Letter 4614
| Date | 4/16 February 1892 |
|---|---|
| Addressed to | Karl Albrecht |
| Where written | Maydanovo |
| Language | Russian |
| Autograph Location | Moscow (Russia): Russian National Museum of Music (Ф. 37, No. 71) |
| Publication | П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XVI-Б (1979), p. 35 |
Text and Translation
| Russian text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
4 февр[аля] Карлуша! Алексей едет сейчас на почту, и я тороплюсь ответить несколько слов. Ни в какой комиссии при Мин[истерстве] нар[одного] просв[ещения] я не состою, и никто не приглашал меня. А если бы пригласили, я бы отказался. Ты веришь газетным известиям? Неужели ты не знаешь, что они врут! И могу ли я быть в одном обществе с Соловьевым и Фаминцыным? Вот что, голубчик: приезжай-ка ко мне; очень бы рад был повидаться и побеседовать. Приезжай, когда хочешь, на этой неделе; только дай знать письмецом когда. Анне Леонтьевне и всем твоим приветствия. Обнимаю, П. Чайковский |
4 February Karlusha! Aleksey is going to the post office now, and I'm rushing a few words of reply [1]. I am not on any committee of the Ministry of Public Education, and no-one has ever asked me. And were I to be invited, I should refuse. You believe the newspaper reports? Surely you know that they tell lies! How could I belong to the same society as Solovyev and Famintsyn?[2] Be that as it may, golubchik: come to visit me; I should be very glad to see and talk with you. Come whenever you want this week; just send me a note to say when. Greetings to Anna Leontyevna and all of you. I hug you, P. Tchaikovsky |
Notes and References
- ↑ Tchaikovsky was replying to Karl Albrecht's letter of 2/14 February 1892, in which Albrecht asked the composer to recommend his appointment as a member of a committee "to improve the teaching of singing in schools".
- ↑ Aleksandr Sergeyevich Famintsyn (1841–1896), Russian music critic and composer, with whom Tchaikovsky had long-standing disagreements.
