Letter 516

Tchaikovsky Research
Date 2/14 December 1876
Addressed to Lidiya Genke
Where written Moscow
Language Russian
Autograph Location Moscow: Russian State Archive of Literature and Art (ф. 905)
Publication П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том VI (1961), p. 87–88

Text and Translation

Russian text
(original)
English translation
By Brett Langston
2 дек[абря] 1876 г[ода]

Милая Лида!

Я вчера только вернулся из Петербурга совсем больной. Поэтому не могу сам исполнить поручение, данное мне Аней. Все просили тебе очень, очень кланяться. Петя здоров и весел: он два раза слышал мою оперу. До свиданья, голубушка.

Твой, П. Чайковский

2 December 1876

Dear Lida

I returned from Petersburg just yesterday feeling very ill. Because of this, I cannot accomplish the task given to me by Anya. I ask you to bow very, very low to everyone. Petya [1] is healthy and cheerful: he has twice heard my opera [2]. Until we meet, golobushka.

Yours, P. Tchaikovsky

Notes and References

  1. Lidiya Genke's eldest son, Pyotr Emilyevich Genke (1862-1908).
  2. Tchaikovsky's young cousin had accompanied him to rehearsals for Vakula the Smith at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, on 24 November/6 December and 29 November/10 December 1876.