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{{centre|Most kind [[Andronik Klimchenko|Andronik Mikhaylovich]]!}}
{{centre|Most kind [[Andronik Klimchenko|Andronik Mikhaylovich]]!}}
I have just learned that my [[String Quartet No. 3|3rd quartet]] is scheduled for the 19th inst; accordingly, the parts must be available to Messrs [[Auer]], [[Karl Davydov|Davydov]] and others, by Wednesday 13th at the latest. Meanwhile, I am presently occupied with proof-reading and the voices will only be entirely ready by the end of next week. Therefore, I ask you to please schedule my quartet for the 26th instead of the 19th! The copied-out parts are so worn that it's impossible to send them. Please, reply to me in a couple of words right away.
I have just learned that my [[String Quartet No. 3|3rd quartet]] is scheduled for the 19th inst; accordingly, the parts must be available to Messrs [[Auer]], [[Karl Davydov|Davydov]] and others, by Wednesday 13th at the latest. Meanwhile, I am presently occupied with proofreading and the voices will only be entirely ready by the end of next week. Therefore, I ask you to please schedule my quartet for the 26th instead of the 19th! The copied-out parts are so worn that it's impossible to send them. Please, reply to me in a couple of words right away.


Your sincerely respectful,
Your sincerely respectful,

Latest revision as of 09:57, 23 August 2024

Date 8/20 October 1876
Addressed to Andronik Klimchenko
Where written Moscow
Language Russian
Autograph Location Saint Petersburg (Russia): Central State Historical Archive of Saint Petersburg (ф. 408, оп. 1, No. 206, л. 31)
Publication Чайковский. Новые документы и материалы. Сборник статей (2003), p. 114

Text and Translation

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By Brett Langston
Пятница 8 окт[ября] [1876]

Добрейший Андроник Михайлович

Сейчас я узнал, что мой 3-й квартет назначен на 19-е число; следовательно, голоса д[олжны] б[ыть] в распоряжении гг. Ауэра, Давыдова и пр[очих], по крайней мере, в среду 13-го. Между тем я делаю в настоящее время корректуру и вполне готовы голоса будут только к концу будущей недели. Поэтому попросите пожалуйста, чтобы квартет мой назначили вместо 19-го, 26-го числа! Писанные голоса так измараны, что посылать невозможно. Пожалуйста, ответьте мне 2 слова и тотчас же.

Искренне уважающий Вас,

П. Чайковский

Friday 8 October 1876

I have just learned that my 3rd quartet is scheduled for the 19th inst; accordingly, the parts must be available to Messrs Auer, Davydov and others, by Wednesday 13th at the latest. Meanwhile, I am presently occupied with proofreading and the voices will only be entirely ready by the end of next week. Therefore, I ask you to please schedule my quartet for the 26th instead of the 19th! The copied-out parts are so worn that it's impossible to send them. Please, reply to me in a couple of words right away.

Your sincerely respectful,

P. Tchaikovsky