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Date | 5/17 September 1888 |
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Addressed to | Yuliya Shpazhinskaya |
Where written | Frolovskoye |
Language | Russian |
Autograph Location | Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 2109) |
Publication | П. И. Чайковский. С. И. Танеев. Письма (1951), p. 341 П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XIV (1974), p. 522 |
Text and Translation
Russian text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
5-го сент[ября] [18]88 с[ело] Фроловское Дорогая Юлия Петровна! Только что вернулся из поездки в Киевскую губ[ернию] к сестре, откуда вывез очень тяжёлое впечатление. Там теперь огромное семейное несчастие, заставляющее меня много слез проливать. Думал найти здесь от Вас письмо и рукопись пиэсы, но ни того, ни другого нет. Как Ваше здоровье? Отчего так давно не пишете? Неужели Вы все ещё больны? Надеюсь, что вскоре Вы меня утешите хорошими о себе известиями. С завтрашнего дня принимаюсь снова за работу. Поклон матушке и детям. Искренно преданный, П. Чайковский |
5th September 1888 Frolovskoye village Dear Yuliya Petrovna. I've only just returned from a visit to my sister in Kiev province, which has left me very downcast. Our family is enduring enormous misfortune, which has caused me to shed many tears [1]. I thought I would find a letter from you and the manuscript of the play, but there is neither one nor the other [2]. How is your health? Why have no not written for so long? Could it be because you are still unwell? I hope that you will soon console me with good news about yourself. I am resuming work tomorrow. Regards to your mother and children. Sincerely devoted, P. Tchaikovsky |
Notes and References
- ↑ The composer's niece Vera Rimskaya-Korsakova was gravely ill with tuberculosis in Paris.
- ↑ Yuliya Shpazhinskaya had been working on her first stage play, The Serpent (Змеёныш), which she had promised to send to Tchaikovsky for him to review.