Date	1875 ?
Addressed to	Adolph Brodsky
Where written	Moscow ?
Language	Russian
Autograph Location	Leipzig (Germany): Stadtgeschichtliches Museum
Publication	Not previously published

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Russian text (original)		English translation Copyright © 2010 by Brett Langston
Добрейший Адольф Бродскович!		Kindly Adol'f Brodskovich! [1]
Юргенсон и я очень просим Вас пожаловать к Юргенсону, завтра (в четверг в 8 часов вечера). Нам хотелось бы сыграть мой 2-ой квартет по новым печатным партиям, чтобы убедиться, что нет более ошибок. Не откажите, голубчик, помочь в этом деле.		Jurgenson and I would very much like you to come to Jurgenson's tomorrow (Thursday at 8 o'clock in the evening). We should like you to play my 2nd quartet from the new printed parts to establish that there are no more mistakes [2]. Do not refuse, dear fellow, to help in this matter.
Вам преданный		Yours devotedly,
П. Чайковский		P. Tchaikovsky

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Notes:

1. The 'Russification' of the violinist's surname as a patronymic was a humorous play on words by Tchaikovsky [back]
2. The printed parts of Tchaikovsky's String Quartet No. 2 were issued by Jurgenson in October 1875, and so this letter presumably dates from around that time [back]

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