Letter 34
Tchaikovsky Research
| Date | 13/25 September 1851 |
|---|---|
| Addressed to | Aleksandra Tchaikovskaya |
| Where written | Saint Petersburg |
| Language | Russian |
| Autograph Location | Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a17, No. 16) |
| Publication | П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том V (1959), p. 37 |
| Notes | Postscript to a letter from Ilya Tchaikovsky |
Text and Translation
| Russian text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
| Целую ваши ручки моя прекрасная Мамашинка. Я с Папашичкой веселюсь. Прошу вашего благословления.
Пётр Чайковский |
I kiss your little hands my beautiful Mamashinka. I'm having fun with Papashichka [1]. I ask for your blessing.
Pyotr Tchaikovsky |
Notes and References
- ↑ In September, Ilya Tchaikovsky had come to Saint Petersburg from Alapayevsk in order to visit his sons Pyotr and Nikolay, who were attending boarding-schools in the Imperial capital. Ilya spent about three weeks with his sons before returning to the Urals.
