Letter 4676
Tchaikovsky Research
| Date | 28 April/10 May 1892 |
|---|---|
| Addressed to | Pyotr Jurgenson |
| Where written | Moscow |
| Language | Russian |
| Autograph Location | Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 2803) |
| Publication | П. И. Чайковский. Переписка с П. И. Юргенсоном, том 2 (1952), p. 243 П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XVI-Б (1979), p. 83 |
Text and Translation
| Russian text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
28 апр[еля] У меня сидят гости, — заехать не могу. «Воеводу» возвращаю, вполне полагаясь на Дальгрена. «Датскую» возьму в Питер и оттуда пришлю. Кленовский талантлив, хотя глуп. Ильинского знаю мало. Кажется, и он не бездарен. Обнимаю. П. Ч. |
28 April I have visitors and can't leave. I'm returning "The Voyevoda", and relying completely on Dahlgren [1]. I'll take the "Danish" to Piter and send it from there [2].. Klenovsky is talented, although a fool. I don't know Ilyinsky a little. He doesn't seem inept either [3]. I embrace you. P. T. |
Notes and References
- ↑ Jurgenson was publishing the full score of the overture to Tchaikovsky's opera, "The Voyevoda" (1867-68), for the first time. Dahlgren was one of Jurgenson's proofreaders.
- ↑ Tchaikovsky was revising the full score of his Festival Overture on the Danish National Anthem (1866), which Jurgenson was also publishing for the first time.
- ↑ Jurgenson's letter enquiring about the composer Nikolay Klenovsky (1857-1915) and the actor Aleksandr Ilyinsky (d. 1905) has not survived.
