Letter 4267a
Tchaikovsky Research
| Date | 6/18 December 1890 [1] |
|---|---|
| Addressed to | Yekaterina Laroche |
| Where written | Saint Petersburg |
| Language | Russian |
| Autograph Location | unknown [2] |
| Publication | Sotheby's fine books and Americana (25 November 1997), p. 8 (auction catalogue) Новое русское слово (14/15 February 1998) (without date/place) Чайковский. Новые документы и материалы (2003), p. 83 |
Text and Translation
| Russian text (original) |
English translation By Luis Sundkvist |
| Катерина Ивановна! Дайте, голубушка, 40 р[ублей] взаймы. У меня не хватает за всё заплатить, а Юргенсона я сейчас нигде не найду. Возвращу Вам с Маней из Фроловского.
Ваш П. Чайковский |
Katerina Ivanovna! Lend me 40 rubles, golobushka. I don't have enough to pay for everything, and right now I won't be able to find Jurgenson [3] anywhere. I'll return the sum to you from Frolovskoye, giving it to Manya [4] to take back.
Yours, P. Tchaikovsky |
Notes and References
- ↑ This undated note was dated to 6/18 December 1890 by Alexander Poznansky in his article Письма Чайковского в Йельском университете (США) (2003), p. 84, who points out that Tchaikovsky had come to Saint Petersburg in order to attend the premiere of his opera The Queen of Spades.
- ↑ The autograph was sold in November 2015 by Nate D. Sanders Auctions, Los Angeles [1]. In 1997 it had also been auctioned by Sotheby's (New York).
- ↑ Either Pyotr Jurgenson, who lived in Moscow, or his brother Osip Jurgenson in Saint Petersburg.
- ↑ Yekaterina's husband, Herman Laroche.
