Letter 1999
| Date | 1/13 April 1882 |
|---|---|
| Addressed to | Mikhail Lentovsky |
| Where written | Moscow |
| Language | Russian |
| Autograph Location | Moscow: Bakhrushin State Central Theatre Museum |
| Publication | Чайковский на Московской сцене (1940), p. 468 П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XI (1966), p. 97 |
| Russian text (original) |
English translation By Luis Sundkvist |
Многоуважаемый
Михаил Валентинович! Мне чрезвычайно досадно, что всё не приходится быть дома, когда Вы меня посещаете. Я ждал Вас сегодня до 12 часов и не мог долее оставаться, так как необходимо согласно обещанию к этому часу быть в одном доме. Не заедете ли сегодня ко мне между 4 и 5½? Буду ждать Вас. Если же Вам почему-либо нельзя, то не назначите ли мне час на завтрашний день. Только должен предупредить Вас, что завтра буду свободен лишь после полудня часов от 3 до 6. С нетерпением ожидаю свидания с Вами. Пожалуйста, простите, что поневоле причиняю Вам столько беспокойств. Искренно преданн[ый], П. Чайковский 1 апр[еля] |
Most respected
Mikhail Valentinovich! I am extremely vexed that I never happen to be at home when you come to see me [1]. This morning I waited for you until 12 o'clock, but could not stay any longer because, in keeping with a promise I had given, it was essential for me to be at a certain house at that time. Could you not drop in on me this afternoon between 4 and 5:30? I shall be expecting you. If for some reason you are unable to make this, would you appoint a time for tomorrow? I must, though, warn you that tomorrow I shall be free only in the afternoon, from 3 to 6. I am impatiently looking forward to meeting you. Please forgive me for causing you, against my will, so much trouble. Sincerely devoted, P. Tchaikovsky 1 April |
Notes and References
- ↑ As Tchaikovsky informed his brother Modest in a letter that same day (see Letter 2000), the entrepreneur Mikhail Lentovsky wanted to see him to discuss the opera which he wanted to commission from him for the new Hermitage Theatre he was building in Moscow. Tchaikovsky explained in this letter to Modest that nothing had been decided yet, but of the three opera subjects apparently proposed by Lentovsky, he would probably choose that of the folk tale Sadko. It is not clear why nothing ultimately came of this project, since Tchaikovsky does not mention his negotiations with Lentovsky in any of his later correspondence — note based on information provided by Vasily Kiselev in Чайковский на московской сцене (1940), p. 468–469.
