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Date | 13/25 December 1889 |
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Addressed to | Pyotr Jurgenson |
Where written | Saint Petersburg |
Language | Russian |
Autograph Location | Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 2661) |
Publication | П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XV-А (1976), p. 218 |
Text and Translation
Russian text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
Спасибо за заглавный лист! По-французски M[onsieu]r Jean Wsewolojsky. Во вторник буду в Москве.
П. Чайковский Русское посвящение можно без слова посвящается; впрочем, как хочешь. Относительно Арса поговорим при свидании. Твой, П. Чайковский Балет пойдёт в январе. |
Thank you for the title page! In French it's Monsieur Jean Wsewolojsky [1]. I'll be in Moscow on Tuesday.
P. Tchaikovsky The Russian dedication might omit the word dedicated; however, do as you wish. We'll discuss Ars when we meet [2]. Yours, P. Tchaikovsky The ballet is going on in January [3]. |
Notes and References
- ↑ In Letter 3983 written the previous day, Tchaikovsky had asked his publisher to put a dedication to Ivan Vsevolozhsky on the title page of the piano score of his new ballet The Sleeping Beauty.
- ↑ In a letter dated 11/23 December 1889, Jurgenson had objected to the use of some of Tchaikovsky's music by the composer and director Nikolay Andreyevich Ars (1858-1902).
- ↑ The Sleeping Beauty would receive its premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg on 3/15 January 1890.