Letter 3403a
Tchaikovsky Research
| Date | 17/29 November 1887 (?) [1] |
|---|---|
| Addressed to | Karl Albrecht |
| Where written | Moscow |
| Language | German |
| Autograph Location | Moscow (Russia): Russian National Museum of Music (Ф. 37, No. 63) |
| Publication | П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XVII (1981), p. 268-269 |
Text and Translation
| German text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
| Die Goldene Feder hat bekommen der alte Durak
Peter Tschaikowsky 17 ноя[бря] |
The Golden Feather has become the old fool.
Peter Tchaikovsky 17 November |
Notes and References
- ↑ According to a note by Karl Albrecht, this was written on 7/19 November 1887, although Tchaikovsky was in Saint Petersburg on that date, and only arrived in Moscow the next day (8/20 November), remaining there until his return to Maydanovo on 16/28 or 17/29 November. The editors of the Soviet collected edition of Tchaikovsky's letters published this in an appendix to П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XVII (1981), p. 268-269, with the date "8 November (?)" [O.S.], and without a number in the general sequence of letters.
