Vincenzo Menghini

Manager at the Hôtel Costanzi in Rome, where Tchaikovsky stayed from 8/20 December 1879 to 26 February/9 March 1880, and from 20 November/2 December 1881 to 9/21 February 1882.

Correspondence with Tchaikovsky

Part of one letter from Tchaikovsky to Vincenzo Menghini has survived, dating from 1882, and has been translated into English on this website:

• Letter 1975 – 22 February/6 March 1882, from Naples.

A draft letter from the composer to the management of the Hôtel Costanzi (presumably Menghini or one of his predecessors) is also known:

• Letter 1390 – after 23 December 1879/4 January 1880, from Rome.

4 letters from Menghini to Tchaikovsky, all dating from 1882, are preserved in the Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve at Klin.