Letter 132
| Date | between 16/28 February and 22 February/6 March 1869 [1] |
|---|---|
| Addressed to | Mily Balakirev |
| Where written | Moscow |
| Language | Russian |
| Autograph Location | Saint Petersburg (Russia): National Library of Russia (ф. 834, ед. хр. 11, л. 11–12) |
| Publication | Переписка М. А. Балакирева и П. И. Чайковского (1868-1891) [1912], p. 23 П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том V (1959), p. 157 Милий Алексеевич Балакирев. Воспоминания и письма (1962), p. 125 ("between 15 and 22 February 1869") |
Text and Translation
| Russian text (original) |
English translation By Luis Sundkvist |
Добрейший Милий Алексеевич!
Посылаю Вам мою Фантазию. Если Вы найдёте возможным сыграть её в каком-нибудь концерте (разумеется, не иначе, как под Вашим управлением), то доставите мне большое удовольствие. Эту вещь я хотел бы посвятить Вам, но для того мне нужно сначала знать, что она Вам не безусловно не нравится. Тороплюсь ужасно; виноват, что пишу мало. Кланяйтесь крепко Н. А. Корс[акову]. П. Чайковский |
Most kind Mily Alekseyevich!
I am sending you my Fantasia [2]. If you think it is possible to have it performed at a concert (it goes without saying that the concert must be one conducted by you), then you would give me great pleasure. I would like to dedicate this piece to you, but for that I first need to be sure that you do not dislike it altogether. I am in an awful hurry. I apologize for writing so little. Give N. A. Korsakov my warm regards. P. Tchaikovsky |
Notes and References
- ↑ This letter is dated between 16/28 February and 22 February/6 March on the following basis: the score of the symphonic fantasia Fatum was sent to Saint Petersburg after its first performance in Moscow on 15/27 February 1869. In a letter to Nikolay Rubinstein on 23 February/7 March 1869, Mily Balakirev confirmed that he had received the score (see: М. А. Балакирев. Переписка с Н. Г. Рубинштейном и М. П. Беляевым (Moscow, 1956), p. 26).
- ↑ The symphonic fantasia Fatum (published posthumously as Op. 77).
