Letter 415
Tchaikovsky Research
| Date | September or October 1875 [1] |
|---|---|
| Addressed to | Sergey Taneyev |
| Where written | Moscow |
| Language | Russian |
| Autograph Location | Moscow: Russian State Archive of Literature and Art (ф. 880) |
| Publication | П. И. Чайковский. С. И. Танеев. Письма (1951), p. 5 ("March–May 1875") П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том V (1959), p. 416 |
Text and Translation
| Russian text (original) |
English translation By Luis Sundkvist |
Сергей Иванович!
Я тоже болен и сижу дома. Завтра буду в консерватории, спрошу насчёт репетиции и немедленно Вам отвечу. Благодарю за корректуру концерта. Ваш П. Чайковский Сколько прибавилось тактов в Вашей Второй симфонии? |
I am also ill and am sitting at home. Tomorrow I shall be at the Conservatory: I will ask about the rehearsal and reply to you immediately. Thank you for proofreading the concerto [2]. Yours P. Tchaikovsky How many bars has your Second Symphony grown by? [3] |
Notes and References
- ↑ The original letter is undated, but the references to the proofs of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 and Taneyev's work on his Symphony No. 2 indicate that it was probably written in September or October 1875 (see also Letter 414).
- ↑ Taneyev proofread the orchestral parts of the Piano Concerto No. 1, which Pyotr Jurgenson would publish in October that year.
- ↑ Sergey Taneyev completed the sketches for his Symphony No. 2 in B-flat minor in 1875, but did not start orchestrating it until early 1877. The symphony was never completed or published. The surviving manuscripts contain various comments by Tchaikovsky.
