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Date | 13/25 November 1888 |
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Addressed to | Anatoly Tchaikovsky |
Where written | Saint Petersburg |
Language | Russian |
Autograph Location | Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 3201) |
Publication | П. И. Чайковский. Письма к близким. Избранное (1955), p. 411 П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XIV (1974), p. 591 Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Letters to his family. An autobiography (1981), p. 411 (English translation) |
Notes | Original incorrectly dated "12 November" [O.S.] |
Text and Translation
Russian text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
12 нояб[ря] Толя!
Прости. Писать решительно невозможно было! Из газет ты знаешь, вероятно, что все здесь было благополучно. Сейчас еду в Прагу. 6-го декабря буду в Москве; напиши мне туда. Если приедешь в январе, то, наверно, увидимся! Чувствую себя очень хорошо. Вчера в Муз[ыкальнам] общ[естве] меня принимали восторженно. Засим сию минуту приходится уезжать. Целую, обнимаю! До свиданья! П. Чайковский |
12 November Forgive me. It's absolutely impossible to write! You probably know from the newspapers that everything here was fine [1]. I'm going straight to Prague. On 6th December I'll be in Moscow; write to me there. If you're coming in January then I'm bound to see you! I'm feeling very well in myself. Yesterday at the Musical Society I had a rapturous reception! We have to leave this very minute. Kisses, hugs! Until we meet! P. Tchaikovsky |
Notes and References
- ↑ Tchaikovsky is referring to his concerts on 5/17 and 12/24 November in Saint Petersburg, which included the premieres of his Symphony No. 5 and the overture-fantasia Hamlet.