TCHAIKOVSKY PYOTR ILYICH Autograph Letter Signed P Tchaikovs

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TCHAIKOVSKY, PYOTR ILYICH. Autograph Letter Signed, "P. Tchaikovsky," to Paul Dultier, in French, in purple ink, apologizing for not replying to his earlier letter and promising to write or visit him when he reaches Paris. 2 pages, 8vo, personal stationery, with integral blank; horizontal fold. With the original envelope. Leipzig, 1 March [1889: from postmark]

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. . . [T]his summer I was engrossed in a task which took up all my time, and now I am travelling so that there is always something preventing me from replying to the letters I receive. I shall be in Paris soon . . . ."
Tchaikovsky had begun work on his Symphony No. 5 in May of 1888--this is perhaps the engrossing task referred to in the letter. While in Leipzig, Tchaikovsky was taking a break during his European conducting tour; two days after writing this letter, he left for Geneva to continue the tour.