Letter 5052
Tchaikovsky Research
| Date | 30 September/12 October 1893 |
|---|---|
| Addressed to | Pyotr Jurgenson |
| Where written | Klin |
| Language | Russian |
| Autograph Location | Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 2850) |
| Publication | П. И. Чайковский. Переписка с П. И. Юргенсоном, том 2 (1952), p. 273 П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XVII (1981), p. 198 |
Text and Translation
| Russian text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
30 сент[ября] 1893 г[ода] Милый друг!
Гурке сейчас написал. Пришла депеша о смерти Николая Сергеевича. Дай, пожалуйста, знать, когда похороны, — я приеду. Обнимаю. П. Чайковский |
30 September 1893 Dear friend!
I've just written to Gurko [1]. A dispatch came about the death of Nikolay Sergeyevich [2]. Please let me know when the funeral is. I shall come. I embrace you. P. Tchaikovsky |
Notes and References
- ↑ General Iosif Vladimirovich Gurko (1828-1901), Russian Governor-General in Warsaw. Tchaikovsky's letter has not survived.
- ↑ Professor Nikolay Zverev (1833-1893), a pianist, and friend and former colleague of Tchaikovsky on the staff of the Moscow Conservatory. Just a few months earlier the composer had dedicated his piano piece Passé lointain (No. 17 of the Eighteen Pieces, Op. 72) to Zverev.
