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Letter 4739a
| Date | 23 July/4 August 1892 |
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| Addressed to | Louis Gallet |
| Where written | Klin |
| Language | French |
| Autograph Location | unknown; advertised by R.R. Auction, Amherst (New Hampshire),
June 2006 (see: http://www.rrauction.com/past_auction_item.cfm?ID=3132098)  |
| Publication | Tschaikowsky-Gesellschaft Mitteilungen, Heft 17 (2010), p. 14 (English translation only) |
| Notes | For a detailed commentary on this letter, see "Klin, near Moscow, was the home of one of the busiest of men …" (Tchaikovsky Research Bulletin No.1) |
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Reproduced by kind permission of R.R. Auction, Amherst, New Hampshire
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French text (original) |
English translation |
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| 23 Juillet/4 Août 1892 | 23 July/4 August 1892 | |
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Cher et tres respecté Monsieur! |
Dear and highly esteemed Sir! |
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| Voulez Vous avoir l'extrème [= extrême] obligeance de Vous remettre à la versification de La Courtisane) dont j'attendrai avec impatience les actes 2me et 3me ! Je Vous adresse d'avance mes remerciments les plus chaleureux. | Would you be so extremely obliging as to resume the versification of La Courtisane, of which I shall be impatiently awaiting Acts II and III! I send you in advance my most fervent thanks. | |
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Votre bien dévoué |
Yours very devotedly |
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| P. Tchaikovsky | P. Tchaikovsky |
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