Letter 253

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Date early/mid-February 1872
Addressed to Pyotr Jurgenson
Where written Moscow
Language Russian
Autograph Location Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 2169)
Publication П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том V (1959), p. 275

Text and Translation

Russian text
(original)
English translation
By Brett Langston
Милый Пётр!

Посылаю тебе моего Мишу с пиэсами; пиэсы возьми, а Мишу возврати мне, вручив ему в запечатанном письме следуемый мне гонорарий (40 р[ублей] сер[ебром]).

Твой неизменный друг.

П. Чайковский

Dear Pyotr!

I'm sending you my Misha with the pieces [1]; take them, and hand him a sealed envelope containing my fee (40 silver rubles), which Misha will bring back to me.

Your abiding friend.

P. Tchaikovsky

Notes and References

  1. Two Pieces, Op. 10, for piano.