Letter 2857
Tchaikovsky Research
Date | 16/28 January 1886 |
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Addressed to | Anna Aleksandrova-Levenson |
Where written | Maydanovo |
Language | Russian |
Autograph Location | unknown |
Publication | П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XIII (1971), p. 249 |
Notes | Manuscript copy in Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve |
Text and Translation
Based on a handwritten copy in the Klin House-Museum Archive, which may contain differences in formatting and content from Tchaikovsky's original letter.
Russian text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
Анна Яковлевна! Получил сейчас письмо от бывшего товарища П. А. Устимовича [1], который просит рекомендовать ему учительницу (3 р[убля] за урок, 2 раза в неделю). Отправьтесь к нему сейчас; я сделал ему о Вас лестную рекомендацию.
Адрес: гостиница «Европа», против Малого театра, №№ 27 и 24-й. П. А. Устимович. Ваш П. Чайковский |
Anna Yakovlevna! I have now received a letter from a former colleague P. A. Ustimovich, who asks to be recommended an instructor (3 rubles per lesson, twice a week). You should contact him forthwith; I have given him a flattering recommendation about you.
The address: Hotel "Europe", opposite the Maly Theatre, Nos. 27 and 24. P. A.. Ustimovich. Yours P. Tchaikovsky |