Letter 402

Tchaikovsky Research
Date by 24 May/5 June 1875
Addressed to Sergey Taneyev
Where written Moscow
Language Russian
Autograph Location Moscow: Russian State Archive of Literature and Art (ф. 880)
Publication П. И. Чайковский. С. И. Танеев. Письма (1951), p. 5
П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том V (1959), p. 405

Text and Translation

Russian text
(original)
English translation
By Luis Sundkvist
Если Вы не особенно устали, приезжайте на полчаса и привезите с собой увертюру.
П. Чайковский

If you are not particularly tired, drop by for half an hour and bring the overture with you [1].
P. Tchaikovsky

Notes and References

  1. This evidently refers to the Overture in D minor which Taneyev had written for his final exams at the Moscow Conservatory in May 1875, specifically as the examination piece for Tchaikovsky's class. The overture has not been published.