Letter 3954
Tchaikovsky Research
Date | 8/20 October 1889 |
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Addressed to | Aleksandra Hubert |
Where written | Moscow |
Language | Russian |
Autograph Location | Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 84) |
Publication | П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XV-А (1976), p. 195 |
Text and Translation
Russian text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
Баташа! Ради Бога, отдайте завтра прикащицам Печковской 34, а на рубль купите лиловых металлических чернил и привезите.
Целую ручки! Как-то бедная Анна Ивановна после развратно проведённой ночи? Ваш П. Чайковский |
Batasha! For God's sake, make time tomorrow to call in at the store at 34 Pechkovskaya, and buy purple metallic ink for a ruble, and bring it to me.
I kiss your hands! How is poor Anna Ivanovna after her night of debauchery? [1] Yours P. Tchaikovsky |
Notes and References
- ↑ Aleksandra Hubert's sister, Anna Kuchina, who had been one of the guests at Tchaikovsky's house party the previous evening.