Letter 2624a
Tchaikovsky Research
| Date | 23 December 1884/4 January 1885 |
|---|---|
| Addressed to | Hugo Bock |
| Where written | Moscow |
| Language | German |
| Autograph Location | unknown |
| Publication | П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XVII (1981), p. 233 (as No. 2634a) |
| Notes | Rough draft in Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 2979) |
Text and Translation
Based on the draft in the Klin House-Museum archive, which may contain differences in content from Tchaikovsky's final telegram.
| German text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
| Koteks Eltern benachrichtigt. | Inform Kotek's parents [1]. |
Notes and References
- ↑ Tchaikovsky asked Hugo Bock, a friend of Iosif Kotek's family in Germany, to break the news that the violinist had died from tuberculosis at Davos in Switzerland, aged 29.
