Letter 403

Tchaikovsky Research
Date between 20 May/1 June and 24 May/5 June 1875
Addressed to Modest Tchaikovsky
Where written Moscow
Language Russian
Autograph Location Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 2040)
Publication П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том V (1959), p. 405

Text and Translation

Russian text
(original)
English translation
By Brett Langston
Модя! Напиши мне к Шиловскому, какие твои планы: я хотел бы непременно с тобой повидаться. Теперь я еду в Усово, потом к Н[иколаю] Д[митриевичу], а уж потом к Саше.

Целую. Я устал и зол, и потому не могу больше писать. Толя здесь, сейчас едем обедать.

П. Чайковский

Modya! Write to me at Shilovsky's about your plans; I'd certainly like to see you. Now I'm going to Usovo [1], then to Nikolay Dmitryevich's, and only then to Sasha's.

I kiss you. I've been tired and angry, and because of this I can't write more. Tolya is here, we're about to go to dinner.

P. Tchaikovsky

Notes and References

  1. Tchaikovsky left Moscow for Vladimir Shilovsky's estate at Usovo on 25 or 26 May 1875.