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|Translated text={{right|''[[Kamenka]]''<br/>8 May}} | |Translated text={{right|''[[Kamenka]]''<br/>8 May}} | ||
{{centre|Most kind and dear [[Sofya Ivanovna]]!}} | {{centre|Most kind and dear [[Sofya Ivanovna]]!}} | ||
[[Pyotr Ivanovich]] writes that you should like to have my portrait, and I am hastening to fulfil what for me is such a flattering desire, but out of the six boudoir portraits I received, I have not a single one remaining, and for the time being I can only present you with a cabinet portrait. Eventually, in [[Moscow]], I shall undoubtedly give you a boudoir (such a strange name!). Forgive me, golubushka, for only half fulfilling your wish. I'm also sending a card to [[Boris Jurgenson|Borya]]. My [[Petersburg]] | [[Pyotr Ivanovich]] writes that you should like to have my portrait, and I am hastening to fulfil what for me is such a flattering desire, but out of the six boudoir portraits I received, I have not a single one remaining, and for the time being I can only present you with a cabinet portrait. Eventually, in [[Moscow]], I shall undoubtedly give you a boudoir (such a strange name!). Forgive me, golubushka, for only half fulfilling your wish. I'm also sending a card to [[Boris Jurgenson|Borya]]. My [[Petersburg]] pictures turned out excellently — but I have none of them just at the moment. | ||
I kiss your hand; hug [[Boris Jurgenson|Borya]], and send a thousand greetings to [[Aleksandr Jurgenson|Sasha Jurgenson]]. I kiss Grisha. | I kiss your hand; hug [[Boris Jurgenson|Borya]], and send a thousand greetings to [[Aleksandr Jurgenson|Sasha Jurgenson]]. I kiss Grisha. | ||
{{right|Yours, P. Tchaikovsky}} | {{right|Yours, P. Tchaikovsky}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:31, 26 January 2024
| Date | 8/20 May 1884 |
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| Addressed to | Sofiya Jurgenson |
| Where written | Kamenka |
| Language | Russian |
| Autograph Location | Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 487) |
| Publication | П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XII (1970), p. 370 |
Text and Translation
| Russian text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
Каменка 8 мая Добрейшая и дорогая Софья Ивановна!
Пётр Ив[анович] пишет, что Вы хотели бы иметь мой портрет, и я поспешаю исполнить столь лестное для меня желание, но только из шести полученных мною больших будуарных портретов у меня не осталось ни одного, и я могу лишь поднести Вам покамест кабинетный портрет. Впоследствии, в Москве, я непременно дам Вам и будуарный (какое странное название!). Простите, голубушка, что лишь вполовину исполняю Ваше желание. Посылаю также карточку Боре. Превосходяно удались мои петербургские карточки, — но в эту минуту у меня и их нет. Целую Вашу ручку; обнимаю Борю, а Саше Юргенсон посылаю тысячу приветствий. Гришу целую. Ваш, П. Чайковский |
Kamenka 8 May Most kind and dear Sofya Ivanovna!
Pyotr Ivanovich writes that you should like to have my portrait, and I am hastening to fulfil what for me is such a flattering desire, but out of the six boudoir portraits I received, I have not a single one remaining, and for the time being I can only present you with a cabinet portrait. Eventually, in Moscow, I shall undoubtedly give you a boudoir (such a strange name!). Forgive me, golubushka, for only half fulfilling your wish. I'm also sending a card to Borya. My Petersburg pictures turned out excellently — but I have none of them just at the moment. I kiss your hand; hug Borya, and send a thousand greetings to Sasha Jurgenson. I kiss Grisha. Yours, P. Tchaikovsky |
