Letter 4637
Tchaikovsky Research
Date | 9/21 March 1892 |
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Addressed to | Aleksandr Glazunov |
Where written | Maydanovo |
Language | Russian |
Autograph Location | unknown |
Publication | Советская музыка. 3-й сборник статей (1945), p. 64 П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XVI-Б (1979), p. 53 |
Notes | Typed copy in Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve |
Text and Translation
Based on a typed copy in the Klin House-Museum Archive, which may contain differences in formatting and content from Tchaikovsky's original letter.
Russian text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
9 марта 1892 г[ода] Обнимаю тебя, Саша. Твой П. Чайковский Поклон Елене Павловне и Константину Ильичу. Твой портрет с Ларошем—chef-d'oeuvre!!! |
9 March 1892 Yours, P. Tchaikovsky A present for Yelena Pavlovna and Konstantin Ilyich [2]. |
Notes and References
- ↑ The editors of П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XVI-Б (1979) suggest that this letter enclosed a photograph of Tchaikovsky (now in the Klin House-Museum), bearing the following inscription: "To my dear friend Sasha, 9 March [18]92".
- ↑ The parents of Aleksandr Glazunov.
- ↑ Tchaikovsky is probably referring to a photograph of Aleksandr Glazunov and Herman Laroche, taken by Denier in Saint Petersburg, now preserved in the Klin House-Museum, with the inscription: "To dear Pyotr Ilyich, a memento from a fervent admirer who sincerely loves him. A. Glazunov, 8 March 1892".