Letter 4485
Tchaikovsky Research
Date | 27 September/9 October 1891 [1] |
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Addressed to | Karl Albrecht |
Where written | Maydanovo |
Language | Russian |
Autograph Location | Moscow (Russia): Russian National Museum of Music (Ф. 37, No. 70) |
Publication | Чайковский на Московской сцене (1940), p. 297 П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XVI-А (1976), p. 216 |
Text and Translation
Russian text (original) |
English translation By Luis Sundkvist |
Милый Карлуша!
Я буду послезавтра, в воскресенье, в Москве. Не зайдёшь ли ко мне в 10 час[ов] утра? Тогда о всём переговорим. Обнимаю. П. Чайковский |
Dear Karlusha!
The day after tomorrow, on Sunday, I shall be in Moscow. Could you call on me at 10 o'clock in the morning? We can then talk over everything [2]. I hug you. P. Tchaikovsky |
Notes and References
- ↑ This undated letter was evidently written on Friday 27 September 1891 [O.S.], in a reply to Albrecht's letter to the composer of 25 September/7 October 1891, published in Чайковский на московской сцене (1940), p. 295–296.
- ↑ In his letter to Tchaikovsky of 25 September/7 October 1891, Karl Albrecht had written that a Ukrainian friend of his was planning to stage an operatic version of Nikolay Gogol's fantastic story The Terrible Vengeance and wanted to know whether Tchaikovsky would be willing to write the music for such an opera. Nothing came of this plan.