Letter 3976b

Date	27 November/9 December 1889
Addressed to	Edward Elias
Where written	Moscow
Language	French
Autograph Location	Los Angeles (California, USA): University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music (Miklós Rózsa collection) (Box 1, Folder 49) ^[1]
Publication	Чайковский. Новые материалы к творческой биографии (2013), p. 304-305 (with Russian translation, p. 305-306)
Notes	Includes an autograph extract from the Andante cantabile of Tchaikovsky's String Quartet No. 1.

Text and Translation

French text
(original)

English translation
By Brett Langston

Moskau 9 December 1889 Cher Monsieur! Je Vous demande pardon de repondre si tard à Votre lettre, mais pour bien des raisons, — je n'ai pu jusqu'à present trouver un moment de loisir et je m'empresse dès que je le puis de satisfaire Votre desir qui me flatte infiniment. Tout à Vous, P. Tschaïkowsky Pardon de V[ou]s répondre en français, mais j'ecris bien mal l'allemand.		Moscow 9 December 1889 Dear Sir! I beg your pardon for responding so late to your letter, but this was for good reasons — I could not find a free moment and I am hastening as soon as I can to satisfy your desire, which is infinitely flattering to me. Yours ever, P. Tchaikovsky Forgive me for replying in French, but I write very badly in Germany.