Letter to K.S. Stanislavsky from S.V. Rachmaninov

Dear Konstantin Sergevich,

I congratulate you with my whole soul, from the bottom

of my heart! For these ten years you have gone from strength

to strength, and on that road you have arrived: - The Blue Bird! -

It is your greatest victory!

Now, I very much regret that I am not in Moscow

that I cannot, together with everyone, honour you,

applaud you, shout to you in full chorus:

- Bravo, bravo! -, and wish you many, many,

many years! Please convey to the whole company my

regards, my sincere regards.

Your Sergei Rachmaninov.

Dresden, 14 October 1908

P.S.: My wife echoes my words (also sends her regards).