Letter 4375a
Tchaikovsky Research
| Date | 26 April/8 May 1891 |
|---|---|
| Addressed to | [unidentified person] [1] |
| Where written | New York |
| Language | German |
| Autograph Location | New Haven (Connecticut, USA): Yale University, Irving S. Gilmore Music Library (John Carter Glenn collection, MSS 9/1/1) |
| Publication | Tschaikowsky-Gesellschaft Mitteilungen, Heft 7 (2000), p. 42 Чайковский. Новые документы и материалы (2003), p. 86 |
Text and Translation
| German text (original) |
English translation By Luis Sundkvist |
Geehrter Herr!
Leider ist es mir unmöglich Ihnen über Musik etwas zu schreiben, da ich dazu keine Zeit frei habe. Hoffentlich tuhe ich das, wenn ich nach meine liebe Heimat zurückkehre. Ihr ergebenster, P. Tschaïkowsky |
Respected Sir!
Unfortunately, it is impossible for me to write to you anything about music, because I do not have the time for this. I hope to be able to do so when I return to my dear home country. Your most devoted, P. Tchaikovsky |
Notes and References
- ↑ On 26 April/8 May 1891 Tchaikovsky was in New York, in the middle of his North American concert tour. On the day that he wrote this letter, he also noted in his diary: "It is beginning to become difficult to find the time for letters and this journal. I am besieged by visitors: reporters, composers, libretto authors ... but above all there are whole piles of letters from all corners of America with requests for autographs, which I answer very nicely". It is very likely that this letter was Tchaikovsky's reply to one such request — note by Alexander Poznansky in Письма Чайковского в Йельском университете (США) (2003), p. 86.
