Letter 3412

Tchaikovsky Research
Date 19 November/1 December 1887
Addressed to Pelageya Pushechnikova
Where written Maydanovo
Language Russian
Autograph Location Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 3325)
Publication П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XIV (1974), p. 266

Text and Translation

Russian text
(original)
English translation
By Brett Langston
19 ноября
с[ело] Майданово

Милостивая государыня!
Пелагея Софроновна!

Посылаю Вам портрет. Песен для детей младшего возраста у меня нет ни одной.

Искренне преданный,

П. Чайковский

19 November
Village of Maydanovo

Gracious Madam!
Pelageya Sofronovna!

I am sending you a portrait. I have no songs at all for very young children [1].

Sincerely devoted,

P. Tchaikovsky

Notes and References

  1. Tchaikovsky was replying to a letter from Pelageya Pushechnikova dated 12/24 November 1887.