Letter 4368a

Tchaikovsky Research
Date 17/29 April 1891
Addressed to Marie Reno
Where written New York
Language English
Autograph Location unknown [1]
Publication Not published
Notes Includes a musical excerpt based on the song "A Very Old Gentleman" [2]

Notes and References

  1. The autograph was sold in June 1988 by L'Autographe SA, Geneva, June 1998. See: http://www.autographe.org/catalogues/CAT23.pdf
  2. The auctioneer's catalogue describes the letter as follows: "New York, 29.IV.1891. Paper bearing his address: "154 West 73rd Street". An extraordinary missive, containing a line of music, addressed to "Dear Mistress Reno" in order to thank her for having invited him to dinner «... with you and your so sympathetic daughters. I hope it was not the last time!". The composer signs "Your devoted — P. Tschaïkovsky", and then, by way of providing a self-illustration as it were, improvises at the bottom a few notes on the words: 'A Very Old Gentleman'" — see Tchaikovsky Research Bulletin No. 1 (February 2011), p. 90-91.