Letter 2309a

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Date 10/22 July 1883 (?)
Addressed to Pyotr Richter
Where written Podushkino
Language Russian
Autograph Location unknown [1]
Publication Not published [2]

Notes and References

  1. The autograph was auctioned in November 1977 by Sotheby's, London. See: Sotheby's, Catalogue of Important Musical Manuscripts, Autograph Letters of Composers and Musicians, Printed Music and Books on Music and Musical Instruments. Comprising the Property of Mrs. A. J. Groossen and Other Properties. Wednesday, 23rd November 1977 (London, 1977), Lot 288.
  2. Described in the auctioneers' catalogue as follows: "A[utograph] L[etter] S[igned], in Russian, 1 page, 4to, Podushkino 10 June {?} 1883, to Peter Alexandrovich, saying that Prince Drutzkoy Lubedkoy [sic] had informed him that his Majesty [Alexander III] had granted him a sum of money for his composition the Coronation cantata "Moscow" and thanking him for this..." — see Čajkovskijana aus alten Auktionskatalogen (2015), p. 105-106.