Letter 2572

Tchaikovsky Research
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Date 21 October/2 November 1884 (?) [1]
Addressed to Mily Balakirev
Where written Saint Petersburg
Language Russian
Autograph Location Saint Petersburg (Russia): National Library of Russia (ф. 834, ед. хр. 12, л. 43)
Publication Милий Алексеевич Балакирев. Воспоминания и письма (1962), p. 169
П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XII (1970), p. 464
Notes Note on visiting card

Text and Translation

Russian text
(original)
English translation
By Luis Sundkvist
Очень рад был бы повидать Вас. Нельзя ли быть у Вас на будущей неделе вечером, когда Вам удобно? Во вторник я обещал быть у Н. А. Р[имского]-Корсакова. Но все остальные вечера свободны.

Убедительно прошу написать словечко ответа.

Фонтанка, № 15

I should be very glad to see you. Could I call on you some evening next week, whenever it is convenient for you? I have promised to visit N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov on Tuesday, but all my other evenings are free.

May I please urge you to write a word or two in reply?

Fontanka, No. 15

Notes and References

  1. Date inferred from Balakirev's letter to Tchaikovsky of 22 October/3 November 1884.