Letter 3532
Tchaikovsky Research
| Date | 15/27 March 1888 |
|---|---|
| Addressed to | Pyotr Jurgenson |
| Where written | Vienna |
| Language | Russian |
| Autograph Location | Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 2599) |
| Publication | П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XIV (1974), p. 394 |
Text and Translation
| Russian text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
27/15 марта Милый друг! Пошли Марии Марковне Логиновой в г[ород] Уржум, Вятской губернии, на Пустоваловской улице, в д[оме] Копцова, 60 р[ублей] сер[ебром]. Я здесь проездом; пробираюсь через Вену, Волочиск, Елизаветград, Харьков (!!!! иначе нельзя), Таганрог, Владикавказ в Тифлис. Обнимаю, в конце апреля увидимся! Твой, П. Чайковский |
2/15 March Dear friend! Send 60 silver rubles to Mariya Markovna Loginova in the town of Urzhum, Vyatka province, at Pustovalovskaya Street, Koptsov House [1] . I'm passing through here, making my way via Vienna, Volochisk, Yelizavetgrad, Kharkov (unavoidably!!!!), Taganrog and Vladikavkaz to Tiflis. I embrace you, and will be seeing you at the end of April! Yours, P. Tchaikovsky |
Notes and References
- ↑ Mariya Markovna Loginova (née Palchikova; 1823-1888), daughter of the composer Mark Palchikov, who was engaged as a piano teacher for young Pyotr in Votkinsk by his parents around 1845. By 1848, as Modest informs us in his biography of the composer, the eight-year-old Pyotr could already play the piano as well as she could. In 1883, Tchaikovsky unexpectedly received a letter from her asking for financial assistance. He granted her a pension and also corresponded regularly with her during the last three years of her life (none of these letters, however, has come to light) — see Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского, том 1 (1997), p. 41. Modest's assertion that Mariya was a former serf has recently been disproven — see http://expositions.nlr.ru/eng/ex_manus/Chaikovsky/teacher_music.php .
