Letter 4636
Tchaikovsky Research
| Date | 9/21 March 1892 |
|---|---|
| Addressed to | Karl Albrecht |
| Where written | Maydanovo |
| Language | Russian |
| Autograph Location | Moscow (Russia): Russian State Archive of Literature and Art |
| Publication | П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XVI-Б (1979), p. 52 |
Text and Translation
| Russian text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
9 марта с[ело] Майданово Карлуша!
Решительно отказываюсь приделывать аккомпанемент к вещи, задуманной без аккомпанемента. Пусть аккомпанементом будет буквальное переложение для ф[орте]п[иано] или же выдумывай, что хочешь, — я сердиться не буду. Не приедешь ли ко мне? Обнимаю. П. Чайковский Только что вернулся из Питера. |
9 March Maydanovo village I categorically refuse to tack accompaniment onto things conceived without accompaniment [1]. Let the accompaniment be a literal arrangement for piano, or devise whatever you want — I won't be angry. Why haven't you come to see me? I hug you. P. Tchaikovsky I've just returned from Piter. |
Notes and References
- ↑ Tchaikovsky was replying to Karl Albrecht's letter of 3/15 March 1892, in which Albrecht offered to provide piano accompaniment for Tchaikovsky's a cappella chorus Evening, so that it might be included in a new collection of choruses for men's voices with piano accompaniment to be published by Pyotr Jurgenson.
