Letter 3125

Tchaikovsky Research
Date 20 December 1886/1 January 1887 [1]
Addressed to Sergey Taneyev and Karl Albrecht
Where written Moscow
Language Russian
Autograph Location Moscow (Russia): Russian National Museum of Music (Ф. 37, No. 60)
Publication П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XIII (1971), p. 526
Notes Note on visiting card

Text and Translation

Russian text
(original)
English translation
By Brett Langston
20 дек[абря]

Сергей Иванович! или Карлуша!

Нельзя ли мне 2 контр-марки на сегодня? Ради Бога!

П. Чайковский

20 December

Could I have 2 passes for today?[2] For God's sake!

P. Tchaikovsky

Notes and References

  1. Dated according to a note by Karl Albrecht.
  2. The 5th Russian Musical Society symphony concert took place in Moscow on 20 December 1886/1 January 1887.