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Date | 11/23 December 1892 |
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Addressed to | Aleksandr Glazunov |
Where written | Saint Petersburg |
Language | Russian |
Autograph Location | Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 40) |
Publication | Советская музыка. 3-й сборник статей (1945), p. 64 П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XVI-Б (1979), p. 203 |
Text and Translation
Russian text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
11 дек[абря] [18]92 Милый Саша! Мне очень, очень грустно, что тебе опять хуже. Воспользуюсь отменой репетиции, чтобы написать ответы на целую кучу писем, а то я приходил в отчаяние, что не успею до отъезда этого сделать. Завтракать к вам не приду, но навещу тебя около 4 часов, дабы побеседовать и выпить 2 стакана чая. До свиданья! Твой, П. Чайковский |
11 December 1892 Dear Sasha! I'm very, very sorry that you are poorly again. I'm taking advantage of a cancelled rehearsal [1] in order to write replies to a whole heap of letters, which I despaired that I wouldn't have the time to do before my departure [2]. I won't come to lunch with you, but will visit you around 4 o'clock in order to talk and drink 2 cups of tea. Until we meet! Yours, P. Tchaikovsky |
Notes and References
- ↑ For the Russian Symphony Concert on 12/24 December 1892, which happened to include Glazunov's Third Symphony.
- ↑ Tchaikovsky left Saint Petersburg to travel to Germany on 12/24 December 1892.