Letter 3192
Tchaikovsky Research
| Date | 2/14 March 1887 |
|---|---|
| Addressed to | Emiliya Pavlovskaya |
| Where written | Saint Petersburg |
| Language | Russian |
| Autograph Location | Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 281) |
| Publication | Чайковский на Московской сцене (1940), p. 385 П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XIV (1974), p. 57 |
| Notes | Telegram |
Text and Translation
| Russian text (original) |
English translation By Luis Sundkvist |
| Буду у вас около пяти часов.
Чайковский |
Will be with you around five o'clock [1].
Tchaikovsky |
Notes and References
- ↑ Tchaikovsky had arrived in Saint Petersburg on 23 February/7 March 1887 to prepare for the concert of his works which he was due to conduct at the Philharmonic Society on 5/17 March. At this concert excerpts from The Enchantress were performed for the first time (one of Kuma's arias sung by Aleksandra Panayeva-Kartsova and the Dance of the Tumblers). Tchaikovsky returned to Maydanovo on 12/24 March. During his stay in Saint Petersburg, as entries in his diary show, he called on Emiliya Pavlovskaya several times, and on 11/23 March she and her husband were among those who saw Tchaikovsky off at the station. However, the visit to Pavlovskaya's house referred to in this telegram (dated to 2/14 March by the telegraph office stamp) is not recorded in Tchaikovsky's diary — note based on information provided by Vasily Kiselev in Чайковский на московской сцене (1940), p. 385.
