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{{letterhead
{{letterhead
|Date=26 May/7 June 1893
|Date=27 May/8 June 1893
|To=[[Frits Hartvigson]]
|To=[[Frits Hartvigson]]
|Place=[[London]]
|Place=[[London]]
|Language=German
|Language=German
|Autograph={{locunknown}}
|Autograph={{locunknown}} <ref name="note1"/>
|Publication={{bib|1981/80|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XVII}} (1981), p. 105
|Publication={{bibx|1998/39|Tschaikowsky-Gesellschaft Mitteilungen}}, Heft 6 (1999), p. 6
|Notes=
|Notes=Original incorrectly dated "8 July" {{NS}}
}}
}}
==Text and Translation==
==Text and Translation==
Based upon a publication in an undated (1970s?) catalogue by Richard MacNutt, Tunbridge Wells, which may contain differences in formatting and content from Tchaikovsky's original letter.
{{Lettertext
{{Lettertext
|Language=German
|Language=German
|Translator=Brett Langston
|Translator=Brett Langston
|Original text={{right|7. Juni}}
|Original text=Ja!!!!!!!!!!!!  
Nein, lieber Freund, ''leider'' bin ich auch heute nicht frei!!! Hoffentlich sehen wir uns Sonntag abends!
{{right|P. Tchaïkovsky}}
 
|Translated text=Yes!!!!!!!!!!!! <ref name="note2"/>
Ich umarme Sie!!!
{{right|P. Tschaikowsky}}
Auf Wiedersehen!
 
|Translated text={{right|7 June}}
No, dear friend, ''unfortunately'' I am not free today <ref name="note1"/>. I hope to see you on Sunday evening!
 
I embrace you!!!
{{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}
{{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}
Until we meet!
}}
}}
==Notes and References==
==Notes and References==
<references>
<references>
<ref name="note1">Tchaikovsky was apparently responding to a letter from [[Frits Hartvigson]] which has not survived. See also [[Letter 4943a]].</ref>
<ref name="note1">Auctioned on 4 December 1998 by Sotheby's, [[London]].</ref>
<ref name="note2">Tchaikovsky was responding to an undated letter in German from Frits Hartvigson, asking him to respond "Ja" or "Nein" if he was free to have dinner on Sunday 30 May/11 June at 7 pm at the Monico restaurant on Shaftesbury Avenue in [[London]].</ref>
</references>
</references>
[[Category:Telegrams]]

Revision as of 11:51, 8 December 2019

Date 27 May/8 June 1893
Addressed to Frits Hartvigson
Where written London
Language German
Autograph Location unknown [1]
Publication Tschaikowsky-Gesellschaft Mitteilungen, Heft 6 (1999), p. 6
Notes Original incorrectly dated "8 July" [N.S.]

Text and Translation

German text
(original)
English translation
By Brett Langston
Ja!!!!!!!!!!!!
P. Tchaïkovsky

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!! [2]
P. Tchaikovsky

Notes and References

  1. Auctioned on 4 December 1998 by Sotheby's, London.
  2. Tchaikovsky was responding to an undated letter in German from Frits Hartvigson, asking him to respond "Ja" or "Nein" if he was free to have dinner on Sunday 30 May/11 June at 7 pm at the Monico restaurant on Shaftesbury Avenue in London.