Letter 4294

Tchaikovsky Research
Date 6/18 or 7/19 January 1891 [1]
Addressed to Aleksandr Ziloti
Where written Frolovskoye
Language Russian
Autograph Location Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 3022)
Publication Александр Ильич Зилоти, 1863–1945. Воспоминания и письма (1963), p. 115 (dated as "6 January" [O.S.])
П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XVI-А (1976), p. 22

Text and Translation

Russian text
(original)
English translation
By Brett Langston
Саша! Я решительно не мог объяснить Алексею, какие занавески нужно привезти. Напиши точнее, какого цвета! Кажется, ты говорил, из какой материи, но именно какие—решительно не помню. Отвечай сейчас же.
П. Ч.

Sasha! I was completely unable to explain to Aleksey which curtains he needed to bring [2]. Describe their colour more precisely! I seem to remember you mentioned the fabric, but I have completely forgotten what it was called. Reply right away.
P. T.

Notes and References

  1. The letter was postmarked 7 January 1891 [O.S.], but could have been written along with a number of others on the previous day.
  2. Since 1890 Aleksandr Ziloti had been storing some of his belongings at Tchaikovsky's Frolovskoye home when he changed apartments in Moscow.