Letter 187
Tchaikovsky Research
| Date | 1/13 April 1870 |
|---|---|
| Addressed to | Ivan Klimenko |
| Where written | Moscow |
| Language | Russian |
| Autograph Location | unknown |
| Publication | Мои воспоминания о Петре Ильиче Чайковском (1908), p. 52–53 П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том V (1959), p. 21 П. И. Чайковский. Забытое и новое (1995), p. 82 |
| Notes | Telegram Manuscript copy in Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve |
Text and Translation
Based on a handwritten copy in the Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve at Klin, which may contain differences in formatting and content from Tchaikovsky's original telegram.
| Russian text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
| Известие ложное. Рубинштейн здоров, кланяется, благодарит. Я сильно обижен. Всем пишешь, а мне нет. Прерываю навсегда дружеские отношения.
Чайковский |
News is false. Rubinstein is well, bows, thanks [1]. I am very offended. You wrote to everyone but me. I break off our friendship forever [2].
Tchaikovsky |
Notes and References
- ↑ Ivan Klimenko had telegrammed Tchaikovsky to enquire about Nikolay Rubinstein's health after he had read a newspaper report that he was gravely ill.
- ↑ As Klimenko recalled: "Pyotr Ilyich's humorous threat at the end of the above telegram was due to the fact that I only sent the telegram to him after I had already written to N. D. Kashkin and P. I. Jurgenson; I still wrote to him later" — quoted in П. И. Чайковский. Забытое и новое (1995), p. 82.
