Letter 4792

Tchaikovsky Research
Date 28 October/9 November 1892
Addressed to Aleksey Sofronov
Where written Saint Petersburg
Language Russian
Autograph Location Saint Petersburg (Russia): National Library of Russia (ф. 834, ед. хр. 28, л. 20–21)
Publication П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XVI-Б (1979), p. 184

Text and Translation

Russian text
(original)
English translation
By Brett Langston
28 окт[ября] [18]92 г[ода]

Милый Алексей Иванович!

Пришли мне мою работу всю, как есть, в бюваре, в котором она находится. Пришли посылкой на имя О. И. Юргенсона. Кажется, придётся прожить здесь более месяца, и я надеюсь, что можно будет хоть иногда поработать. Номером очень доволен. Всем кланяюсь.

Твой, П. Ч.

28 October 1892

Send me all my work, such as it is, in the folder in which it is to be found [1]. Send it as a parcel addressed to O. I. Jurgenson. It seems I'll have to stay here for more than a month [2], and I hope that it might be possible to work at least occasionally. The rooms are very pleasant [3]. I bow to everyone.

Yours, P. T.

Notes and References

  1. Tchaikovsky was referring to his Symphony in E-flat major, which he was intending to orchestrate.
  2. The composer's visit to Saint Petersburg, in connection with the staging of Iolanta and The Nutcracker, lasted from 27 October/8 November to 12/24 December 1892.
  3. The composer was staying at the Grand Hôtel (Грандотель) on Malaya Morskaya street in the Russian capital.