Letter 258

Tchaikovsky Research
Date 16/28 May 1872
Addressed to Pyotr Jurgenson
Where written Moscow
Language Russian
Autograph Location Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 2134)
Publication П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том V (1959), p. 277

Text and Translation

Russian text
(original)
English translation
By Brett Langston
Любезный Пётр Иванов сын!

Посылаю тебе корректуру Мамонтовой. А ты пришли мне, прошу убедительно, 25 р[ублей] сер[ебром].

Твой П. Чайковский

Gracious son of Pyotr Ivanov! [1]

I'm sending you the Mamontova proofs [2]. And now I earnestly ask you to send me 25 silver rubles.

Yours P. Tchaikovsky

Notes and References

  1. ↑ Here Tchaikovsky is making a joke on Jurgenson's patronymic name, Pyotr Ivanovich.
  2. ↑ The first set of Children's Songs on Russian and Ukrainian Tunes by Mariya Mamontova, which Tchaikovsky had edited and harmonised. They were published by Jurgenson in August the same year.