Letter 3097

Tchaikovsky Research
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Date 14/26 November 1886
Addressed to Aleksandra Aleksandrova-Kochetova
Where written Maydanovo
Language Russian
Autograph Location Moscow (Russia): Russian National Museum of Music (Ф. 88, No. 8)
Publication П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XIII (1971), p. 501

Text and Translation

Russian text
(original)
English translation
By Brett Langston
14-го ноября 1886
г[ород] Клин, с[ело] Майданово

Многоуважаемая Александра Доримедонтовна!

Посылаю Вам наконец свою карточку и буду с нетерпением ожидать Вашу.

Искренно Вам преданный,

П. Чайковский

14th November 1886
Town of Klin, Maydanovo village

Most respected Aleksandra Dormidontovna!

I am finally sending you my picture [1] and shall be eagerly awaiting yours.

Your sincerely devoted,

P. Tchaikovsky

Notes and References

  1. A photograph of Tchaikovsky, with the inscription "To most respected Aleksandra Dormidontovna Kochetova. P. Tchaikovsky. 14 November 1886", is now preserved in the Russian National Museum of Music in Moscow.