Letter 393
Date | 7/19 March 1875 |
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Addressed to | Aleksandr Kuznetsov |
Where written | Moscow |
Language | Russian |
Autograph Location | Moscow: Russian State Archive of Literature and Art (ф. 905) |
Publication | П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том V (1959), p. 396 |
Text and Translation
Russian text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
Москва 7 марта 1875 г[ода] Милый друг!
Я забыл сделать в твоей партии одно маленькое изменение. В andante в A-dur'ном эпизоде, где все четверо так старательно мешают друг другу, я бы желал, чтобы виолончель вместо триолей делал по две восьмые на четверть, таким образом: Попробуй сыграть так! Впрочем, я, кажется, опоздал с своим указанием. Твой П. Чайковский Партии возврати по миновании надобности, — их теперь печатают. |
Moscow 7 March 1875 Dear friend!
I forgot to make one little correction in your part. In the A-flat major episode of the andante [1], where all the crochets so painstakingly play against one another, I should like the cello, instead of having triplets, to play two quavers per crochet, like so: Now try to play that! I realise, however, that I may be too late with this marking. Yours P. Tchaikovsky Please return the parts when they're no longer required — they are now being printed [2]. |
Notes and References
- ↑ Tchaikovsky is referring to the cello part of the third movement of his String Quartet No. 2.
- ↑ This change was taken into account in the full score and parts printed by Jurgenson in March 1876 and October 1875 respectively.