Letter 4444
Tchaikovsky Research
Date | 22 July/3 August 1891 |
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Addressed to | Aleksandr Litke |
Where written | Maydanovo |
Language | Russian |
Autograph Location | Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 267) |
Publication | П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XVI-А (1976), p. 182 |
Notes | Includes the musical joke I Don't Know! (TH 199) |
Text and Translation
Russian text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
22 июля 1891 Не знаю! Позвольте и нам получать письма от Бобика! Да! Мы получили их целых три, да ещё каких милых! Не знаю! Прежде вы находили удовольствие в посещённых Зоологического Сада! Вы тогда не называли себя идиотом! Обнимаю Вас! П. Чайковский |
22 July 1891 I don't know! Let us receive letters from Bobik too! Yes, we've received a total of three, and such lovely ones too! I don't know! You didn't call yourself an idiot before. Then you had the pleasure of visiting the zoo! I hug you! P. Tchaikovsky |