Letter 4849
Tchaikovsky Research
| Date | 23 January/4 February 1893 |
|---|---|
| Addressed to | [unidentified person] |
| Where written | Odessa |
| Language | Russian |
| Autograph Location | Moscow (Russia): Private collection |
| Publication | П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XVII (1981), p. 23–24 |
Text and Translation
| Russian text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
23 янв[аря 18]93 Одесса. Ради Бога, простите, что так долго откладывал исполнение Вашего, лестного для меня, желания. Искренне преданный, П. Чайковский  |
23 January 1893 Odessa For God's sake forgive such a long delay in my fulfilling your flattering request [1]. Sincerely devoted, P. Tchaikovsky |
Notes and References
- ↑ Presumably the correspondent (whose identity is unknown) had asked Tchaikovsky for a musical autograph, and in this letter the composer included a short fragment from The Queen of Spades.
