Letter 4813
Tchaikovsky Research
| Date | 5/17 December 1892 |
|---|---|
| Addressed to | Ilya Gintsburg |
| Where written | Saint Petersburg |
| Language | Russian |
| Autograph Location | Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 37) |
| Publication | П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XVI-Б (1979), p. 199 |
Text and Translation
| Russian text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
5 дек[абря] [18]92 Дорогой, милый, добрый Илья Яковлевич! Ей-Богу, невозможно быть у Вас, — да если бы и был, то Вам бы несносно было взирать на столь усталого, измученного в нервном отношении человека! Буду у Вас, когда кончатся мои терзания, и вместо одного, если хотите, 2 раза. Во всяком случае буду у Вас во вторник, 8 числа, в 10 часов. П. Чайковский |
5 December 1892 Dear, sweet, kind Ilya Yakovlevich! My God it's impossible to be with you — and even if it were, then it would have been unbearable for you to look upon such a haggard and nervously exhausted figure of a man! I will visit you when my torment has come to an end [1], and twice, rather than once, if you wish [2]. In any case I shall be with you on Tuesday the 8th, at 10 o'clock. P. Tchaikovsky |
Notes and References
- ↑ Tchaikovsky had been attending numerous rehearsals of his opera Iolanta and ballet The Nutcracker at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg.
- ↑ Ilya Gintsburg wanted Tchaikovsky to pose for a small figurine he wished to sculpt (see Photograph 107).
