Letter 2120
Tchaikovsky Research
Date | 29 September/10 October 1882 |
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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
- ↑ 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.