at home. Tomorrow I shall be at the Conservatory: I will ask about the rehearsal and reply to you immediately. Thank you for proofreading the concerto [2].

Yours P. Tchaikovsky

How many bars has your Second Symphony grown by? [3]

Notes and References

  1. The original letter is undated, but the references to the proofs of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 and Taneyev's work on his Symphony No. 2 indicate that it was probably written in September or October 1875 (see also Letter 414).
  2. Taneyev proofread the orchestral parts of the Piano Concerto No. 1, which Pyotr Jurgenson would publish in October that year.
  3. Sergey Taneyev completed the sketches for his Symphony No. 2 in B-flat minor in 1875, but did not start orchestrating it until early 1877. The symphony was never completed or published. The surviving manuscripts contain various comments by Tchaikovsky.