Letter 4269

Tchaikovsky Research
Date 9/21 December 1890
Addressed to Mikhail Petukhov
Where written Saint Petersburg
Language Russian
Autograph Location Moscow (Russia): Russian State Archive of Literature and Art (ф. 905)
Publication П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XV-Б (1977), p. 301

Text and Translation

Russian text
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English translation
By Brett Langston
9 дек[абря] 1890

Многоуважаемый Михаил Онисифорович!

Простите, что поздно отвечаю на письмо Ваше. Душевно благодарю за приветствие. Адреса Э. К. Павловской не знаю, но мужу её можно адресовать в Большой театр.

С истинным уважением имею честь быть,

П. Чайковский

9 December 1890

Most respected Mikhail Onisiforovich!

Forgive me for the late reply to your letter [1]. I thank you wholeheartedly for the greeting. I do not know E. K. Pavlovskaya's address, but her husband can be addressed at the Bolshoi Theatre.

With sincere respect I have the honour to be,

P. Tchaikovsky

Notes and References

  1. Mikhail Petukhov had written to Tchaikovsky on 5/17 December 1890, congratulating the composer on his 25th anniversary as a composer.