Letter 221

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Date 1870 [1]
Addressed to Karl Albrecht
Where written Moscow
Language Russian
Autograph Location Moscow (Russia): Russian National Museum of Music (ф. 37, No. 5) [view]
Publication П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том V (1959), p. 246

Text and Translation

Russian text
(original)
English translation
By Brett Langston
Карлуша! Хоть ты и свинья (потому что больше любишь Лароша, чем меня), а всё-таки пришли мне 5 р[ублей] с посланным чем очень меня обяжешь.
П. Чайковский

Karlusha! Although you are a swine (because you like Laroche more than me), all the same I should be very much obliged if you would send me 5 rubles.
P. Tchaikovsky

Notes and References

  1. Dated to 1870 by Karl Albrecht.