Letter 3169

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Date 31 January/12 February 1887
Addressed to Adolph Brodsky
Where written Klin
Language Russian
Autograph Location Manchester (England): Royal Northern College of Music, The Library
Publication П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XIV (1974), p. 35
Воспоминания о русском доме (2006), p. 121
Notes Telegram

Text and Translation

Russian text
(original)
English translation
By Luis Sundkvist
Глубоко сожалею, приехать решительно не могу. Благодарю от всей души, обнимаю.
Чайковский

Deeply sorry, simply cannot come. Heartfelt thanks, embrace [1].
Tchaikovsky

Notes and References

  1. This telegram is in reply to a letter from Adolph Brodsky which has not survived. At the tenth Russian Musical Society concert in Saint Petersburg that evening, Adolph Brodsky was performing Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto, with Anton Rubinstein conducting.