Letter 3577
Tchaikovsky Research
| Date | between 24 May/5 June and 29 May/10 June 1888 [1] |
|---|---|
| Addressed to | Sergey Taneyev |
| Where written | Moscow |
| Language | Russian |
| Autograph Location | Moscow (Russia): Russian State Archive of Literature and Art (ф. 880) |
| Publication | П. И. Чайковский. С. И. Танеев. Письма (1951), p. 162 ("May 1889") П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XIV (1974), p. 440 |
Text and Translation
| Russian text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
| Сергей Иванович! У г. Островского, по-моему, превосходный голос, и я не задумываясь готов взять его стипендиатом, но думаю, что покамест можно на испытание взять.
П. Чайковский |
Sergey Ivanovich! Mr Ostrovsky [2] has, in my opinion, an excellent voice, and I am prepared to accept his scholarship without hesitation, but I think in the meantime he can take the examination.
P. Tchaikovsky |
Notes and References
- ↑ Dated to between 24 May/5 June and 29 May/10 June 1888 by the editors of П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XIV (1974).
- ↑ The baritone Vasily Aleksandrovich Ostrovsky (1866-1942), graduated from Sebastián Tagliabué's singing classes at the Moscow Conservatory in 1892. It is not known whether he was one of the three students whose scholarships were funded by Tchaikovsky in the 1888/89 term.
