Letter 3922
Tchaikovsky Research
Date | 16/28 August 1889 |
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Addressed to | Semyon Kruglikov |
Where written | Frolovskoye |
Language | Russian |
Autograph Location | Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 259) |
Publication | П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XV-А (1976), p. 171 |
Text and Translation
Russian text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
16 августа Многоуважаемый Семён Николаевич!
Извините, что так долго не откликался на Ваше письмо. Весьма радуюсь, что пиэска Вам понравилась!!! Поздравьте меня: я окончил сегодня огромную партитуру балета. Целая гора с плеч свалилась. Ваш, П. Чайковский |
16 August Most respected Semyon Nikolayevich!
I am sorry for having taken so long to respond to your letter [1]. I am extremely happy that you liked the little piece!!! [2] Congratulate me; today I finished the enormous full score of the ballet [3]. A whole mountain has been lifted off my shoulders. Yours, P. Tchaikovsky |
Notes and References
- ↑ Letter from Semyon Kruglikov to Tchaikovsky dated 10/22 August 1889.
- ↑ Tchaikovsky was referring to the piano piece Valse-Scherzo in A major, which he had written for the journal Artist, of which Kruglikov was the editor of the music section. It would be published in the September 1889 edition.
- ↑ The Sleeping Beauty.