Letter 3718

Tchaikovsky Research
Date by 30 October/11 November 1888 (?) [1]
Addressed to Boris Jurgenson
Where written Frolovskoye
Language Russian
Autograph Location Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 483)
Publication П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XIV (1974), p. 586

Text and Translation

Russian text
(original)
English translation
By Brett Langston
Боря! Прикажи выслать мне экземпляр моего 2-го концерта для ф[орте]п[иано] (G-dur).
П. Чайковский

Borya! Kindly arrange to send me a copy of my 2nd piano concerto (G major).
P. Tchaikovsky

Notes and References

  1. Dated to between 15/27 October and 30 October/11 November 1888 by the editors of П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XIV (1974), on the basis that the score was required by Tchaikovsky for his concert in Saint Petersburg on 5/17 November 1888. Since Pyotr Jurgenson left Moscow for Saint Petersburg on or around 30 October/11 November, this might explain why the letter was addressed to Boris Jurgenson, instead of his father.