Letter 4861
Tchaikovsky Research
Date | 8/20 February 1893 |
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Addressed to | Vasily Safonov |
Where written | Klin |
Language | Russian |
Autograph Location | Moscow (Russia): Russian National Museum of Music (Ф. 80, No. 1047) |
Publication | П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XVII (1981), p. 37 |
Notes | Telegram |
Text and Translation
Russian text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
Когда хочешь, жду известия.
Чайковский |
Whenever you wish, awaiting news [1].
Tchaikovsky |
Notes and References
- ↑ Tchaikovsky was replying to a telegram from Safonov asking when he would be able to attend rehearsals in Moscow for the Russian Musical Society concert on 14/26 February, in which Tchaikovsky was due to conduct his overture-fantasia Hamlet, the Concert Fantasia (soloist Sergey Taneyev), and the suite from the ballet The Nutcracker. Safonov replied the following day: "Rehearsals Friday, Saturday, Sunday morning. Come Thursday morning".