Letter 3698
| Date | 16/28 October 1888 |
|---|---|
| Addressed to | Modest Tchaikovsky |
| Where written | Frolovskoye |
| Language | Russian |
| Autograph Location | Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 2009) |
| Publication | П. И. Чайковский. Письма к близким. Избранное (1955), p. 408–409 П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XIV (1974), p. 568–569 Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Letters to his family. An autobiography (1981), p. 409–410 (English translation) |
Text and Translation
| Russian text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
16 окт[ября] В надежде, что ты, может быть, на этой неделе приедешь ко мне с Сапельниковым, я не пишу тебе обстоятельный ответ. Насчёт Кленовского поговорю с тобой. Жаль, что ты так много истратил времени на этого идиота. Адреса его я не знаю, но узнаю. Видел[ся] с ним на похоронах Губерта; он говорил мне, что переезжает в Париж (!!!) и будет там давать русские концерты (!!!) Адрес его я узнаю. Ты в последнем письме не пишешь, получил ли ты на прошлой неделе 100 р[ублей], которые я послал из Клина? Если решишь приехать, дай знать. Целую. Твой, П. Чайковский |
16 October In that hope that, perhaps, you might visit me this week with Sapelnikov, I'm not writing a detailed reply. Regarding Klenovsky's discussion with you [1]: it's a shame that you've wasted so much time on this idiot. I don't know is address, but will find out. I saw him at Hubert's funeral; he told me that he was moving to Paris (!!!) and will be giving Russian concerts there (!!!) I'll find out his address. In your last letter you didn't write whether you had received the 100 rubles that I sent from Klin last week? If you decide to come, let me know. I kiss you. Yours, P. Tchaikovsky |
Notes and References
- ↑ The composer was replying to a letter from Modest Tchaikovsky dated 12/24 October 1888, discussing Modest's collaboration with the composer Nikolay Klenovsky (1853-1915) on a libretto for an opera based on Pushkin's story The Queen of Spades (Пиковая дама) — a subject that would be taken up by Tchaikovsky in 1890.
