Letter 3719
Tchaikovsky Research
Date | before November 1888 [1] |
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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. 155 П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XIV (1974), p. 587 |
Text and Translation
Russian text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
Сергей Иванович!
Хотел сегодня зайти к Вам, да не поспел. Правда ли, что Вы куда-то уезжаете? Я буду завтра, в среду, дома от 4 до 6 часов. Не можете ли посетить меня? Отвечайте. Ваш, П. Чайковский |
I wanted to come to you today, but didn't make it. Is it true that you are going somewhere? I shall be at home tomorrow, Wednesday, between 4 and 6 o'clock. Couldn't you visit me? Please reply. Yours, P. Tchaikovsky |
Notes and References
- ↑ Dated by the editors of П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XIV (1974) to the period when Taneyev was a director of the Moscow Conservatory (1885-1889), but before 29 October/10 November 1888, when he and Tchaikovsky first addressed each other with the informal "ты" instead of "Вы".