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Date | 6/18 April 1890 |
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Addressed to | Giovanni Sgambati |
Where written | Rome |
Language | French |
Autograph Location | Rome (Italy): Private collection |
Publication | П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XV-Б (1977), p. 127 |
Text and Translation
French text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
18 avril Rome Cher maître!
Malgré la ferme résolution de rester à Rome dans l'isolement le plus complet (motivé par des raisons que j'espère Vous expliquer de vives voix) je profiterai aujourd'hui de Votre trop aimable invitation. Je viendrai donc au concert. Je voudrais certainement, que personne excepté Vous ne sache que j'y serai, Tout à Vous de tout cœur, P. Tschaïkovsky |
18 April Rome Dear Maestro!
Despite having firmly resolved to stay in Rome in the most complete isolation (motivated by reasons that I hope to explain to you verbally), I shall take advantage of your most kind invitation today [1]. I shall be coming to the concert. I certainly would not want anybody besides you to know that I will be there. Yours with all my heart, P. Tchaikovsky |
Notes and References
- ↑ Tchaikovsky was replying to a letter from Giovanni Sgambati dated 5/17 April 1890, inviting him to a concert in Rome at which his String Quartet No. 1 was to be performed.