Letter 4681

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Date 5/17 May 1892
Addressed to Aleksandra Hubert
Where written Klin
Language Russian
Autograph Location Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 87)
Publication П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XVI-Б (1979), p. 87

Text and Translation

Russian text
(original)
English translation
By Brett Langston
5 мая

Баташечка!

Потрудитесь, милая моя, показать это письмо Сафонову. Не найдёт ли он возможным пригласить Lamond'а. Пианист он действительно прекрасный. Если нельзя — то не ответят ли ему учтивым отказом?

5 May

Can I trouble you, my dear, to show this letter [1] to Safonov. Would it be possible to invite Lamond? He really is a wonderful pianist. If this can't be done, then shouldn't he be sent a polite refusal?[2]

Notes and References

  1. Tchaikovsky enclosed a letter of 18/30 April 1892 from the Scottish composer and pianist Frederic Lamond, in which he asked Tchaikovsky if he could secure a concert engagement for him in Russia, where he very much wanted to play the Piano Concerto No. 1.
  2. See Letter 4681a to Frederic Lamond, 5/17 May 1892.