Letter 4650

Date	27 March/8 April 18928
Addressed to	Leopoldine Lafite
Where written	Maydanovo
Language	French
Autograph Location	Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a³, No. 266)
Publication	П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XVI-Б (1979), p. 66

Text and Translation

French text
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English translation
By Brett Langston

à Madame L. Lafite Pardon d'avoir mis deux t dans votre nom sur le portrait. Sania m'a dit trop tard qu'il n'en fallait qu'un!!!		To Madame L. Lafite Forgive me for having put two 't's in your name on the portrait ^[1]. Sanya told me about this when it was too late!!!

↑ A photographic portrait of the composer (now preserved in the Klin House-Museum Archive), contains the inscription: "à M[ada]me Lafitte souvenir affectieux. P. Tchaikovsky 27 Mars [18]92" ("To Madame Lafitte, in fond remembrance. P. Tchaikovsky 27 March 1892").