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Date | 6/18 March 1888 [1] |
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Addressed to | Jules Massenet |
Where written | Paris |
Language | French |
Autograph Location | unknown [2] |
Publication | Not previously published |
Notes | Note on visiting card |
Text and Translation
Reproduced from the facsimile in Sotheby's 2017 auction catalogue [3]. The composer's name and Parisian address were pre-printed on the visiting card.
French text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
Pierre Tschaïkovsky
avec l'expression de sa grande admiration pour le maitre. 14, rue Richepanse |
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
expresses his great admiration for the maestro. 14, Rue Richepanse |
Notes and References
- ↑ Dated on the basis of Tchaikovsky's diary entry for 12/24 March 1889 "At Massenet's" (see Дневники П. И. Чайковского (1873-1891) (1993), p. 230), and Massenet's letter of 11 March 1888 [N.S.] to his friend Quinzard (quoted in D. Irvine, Massenet: A Chronicle of His Life and Times (Portland, 1994), p. 157).
- ↑ Auctioned on 26 October 2017 by Sotheby's, London.
- ↑ See https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2017/music-manuscripts-private-collection-l17413/lot.136.html