Letter 3742

Tchaikovsky Research
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Date around 18/30 December 1888
Addressed to Nikolay Abramychev
Where written Saint Petersburg
Language Russian
Autograph Location Saint Petersburg (Russia): National Library of Russia (ф. 230, ед. хр. 21, л. 1)
Publication П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XIV (1974), p. 604 (abridged)

Text and Translation

Russian text
(original)
English translation
By Brett Langston
Многоуважаемый
Николай Иванович!

Для учениц не хватило карточек! До другого разу.

П. Чайковский

Most respected
Nikolay Ivanovich!

There aren't enough cards for the students![1]. Until another time.

P. Tchaikovsky

Notes and References

  1. According to the editors of П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XIV (1974), the "cards" refer to photographic portraits of Tchaikovsky, produced in connection with a performance of his opera The Oprichnik at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory on 18/30 December 1888.