Letter 4533a

Tchaikovsky Research
Date 2/14 November or 3/15 November 1891 (?)[1]
Addressed to Sergey Taneyev
Where written Moscow
Language Russian
Autograph Location Moscow (Russia): Russian State Archive of Literature and Art (ф. 880)
Publication П. И. Чайковский. С. И. Танеев. Письма (1951), p. 191 ("1889–1893")
П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XVII (1981), p. 258

Text and Translation

Russian text
(original)
English translation
By Brett Langston
С[ергей] И[ванович]! Посылаю тебе обещанные билеты. Если два окажутся лишними, — предложи Масловым, — а то-так пришли мне, — я их помещу.
П. Чаиковский

Sergey Ivanovich! I'm sending you the promised tickets. If two proves to be too many, suggest it to the Maslovs — if they come I'll find spaces for them.
P. Tchaikovsky

Notes and References

  1. Dated by the editors of П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XVII (1981), on the basis that the tickets mentioned in the letter probably related to the Moscow premiere of The Queen of Spades on 4/16 November 1891.