Letter 3502
Tchaikovsky Research
Date | 22 February/5 March 1888 |
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Addressed to | Modest Tchaikovsky |
Where written | Paris |
Language | French |
Autograph Location | Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 2046) |
Publication | П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XIV (1974), p. 372 |
Notes | Telegram |
Text and Translation
French text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
Grand succès. Ambrasse.
Tschaikovsky |
Big success [1]. Embrace.
Tchaikovsky |
Notes and References
- ↑ Tchaikovsky was referring to the 16th Châtelet concert in Paris on 21 February/4 March 1888, at which he conducted his Serenade for String Orchestra, the Andante cantabile and Nocturne (soloist Anatoly Brandukov), the Concert Fantasia (soloist Louis Diémer) and the Theme and Variations from his Suite No. 3.