Letter 3710a

Tchaikovsky Research
Date 27 October/8 November 1888
Addressed to Lucien Guitry [1]
Where written Frolovskoye
Language French
Autograph Location Manchester (England): Manchester Central Library (Stanley Withers collection) [2]
Publication Not previously published

Text and Translation

French text
(original)
English translation
By Brett Langston
27 Octobre [18]88

Mon bien cher ami!

Je ne réponds vo[us] par une grande lettre car dans quelques jours nous vous verrais!

Je t'embrasse!

P. Tchaikovsky

27 October 1888

My dear good friend!

I won't reply to you with a long letter because we'll be seeing each other in a few days!

I embrace you!

P. Tchaikovsky

Notes and References

  1. The identity of the addressee is not mentioned in the letter, but the accompanying envelope (postmarked with the same date, and written in Russian) is addressed to the actor Lucien Guitry, who at that time was working at the Mikhaylovsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg.
  2. We are most grateful to the staff of Manchester Archive Service for their assistance in making this previously unknown letter available to us.