Letter 305
Tchaikovsky Research
| Date | by 11/23 May 1873 |
|---|---|
| Addressed to | Vasily Bessel |
| Where written | Saint Petersburg |
| Language | Russian |
| Autograph Location | Moscow (Russia): Russian National Museum of Music (ф. 42, No. 232) |
| Publication | Музыкальная новь (1923), No. 1, p. 54 П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том V (1959), p. 318 |
Text and Translation
| Russian text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
| Пожалуйста. голубчик, захвати с собой на железную дорогу 10 р[ублей] сер[ебром], которые я должен занять у тебя, ибо, кажется, моих финансов не хватит.
П. Чайковский Нумерацию сделаю. |
Please, golubchik, bring 10 silver rubles with you to the railway station; I need to borrow them from you because, it seems, my funds are insufficient.
P. Tchaikovsky I'm doing the numbering [1]. |
Notes and References
- ↑ Tchaikovsky was referring to the numbering of the scenes of the opera The Oprichnik (see also Letter 311 to Bessel, 24 May/5 June 1873).
