Letter 3677

Tchaikovsky Research
Date 22 September/4 October 1888
Addressed to Pyotr Jurgenson
Where written Frolovskoye
Language Russian
Autograph Location Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 2658)
Publication П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XIV (1974), p. 545

Text and Translation

Russian text
(original)
English translation
By Brett Langston
22 сент[ября]

Если на днях придут к тебе с запиской моей, то потрудись, пожалуйста, выдать по ней 25 р[ублей] сер[ебром].

П. Чайковский

22 September

If in a few days someone comes to you with a note from me then, please, kindly give her 25 silver rubles [1].

P. Tchaikovsky

Notes and References

  1. Pyotr Jurgenson wrote on this letter that "the bearer of the note" was issued with 25 rubles on 28 September/10 October 1888. The note itself has not survived, and the identity of the bearer is unknown.