Letter 4946a
Tchaikovsky Research
| Date | late May/early June 1893 |
|---|---|
| Addressed to | [unidentifed person] [1] |
| Where written | London |
| Language | French |
| Autograph Location | unknown [2] |
| Publication | Tschaikowsky-Gesellschaft Mitteilungen, Heft 22 (2015), p. 125 (extract only) |
Text and Translation
This incomplete text is based on the extract published in Sotheby's 1990 auction catalogue [3], which may contain differences in formatting and content from Tchaikovsky's original letter.
| French text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
7 heures soir [...] Vendredi et samedi, je suis à votre disposition, mais pas avant 5 heures, car j'ai mes répetitions au Royal College [...] |
7 p.m. [...] Friday and Saturday, I am at your disposal, but not not before 5 o'clock, because I have my rehearsals at the Royal College [...] |
Notes and References
- ↑ In Čajkovskijana aus alten Auktionskatalogen (2015), p. 126, Luis Sundvkist suggests that the addressee could have been the Scottish composer and conductor Alexander Mackenzie (1847–1935).
- ↑ The autograph was auctioned on 21 November 1990 by Sotheby's, London.
- ↑ Sotheby’s, London, Fine Printed and Manuscript Music. Wednesday 21st November 1990, p. 181 (lot 299).
