Letter 44
Tchaikovsky Research
| Date | 25 December 1851/6 January 1852 |
|---|---|
| Addressed to | Aleksandra Tchaikovskaya and Ilya Tchaikovsky |
| Where written | Saint Petersburg |
| Language | Russian |
| Autograph Location | Saint Petersburg (Russia): National Library of Russia (ф. 834, ед. хр. 33, л. 65-66) |
| Publication | П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том V (1959), p. 45 |
| Notes | Postscript to a letter from Nikolay Tchaikovsky |
Text and Translation
| Russian text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
Милый Папочка и Мамушинька!
Николинька обшися написав что Платон Алексеевич купил мне стихотворения: а Сюрприз
или Альманах для детей |
Dear Papochka and Mamushinka!
Nikolinka made a mistake when he said that Platon Alekseyevich [1] bought me a poem: it was |
Notes and References
- ↑ Platon Alekseyevich Vakar (1826-1899) was the guardian of young Pyotr and his brother Nikolay from early/mid May 1851 until Ilya Tchaikovsky was able to move to Saint Petersburg with the rest of the family in May 1852.
- ↑ This children's book by K. Obolensky was first published in 1851 in Saint Petersburg.
