On December 7, he wrote to Aleksandr Zatayevich, a Russian composer he had met before he had composed the work, saying, "I hurry in order to get money I need by a certain date ...
O 7 de decembro escribiu a Aleksnadr Zatayevich, un compositor ruso que coñecera antes de compoñer a obra, dicíndolle, «Apresúrome para obter os cartos que preciso para unha data en concreto...