Letter 4572b
Tchaikovsky Research
Date | 13/25 December 1891 |
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Addressed to | Karel Navrátil |
Where written | Maydanovo |
Language | German |
Autograph Location | unknown [1] |
Publication | Die Presse [Vienna], Band 45, Nr. 146 (26 May 1892), p. 13 (incorrectly dated "9 December 1891") Tschaikowsky-Gesellschaft Mitteilungen (2016), p. 76 |
Text and Translation
Reproduced from its publication in Die Presse (1892), which may contain differences in formatting and content from Tchaikovsky's original letter
German text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
25 Dec[ember] 1891 Klin, bei Moskau Sehr geehrter Herr Nawratil!
Bald komme ich in Prag und bringe Ihnen etwas aus meinen Manuscripten. Es ist mir sehr schwer deutsch zu schreiben—das ist die Ursache warum ich Ihnen nur so einen kurzen Brief schreibe. Auf Wiedersehen! P. Tschaikowsky |
Most respected Herr Navrátil!
I shall soon be in Prague and will bring you something from my manuscripts. It is most difficult for me to write in German; this is the reason why I am writing you such a short letter [2]. Until we meet! P. Tchaikovsky |
Notes and References
- ↑ The autograph was once in the possession of Fritz Donebauer in Prague. See Čajkovskijs Briefe an Marie von Bülow und Karel Navrátil (2016), p. 77.
- ↑ Tchaikovsky was replying to a letter from Karel Navrátil which has apparently not survived. See also the composer's Letter 4572 to Pyotr Jurgenson, 9/21 December 1891.