Letter 2676

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Date 27 March/8 April 1885
Addressed to Karl Albrecht
Where written Moscow
Language Russian
Autograph Location Moscow (Russia): Russian National Museum of Music (ф. 37, No. 52)
Publication П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XIII (1971), p. 53
П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XVII (1981), p. 234 ("29 May 1885") [1]

Text and Translation

Russian text
(original)
English translation
By Brett Langston
Карлуша! Прости, — ей Богу голова так болит, что не могу быть. Если устроится ужин и захотят меня в компанию, — то пусть зайдут за мной ко мне. С 10 часов буду дома в 17-м № Большой Моск[овской] гост[иницы].
П. Чайковский

Karlusha! Forgive me, my God, my head hurts so badly that I can't be with you. If supper is being arranged and I'm wanted in company, then let them come over to me. From 10 o'clock I'll be home at No. 17 in the Grand Moscow Hotel.
P. Tchaikovsky

Notes and References

  1. Accidentally printed twice in the Soviet collected edition of Tchaikovsky's works, with different dates.