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Date | 27 February/11 March 1890 |
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Addressed to | Modest Tchaikovsky |
Where written | Florence |
Language | Russian |
Autograph Location | Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 1929) |
Publication | Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского, том 3 (1902), p. 356–357 (abridged) П. И. Чайковский. Письма к близким. Избранное (1955), p. 445 П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XV-Б (1977), p. 81 Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Letters to his family. An autobiography (1981), p. 445 (English translation) |
Text and Translation
Russian text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
11 м[арта]/27 Ф[евраля] [18]90 Седьмую картину получил. Сделано отлично. В Brindisi необходим ещё куплет. Я попробую сочинить, а ты с своей стороны не придумаешь ли и не пришлёшь ли? Спасибо, Модя! Ты достоин моей величайшей благодарности не только за достоинства либретто, но и за редкую аккуратность. Удивительно, что вчера вечером я окончил 6-ю картину, а сегодня 7-я была уже у меня в руках. Обнимаю! П. Чайковский |
11 March/27 February 1890 I've received the seventh scene [1]. It's splendidly done. Another verse is required in the Brindisi. I'll try to compose, but for your part won't you try to devise and send something? Thank you, Modya! You deserve my outstanding gratitude, not only for the quality of the libretto, but also for its exceptional punctuality. It's astonishing that I finished the 6th scene last night, and yet today the 7th was already in my hands. I hug you! P. Tchaikovsky |
Notes and References
- ↑ Tchaikovsky was referring to Modest's libretto for the opera The Queen of Spades.