Letter 3237
| Date | 23 April/5 May 1887 |
|---|---|
| Addressed to | Pyotr Jurgenson |
| Where written | Maydanovo |
| Language | Russian |
| Autograph Location | Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 2565) |
| Publication | П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XIV (1974), p. 97 |
Text and Translation
| Russian text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
23 апр[еля] Я дирижировал ариозо по театральному клавираусцугу, и никакой партитуры не было. Это могут засвидетельствовать Вурм, Христофорова, Панаева и множество лиц. Оркестровые голоса я дал певице Сионицкой. Необходимо переписать ещё, ибо на меня надеяться нельзя—у меня положительно нет партитуры. П. Чайковский Панаева в Петербурге. Адресовать ей можно в Мар[иинский] театр. |
23 April I conducted the arioso from the theatre's piano reduction, and there was no full score[1]. Wurm [2], Khristoforov [3], Panayeva and any number of people can attest to this. I gave the orchestral parts to the singer Sionyskaya [4]. If it's necessary to copy out another, then I couldn't be expected to do that—I certainly don't have the full score. P. Tchaikovsky Panayeva is in Petersburg. She can be addressed via the Mariinsky Theatre. |
Notes and References
- ↑ On 5/17 March 1887 Tchaikovsky himself conducted Kuma's Arioso (Act I, No. 4) and the Tumblers' Dance (Act I, No. 7) at a Philharmonic Society concert in Saint Petersburg, with Aleksandra Panayeva-Kartsova as Kuma.
- ↑ Vasily Vasilyevich Vurm (1826-1914), a director of the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Society.
- ↑ Nikolay Osipovich Khristoforov (1836-1892), director of the central music library of the Imperial Theatres.
- ↑ Mariya Adrianovna Deysha-Sinoitskaya (1859-1932), soprano with the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg.
