Letter 4295
Tchaikovsky Research
Date | 7/19 January 1891 |
---|---|
Addressed to | Eugen Albrecht |
Where written | Frolovskoye |
Language | Russian |
Autograph Location | Saint Petersburg (Russia), State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, Central Music Library (VII.2.4.154) |
Publication | П. И. Чайковский на сцене театра оперы и балета им. С. М. Кирова (1940), p. 416 П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XVI-А (1976), p. 22 Чайковский. Новые материалы к творческой биографии (2013), p. 104 |
Text and Translation
Russian text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
7 янв[аря 18]91 Милый друг Евгений Карлович!
Я потерял список музыкантов, составляющих оркестр Михайловского театра. Пожалуйста, пришли мне его опять! Обнимаю тебя. П. Чайковский Как подл мой секстет!!!!!! |
7 January 1891 Dear friend Yevgeny Karlovich!
I've lost the list of musicians comprising the Mikhaylovsky Theatre orchestra. Please, send it to me again![1] I embrace you. P. Tchaikovsky How foul is my sextet!!!!!![2] |
Notes and References
- ↑ In his reply of 9/21 January 1891, Eugen Albrecht again listed the composition of the Mikhaylovsky Theatre orchestra in Saint Petersburg, for which Tchaikovsky was writing incidental music to Shakespeare's play Hamlet.
- ↑ After the first performances of his sextet Souvenir de Florence in the Russian capital on 25 November/6 December 1891, at which Albrecht played the first violin part, Tchaikovsky was unhappy with the work, and subsequently revised the work in January 1892.