Letter 3344

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Date 9/21 September 1887
Addressed to Paul Pabst
Where written Maydanovo
Language French
Autograph Location Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 3350)
Publication П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XIV (1974), p. 209–210

Text and Translation

French text
(original)
English translation
By Brett Langston
Maidanowo
9 Septembre 1887

Mon cher ami!

Cette lettre Vous sera remise par M[ada]me Alexandrowna-Lewenson, ех-élève du Conservatoire. Elle cherche Votre protection pour obtenir une place de maitresse de piano а l'institut Tscherniavsky.

Je puis Vous recommander M[ada]me Alexandrowa aussi chaudement que possible. C'est une bonne musicienne, aimant beaucoup son art et capable de donner de très bonnes leçons de piano, comme j'ai eu l'occasion de le constater. Je V[ou]s prie de faire pour elle tout ce qui est possible; ce sera un vrai bienfait, si grâce à Votre protection elle obtient la place qu'elle ambitionne.

Je vous prie instamment de lui accorder un quart d'heure d'entretienet de lui dire, si elle peut espérer l'accomplissement de son vif désir.

Je V[ou]s remercie d'avance pour ce que V[ou]s pourrez faire. Mille choses à Александра Петровна

Votre tout dévoué,

Р. Tschaïkovsky

Maydanovo
9 September 1887

My dear friend!

The bearer of this letter is Madame Aleksandrovna-Levenson [1], a former pupil of the Conservatory. She is seeking your patronage to obtain the position of music mistress at the Chernyavskoy Institute [2].

I can most warmly recommend Madame Aleksandrovna to you. She is a good musician, who loves her art and is capable of giving very good piano lessons, as I have had occasion to witness. I ask you to do everything possible for her; it would be a truly good deed, if thanks to your patronage, she achieves the position she aspires to.

I urge you to spare her a quarter of an hour to tell her whether her most ardent desire may be fulfilled.

I thank you in advance for everything you can do. A thousand greetings to Aleksandra Petrovna [3].

Your most devoted,

P. Tchaikovsky

Notes and References

  1. Anna Aleksandrova-Levenson (1856-1930), Russian pianist and tutor who graduated from Tchaikovsky's harmony and instrumentation classes at the Moscow Conservatory in 1878.
  2. The Chernyavksoy Institue (Чернявской институт) was a private school for girls in Moscow.
  3. Aleksandra Petrovna Pabst (b. Gelnik), wife of Paul Pabst.