Letter 441

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Date 27 January/8 February 1876
Addressed to Eduard Nápravník
Where written Moscow
Language Russian
Autograph Location Saint Petersburg (Russia): Saint Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music (Гик. 17195/8)
Publication Чайковский. Воспоминания и письма (1924), p. 116
Переписка Е. Ф. Направника с П. И. Чайковским (1959), p. 100
П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том VI (1961), p. 19

Text and Translation

Russian text
(original)
English translation
By Brett Langston
Москва
27 янв[аря] 1876

Многоуважаемый Эдуард Францевич!

Я не видел Вас в вечер концерта и не успел заехать к Вам на другой день. А так как на моей душе лежит бремя благодарности к Вам за превосходное дирижирование моей симфонии, — то исполняю этот нравственный долг письменно. Я очень, очень ценю внимание, которое Вы оказали к моему сочинению и на репетициях и в самом концерте. От всей души благодарю Вас и крепко жму Вашу руку.

Ваш П. Чайковский

Moscow
27 January 1876

Most respected Eduard Frantsevich!

I didn't see you on the evening of the concert and couldn't manage to call on you the next day. Yet since my soul bears a burden of gratitude to you for conducting my symphony so superbly, then I consider it my moral duty to express this in writing. I very, very much appreciate the consideration you afforded my work, both in rehearsals and at the concert itself. With all my heart I thank you and shake your hand [1].

Yours P. Tchaikovsky

Notes and References

  1. At the fifth Russian Musical Society concert in Saint Petersburg on 24 January/5 February 1875, Eduard Nápravník had conducted Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 3 on its debut in the Russian capital. The composer had been present at the concert and all the rehearsals.