Letter 234
Tchaikovsky Research
| Date | 17/29 May 1871 |
|---|---|
| Addressed to | Anatoly Tchaikovsky |
| Where written | Moscow |
| Language | Russian |
| Autograph Location | unknown |
| Publication | П. И. Чайковский. Письма к родным (1940), p. 173 П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том V (1959), p. 255–256 |
| Notes | 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 letter.
| Russian text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
17 мая 1871 г[ода] Сладчайший леденец моего сердца!
Выезжаю отсюда около 30-го; сутки или двое провожу Конотопе, оттуда в Киев, забираю дурака и с ним вместе пру в Каменку. Твой брат и повелитель. Адамову напишу. |
17 May 1871 Sweetest lollipop, my heart!
I leave here around the 30th; will spend a day or two at Konotop, thence to Kiev, taking the idiot with me to Kamenka [1]. Your brother and master. I'm writing to Adamov [2]. |
Notes and References
- ↑ Tchaikovsky met his brother Modest in Kiev, before accompanying him to their sister Aleksandra's home at Kamenka.
- ↑ Vladimir Stepanovich Adamov (1838-1877), departmental director at the Ministry of Justice, and the composer's old schoolfriend from the Imperial School of Jurisprudence. No letters from Tchaikovsky to Adamov have survived.
