Lot 161
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich. Autograph letter signed ("P. Tchaikovsky"), in Russian, 2 pages, recto and verso of a pale gray note card, 12mo, January 1, 1887. With autograph transmission envelope, postmarked and stamped, addressed to Edward Françevich Napravnik, Saint Petersburg, Kriukov Canal, near Maryinskovo Theatre, House of Turgenev.
"Mr. Irdmanstofer writes me today that, Manfred cannot be taken off the program because they have already begun to rehearse it. With reference to Vostok (East), he says that he has neither the music score nor the vocal score. Then he writes that in one of the following concerts he will perform your Dances and your quartet will go in the quartet group. That is, dear friend, in short, the content of the letter of Mr. Irdmanstofer. I am working intensively on the [clavichord part?] of Charodeika. I embrace you."
"Charodeika" ("The Enchantress" or "The Sorceress") is an opera in four acts by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, based on the eponymous libretto by Ippolit Shpazhinsky. Tchaikovsky composed the opera between September 1885 and May 1887 in Maidanovo, Russia, and it was first performed in St Petersburg in 1887.
Estimated Value $3,500 - 4,500.
Ex William "Bill" Steiner Collection, Manuscripts and Autographs, June 27, 2015, lot 59 (sold for $8000.00 but not paid).
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