Letter 333

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Date early/mid-December 1873
Addressed to Pyotr Jurgenson
Where written Moscow
Language Russian
Autograph Location Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 2171)
Publication П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том V (1959), p. 338–339

Text and Translation

Russian text
(original)
English translation
By Brett Langston
Милый Пётр Иван[ович]

Я должен завтра или послезавтра получить 300 р[ублей] из Музык[ального] Общ[ества] за свою фантазию. Но мне необходимо 25 р[ублей] сегодня и сейчас, и потому очень прошу их прислать мне; я отдам тебе (честное слово) сейчас по получении.

Твой П. Чайковский

Tomorrow or the day after I ought to be receiving 300 rubles from the Musical Society for my fantasia [1]. But I need 25 rubles right now today, and therefore I plead with you to send them to me; I'll repay them to you (on my word of honour) immediately upon receipt.

Yours P. Tchaikovsky

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