Letter 2455a

Tchaikovsky Research
Date late March/early April 1884 (?)
Addressed to Anton Arensky
Where written Moscow
Language Russian
Autograph Location Saint Petersburg (Russia): Institute of Russian Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Pushkin House), Manuscript Department (ф. 504, № 69, л. 1)
Publication П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XVII (1981), p. 232

Text and Translation

Russian text
(original)
English translation
By Brett Langston
Весьма приглашаю Вас сойти с высоты кокоревского и аренского величия в нижний (бель) этаж обитаемого Вами дома в субботу, послезавтра, в № 14, к нижеподписавшемуся в 8 час[ов] вечера.

Будут исполнены 3 квартета Моцарта. Слушатели будут Танеев, Ларош, Губерты, Вы и

П. Чайковский

I summon you to descend from the majestic Kokorevskian and Arenskian heights to No. 14 on the lower (ground) floor of your dwelling [1] on Saturday, the day after tomorrow, to the undersigned at 8 o'clock in the evening.

3 quartets by Mozart will be performed. The audience shall be Taneyev, Laroche, Hubert, you, and

P. Tchaikovsky

Notes and References

  1. ↑ At this time, Tchaikovsky was staying in room No. 14 on the ground floor of the Kokorevsky Courtyard Hotel in Moscow, several floors below Arensky.