P. Tchaikovsky. Autograph letter signed, to George Henschel, 18/30 June 1888

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Autograph letter, in German, to George Henschel, signed ("P. Tschaikowsky"), APPARENTLY UNPUBLISHED

averring that he has certainly not forgotten him, although he has neither seen him nor heard anything from him for twelve years, and also sending his kind regards to Frau Henschel

...Zwölf Jahre habe ich Sie nicht gesehen und nicht gehört...aber gewiss habe Ich Sie nicht vergessen!...

1 page, 8vo (17.7 x 11.4cm), integral blank, stationery embossed with the composer's monogram, Klin, 18 June (new style: 30 June) [18]88, traces of mount to integral, tiny hole at hinge; with a reproduction photograph portrait of the composer

Tchaikovsky's correspondent was the distinguished conductor and baritone George Henschel (1850-1934), who had first met the composer during a visit to Russia in 1875. The present letter, one of two to Henschel known to survive, dates from the time of the composition of Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony.  

LITERATURE:

Tchaikovsky Research Letter no.3597a; Tchaikovsky Research Bulletin, No.1 (February 2011), pp.71-72.