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Date | 19 November/1 December 1891 |
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Addressed to | Mariya Klimentova-Muromtseva |
Where written | Maydanovo |
Language | Russian |
Autograph Location | Moscow (Russia): Russian State Archive of Literature and Art (ф. 774) |
Publication | П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XVI-А (1976), p. 279–280 |
Text and Translation
Russian text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
19 ноября Дорогая Марья Николаевна!
Я имею основание думать, что Алексеев не особенно меня любит и потому едва ли моё ходатайство имеет значение. Впрочем, на всякий случай прилагаю письмецо к нему. Дай Бог, чтобы дочка Ваша поскорее поправилась; принимаю живейшее участие в Вашем материнском беспокойстве! Поклон соучредительнице Ваших курсов. Искренно преданный, П. Чайковскии Я еду в Петербург и Ревель и 25-го числа, к сожалению, быть в Москве не могу. Косте поклонитесь от меня; желаю ему всяческого успеха. |
19 November Dear Marya Nikolayevna!
I have reason to believe that Alekseyev [1] does not especially like me, and therefore it is hardly likely that my pleading will have any effect. However, I am enclosing a note to him just in case [2]. May God grant your daughter a speedy recovery; I am sharing most vividly in your maternal anxieties! Regards to the co-founder of your courses [3]. Sincerely devoted, P. Tchaikovsky I am going to Petersburg and Reval on the 25th, and unfortunately will not be in Moscow. Give Kostya my regards; I wish him every success. |
Notes and References
- ↑ Nikolay Aleksandrovich Alekseyev (1852-1893), one of the directors of the Moscow section of the Russian Musical Society, and mayor of the city of Moscow from 1885 to 1893.
- ↑ This letter has not survived.
- ↑ Nina Osipovna Korganova, who founded the singing school in Moscow jointly with Mariya Klimentova-Muromtseva.