Letter 3329
Tchaikovsky Research
Date | 26 August/7 September 1887 |
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Addressed to | Anatoly Brandukov |
Where written | Berlin |
Language | Russian |
Autograph Location | Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 23) |
Publication | П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XIV (1974), p. 199–200 |
Text and Translation
Russian text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
26 августа 1887 Толичка! Я не успел кончить в Ахене пиэсу. Я отдам её в твоё распоряжение в Петербурге или в Москве при свиданьи. Вчера выехал из Ахена и принуждён был остановиться в Берлине, ибо немножко нездоровится. Обнимаю тебя. Под рукой нет твоего письма и потому принуждён адресовать Белярам. Твой, П. Чайковский Кажется, пиэса вышла неважная. |
26 August 1887 Tolichka! I didn't manage to finish the piece [1] at Aachen. As you direct, I'll bring it to Petersburg or Moscow when we meet. Yesterday I left Aachen, and have been obliged to stop in Berlin, because I'm a little unwell. I hug you. Your letter isn't at hand [2] and so I'm obliged to address you via Belard [3]. Yours, P. Tchaikovsky The piece seems to have turned out rather poorly. |
Notes and References
- ↑ The Pezzo capriccioso for cello and orchestra, Op. 62. See also Letter 3317 to Anatoly Brandukov, 13/25 August 1887.
- ↑ This letter from Brandukov letter to Tchaikovsky has not survived.
- ↑ Belard was the proprietor of the Hôtel Richepanse in Paris, where Tchaikovsky habitually stayed during his visits.