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Date | 9/21 May 1889 |
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Addressed to | Aleksandra Hubert |
Where written | Moscow |
Language | Russian |
Autograph Location | Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 64) |
Publication | Прошлое русской музыки. Материалы и исследования ; том 1 (1920), p. 50 П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XV-А (1976), p. 107 |
Text and Translation
Russian text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
Голубушка Баташа! Вы, вероятно, удивитесь, что не увидите меня сегодня в Данил[овском] монастыре. Не подумайте, что я забыл, — а мне решительно нельзя было. Объясню устно, почему. До свиданья, целую ручки.
Ваш, П. Чайковский |
Golubushka Batasha! You will probably be surprised not to have seen me at the Danilovsky Monastery today. Do not imagine I had forgotten — it's that I absolutely couldn't go. I'll explain why in person. Until we meet, I kiss your hands.
Yours, P. Tchaikovsky |