Letter 1457a

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Date 22 March/3 April 1880
Addressed to Eugen Albrecht
Where written Saint Petersburg
Language Russian
Autograph Location Saint Petersburg, 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. 412 ("mid March 1880")
П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том IX (1965), p. 85 ("mid March 1880")
Чайковский. Новые материалы к творческой биографии (2013), p. 84
Notes Originally numbered as Letter 1453, but now renumbered as 1457a on the basis of the dating established by Grigory Moyseyev [1]

Text and Translation

Russian text
(original)
English translation
By Brett Langston
Многоуважаемый
Евгений Карлович!

К сожалению, мне невозможно будет обедать у Вас сегодня, но я с величайшим удовольствием пообедал бы у Вас в будущую субботу 29-го марта.

Сегодня же я заеду к Вам, если возможно, между 8 и 9 часами вечера.

Искренно преданный,

П. Чайковский

Most respected
Yevgeny Karlovich!

Unfortunately it's impossible for me to dine with you today, but it would give me the greatest of pleasure to dine with you next Saturday 29th March.

I'll still call on you today, if possible, between 8 and 9 pm.

Sincerely devoted,

P. Tchaikovsky

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