Letter 2120

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Date 29 September/10 October 1882
Addressed to Iosif Kotek
Where written Kamenka
Language Russian
Autograph Location Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 261)
Publication П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XI (1966), p. 232
Notes Telegram

Text and Translation

Russian text
(original)
English translation
By Brett Langston
Играй анданте концерта без сурдины, но в оркестре сурдины должны остаться. Play Andante of concerto without mute, but in orchestra mute must remain [1].

Notes and References

  1. Tchaikovsky was referring to the second movement of his Violin Concerto, which Kotek was preparing to perform on 30 October/11 November 1882 at the 1st Russian Musical Society symphony concert in Moscow.