Letter 3967
Tchaikovsky Research
Date | 2/14 November 1889 |
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Addressed to | Aleksandr Glazunov |
Where written | Saint Petersburg |
Language | Russian |
Autograph Location | Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 38) |
Publication | П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XV-А (1976), p. 206 |
Text and Translation
Russian text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
2 ноября [18]89 г[ода] Дорогой Александр Константинович!
Ранее воскресенья мне нельзя будет принять Ваше милейшее приглашение. Итак, в воскресенье я буду иметь удовольствие у Вас обедать (в 6 часов, неправда ли?). Впрочем, завтра вечером увижу Вас у Беляева. Обнимаю Вас, милый друг! П. Чайковский Мамаше и папаше усердный поклон. (Забыл поблагодарить в письме за партитуру. Спасибо!!!). |
2 November 1889 I will be unable to accept your most kind invitation until Sunday [1]. And so, on Sunday I will have the pleasure of dining with you (at 6 o'clock isn't?). I will see you at Belyayev's tomorrow anyway. I embrace you, dear friend! P. Tchaikovsky Warmest regards to your mother and father. (I forgot to thank you for the score with your letter [2]. Thank you!!!) |
Notes and References
- ↑ Tchaikovsky was replying to a letter from Glazunov dated 2/14 November 1889, inviting him for dinner on Friday, Saturday or Sunday.
- ↑ Glazunov had enclosed the score of either his Mazurka' for orchestra, Op. 18, or the Nouvellettes for string quartet, Op. 15, both of which survive in Tchaikovsky's personal library with inscriptions from their author dated November 1889.