Letter 4890

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Date 10/22 March 1893
Addressed to Pavel Pchelnikov
Where written Moscow
Language Russian
Autograph Location Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 328)
Publication П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XVII (1981), p. 62

Text and Translation

Russian text
(original)
English translation
By Brett Langston
10 марта [18]93 г[ода]

Дорогой Павел Михайлович!

Ужасно сожалею, что не удалось лично обратиться к Вам с нижеследующей просьбой. На днях будет в числе других петь у Вас в театре на пробе г[оспо]жа Лауб. Это дочь незабвенного, великого скрипача. Пела она один сезон у Прянишникова; она очень музыкальна и очень не лишена голоса. Претензий никаких! Лишь бы её хоть на самое маленькое жалованье взяли! Ради Бога, голубчик, помогите: она с матерью страшно бедствует.

Искренно преданный,

П. Чайковский

10 March 1893

I am awfully sorry that I am unable to approach you personally with the following request [1]. Among the singers in your forthcoming theatre trials will be a Miss Laub [2]. She is the daughter of the unforgettable great violinist. She sang for one season with Pryanishnikov; she is very musical and far from devoid of voice. She has no pretensions! Even if it were only for the smallest salary, could you not take her on? For God's sake, golubchik, please help: she and her mother are in terrible poverty.

Sincerely devoted,

P. Tchaikovsky

Notes and References

  1. On the same day (10/22 March 1893), Tchaikovsky was leaving Moscow for Kharkov.
  2. Lyudmila Laub, daughter of Tchaikovsky's deceased friend Ferdinand Laub.