Letter 3790a
Tchaikovsky Research
| Date | 10/22 February 1889 |
|---|---|
| Addressed to | Désirée Artôt-Padilla |
| Where written | Berlin |
| Language | French |
| Autograph Location | unknown [1] |
| Publication | Tchaikovsky Research Bulletin No. 1 (February 2011), p. 19 (with English translation) Чайковский. Новые материалы к творческой биографии (2013), p. 283 (with Russian translation) |
| Notes | Photocopy in Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve [?] |
Text and Translation
Based on the facsimile published in Stargardt's 1968 auction catalogue [2].
| French text (original) |
English translation By Luis Sundkvist |
| Certainement je ne l'ai pas oublié, chère et bonne Madame, et je m'en réjouis d'avance! À demain! Merci!
Votre bien dévoué, P. Tchaikowsky |
I have certainly not forgotten it [3], dear and kind Madame, and I am already rejoicing in anticipation! Until tomorrow! Thank you!
Your most devoted, P. Tchaikovsky |
Notes and References
- ↑ The autograph was auctioned in 1984 at Marburg by J. A. Stargardt.
- ↑ J. A. Stargardt, Autographen aus allen Gebieten, Katalog-Nr. 631 (Marburg, 1984), lot no. 946 (p. 295).
- ↑ Tchaikovsky came to Berlin in February 1889 as part of his second European conducting tour, where Désirée Artôt-Padilla was arranging a reception in the composer's honour. Perhaps mindful of Tchaikovsky's dislike of social engagements, she felt it was necessary to remind him of her invitation in a note which she left for him at his hotel: "My dear Friend, I have come to remind you that you promised to spend the evening with me tomorrow — as you requested, there will be very few people. [...] Let me know by just one word that you have not forgotten me and believe in all my sympathy, in my loyal friendship" (letter from Désirée Artôt-Padilla to Tchaikovsky, 10/22 February 1889 (see Чайковский и зарубежные музыканты (1970), p. 195).
