Letter 3827a

Date	23 March/4 April 1889
Addressed to	Léonce Détroyat
Where written	Paris
Language	French
Autograph Location	unknown ^[1]
Publication	Tchaikovsky Research Bulletin No. 2 (April 2011), p. 37 (with English translation) Чайковский. Новые материалы к творческой биографии (2013), p. 375 (with Russian translation)

Text and Translation

French text
(original)

English translation
By Luis Sundkvist

4 Avril [18]89 Cher M[onsieu]r Détroyat! Je serai exact au rendez-Vous. A demain! P. Tschaïkovsky		4 April 1889 Dear Monsieur Détroyat! I shall come punctually to our rendezvous. Until tomorrow! P. Tchaikovsky

↑ The autograph was auctioned in 1992 in Paris in 1992 — see Vente à Paris – Drouot-Richelieu. Mercredi 8 avril 1992, salle no. 7 (Paris, 1992), lot no. 132. A photocopy of the original letter was kindly provided to us by Thierry Bodin, the manuscript expert consulted when the letter was auctioned.