Letter 4739a
Tchaikovsky Research
| Date | 23 July/4 August 1892 |
|---|---|
| Addressed to | Louis Gallet |
| Where written | Klin |
| Language | French |
| Autograph Location | unknown [1] |
| Publication | Tschaikowsky-Gesellschaft Mitteilungen (2010), p. 14 (incomplete; English translation only) Tchaikovsky Research Bulletin No. 1 (February 2011), p. 36 (with English translation) Чайковский. Новые материалы к творческой биографии (2013), p. 335 (with Russian translation) |
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Reproduced by kind permission of R.R. Auction, Amherst, New Hampshire
Reproduced by kind permission of R.R. Auction, Amherst, New Hampshire
Text and Translation
| French text (original) |
English translation By Luis Sundkvist |
23 Juillet/4 Août 1892 Cher et tres respecté Monsieur!
Voulez Vous avoir l'extrème obligeance de Vous remettre à la versification de La Courtisane) dont j'attendrai avec impatience les actes 2me et 3me! Je Vous adresse d'avance mes remerciments les plus chaleureux. Votre bien dévoué, P. Tchaikovsky |
23 July/4 August 1892 Dear and most respected Sir!
Would you be so extremely obliging as to resume the versification of La Courtisane, of which I shall be impatiently awaiting the 2nd and 3rd acts! I send you in advance my most fervent thanks. Your most devoted, P. Tchaikovsky |
Notes and References
- ↑ The autograph was advertised in June 2006 by R.R. Auction, Amherst (New Hampshire).
