Letter 4932

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Date 15/27 May 1893
Addressed to Aleksandr Ziloti
Where written Berlin
Language Russian
Autograph Location Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 3045)
Publication Александр Ильич Зилоти, 1863–1945. Воспоминания и письма (1963), p. 146
П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XVII (1981), p. 94–95

Text and Translation

Russian text
(original)
English translation
By Brett Langston
15/27 мая [18]93 г[ода]
Берлин

Саша, дорогой! Мне необходимо поговорить с тобой о делах. Поэтому я решил из Англии проехать к тебе. Напиши мне обстоятельно, как к тебе нужно ехать? Можно ли у тебя или в отеле около вас проночевать? С каким поездом можно при ехать и уехать так, чтобы несколько часов провести с тобой?

Адресуй письмо Redgent Street, Hôtel Dieudonné, London. Около 4[-го] числа июня по нашему стилю явлюсь к тебе.

С необычайным отвращением еду в Лондон и Кембридж.

Обнимаю тебя, целую руки Веры.

Твой, П. Чайковский

15/27 May 1893
Berlin

Sasha, my dear fellow! There are some matters I need to discuss with you. Therefore I have decided to travel from England to see you [1]. Write and let me know in detail how to get to you. Is it possible to stay with you or at a nearby hotel overnight? Which trains should I take and leave on in order to spend a few hours with you?

Address your letter to Redgent Street, Hôtel Dieudonné, London. I'll make my appearance around the 4th of the month, our style [2].

The food in London and Cambridge is remarkably distasteful.

I hug you, and kiss Vera's hands.

Yours, P. Tchaikovsky

Notes and References

  1. Aleksandr Ziloti and his wife Vera were living in France.
  2. Tchaikovsky left London for Paris on 3/15 June 1893, where he spent three days.