Letter 4482

Tchaikovsky Research
Date 23 September/5 October 1891
Addressed to Pyotr Jurgenson
Where written Maydanovo
Language Russian
Autograph Location Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 2784)
Publication П. И. Чайковский. Переписка с П. И. Юргенсоном, том 2 (1952), p. 217
П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XVI-А (1976), p. 215

Text and Translation

Russian text
(original)
English translation
By Brett Langston
Посылаю тебе завещанье. Пожалуйста, засвидетельствуй и попроси Павла Ивановича засвидетельствовать. Если можно, устрой, чтобы Павел Иванович не читал. За сим положи на хранение в свой несгораемый шкап.

Обнимаю.

П. Чайковский

I'm sending you my will. Please, witness it, and ask Pavel Ivanovich [1] to witness it. If possible, ensure that Pavel Ivanovich doesn't read it. Put this for safekeeping in your fireproof cabinet [2].

I embrace you.

P. Tchaikovsky

Notes and References

  1. Pavel Ivanovich Yurasov, the accountant with Jurgenson's publishing firm.
  2. Tchaikovsky's will was published Неизвестный Чайковский (2009), p. 329-331, and in an English translation in The Tchaikovsky papers. Unlocking the family archive (2018), p. 216-219.