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Monday 5/17 March 1890

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	\|Original text=Работал усердно. Меньше устал. Отказ от Hotel Royal из Рима. Раздумье. Прогулка в пролинной в дождь {{...}} я и не ожидаю. Решаюсь оставаться во Флоренции. Назар одобряет.		\|Original text=Работал усердно. Меньше устал. Отказ от Hotel Royal из Рима. Раздумье. Прогулка в пролинной в дождь <span Style="cursor: help; border-bottom: 1px dotted;" title="Word(s) omitted">[...]</span> я и не ожидаю. Решаюсь оставаться во Флоренции. Назар одобряет.
	\|Translated text=Worked hard. Less tired. Turned down by the Hotel Royal in [[Rome]]. Meditation. Walked in torrential rain {{...}} <ref name="note12"/> I wasn't expecting. Decided to stay in [[Florence]]. [[Nazar]] approves.		\|Translated text=Worked hard. Less tired. Turned down by the Hotel Royal in [[Rome]]. Meditation. Walked in torrential rain <span Style="cursor: help; border-bottom: 1px dotted;" title="Word(s) omitted">[...]</span> <ref name="note12"/> I wasn't expecting. Decided to stay in [[Florence]]. [[Nazar]] approves.
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Tchaikovsky's '''[[Diaries|Diary No. 10]]''' covers the period from 1/13 January to 15/27 March 1890, and includes his trip to [[Florence]], where he worked on his opera ''[[The Queen of Spades]]'', written to a libretto supplied by his brother [[Modest]].

The start of March 1890 found Tchaikovsky at the ''Hôtel Washington'' in [[Florence]], accompanied only by his brother's valet, [[Nazar Litrov]]. Despite the appearance of ''Buffalo Bill's Wild West'' show, whose founder, William F. Cody, was also a guest at the same hotel, Tchaikovsky managed to complete the rough draft of his opera ''[[The Queen of Spades]]'' on 3/15 March, after little more than six weeks. Five days later he became unwell, and in this unhappy state his diary entries eventually petered out on 15/27 March <ref name="note15"/>.

==Text and Translation==
The following diary entries were first published in {{bib|1923/23|Дневники П. И. Чайковского (1873-1891)}} (1923), p. 257-259, edited and with notes by the composer's brother [[Ippolit]]. They were also translated into English by Wladimir Lakond in {{bib|1945/34|The Diaries of Tchaikovsky}} (1945), p. 295-297, and into German by Ernst Kuhn and Hans-Joachim Grimm in {{bib|1992/51|P. I. Tschaikowsky. Die Tagebücher}} (1992), p. 326-328.

The new English translation and detailed commentary published here for the first time was prepared by ''Brett Langston''.
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=====Thursday 1/13 March 1890=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=Нехорошо спал. Даже был страшный кошмар в начале ночи (шуршание бумаги и движение у меня в комнате). Работал старательно. Погода дивная. После завтрака по жаре (В 1-ый раз потел, как летом) в Cascino. Никого, ибо сегодня первое представление Buffalo Bill, и Назар даже туда проковылял. Наслаждение одиночеством (???) за чаем. Занимался усердно. После обеда прогулка. Фердинандо не пел. Читал Р[усский] Архив.
|Translated text=Didn't sleep well. I even had a nightmare at the start of the night (a rustling of paper and movement in my room). Worked diligently. Divine weather. After lunch in the heat (sweating like in summer for the 1st time), to the Cascino <ref name="note1"/>. No-one there, because today is Buffalo Bill's first show <ref name="note2"/>, and even [[Nazar]] hobbled there. Enjoying the solitude (???) over tea. Worked hard. Stroll after lunch. Ferdinando <ref name="note3"/> didn't sing. Read the Russian Archive <ref name="note4"/>.
}}

=====Friday 2/14 March 1890=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=Нехорошо сплю, вероятно, от усталости в работе. Рождение короля и масса войск с подлой музыкой. Работал. После завтрака ходил на Viale с нижней стороны. На Piazzale масса народа смотрела на ''Buffalo Bill''. Кончал сегодня 7-ю картину (ария ещё осталась). Ужасно плакал, когда Герман испустил дух. Результат усталости, а может быть, того, что в самом деле это хорошо. После обеда обычные шляния. Мандолинист и его симпатичный спутник, вероятно в последний раз мною виденный. Отказ из Pension Française в Риме.
|Translated text=Didn't sleep well, probably through working too hard. The King's birthday <ref name="note5"/> and mass of troops with foul music. Worked. After lunch walked to the Viale <ref name="note6"/> from the lower side. On the Piazzale a mass of people were watching ''Buffalo Bill''. Finished the 7th scene (the aria still remains). I cried terribly when Herman gave up the ghost. The result of fatigue, or perhaps this is actually good. After dinner the usual gadding about. A mandolinist and his sympathetic companion, probably the last time I'll see them. Turned down by the Pension Française in [[Rome]].
}}

=====Saturday 3/15 March 1890=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=Отлично спал, благодаря тому что не пьянствовал и лёг рано. Проснулся в 6 час[ов]. Встал гораздо раньше, чем Назар пришёл. До обеда возился с ''Brindisi''. После обеда ходил к ''Poggio Imperiale'', потом в гору, вышел к ''Torre del Gallo'' и спустился на ''Piazzale''; смотрел на Buffalo Bill. После чая кончал интродукцию. Перед обедом ''все кончил''. После обеда купил нотной бумаги, пошлялся. Дома писал Модесту и Юргенсону деловые письма. Благодарю Бога, что дал мне силы окончить оперу. Была жара по-летнему. Дождь.
|Translated text=Slept splendidly, thanks to the fact that I didn't drink and went to bed early. Woke at 6 o'clock. Rose long before [[Nazar]] arrived. Tinkering with the ''Brindisi'' <ref name="note7"/> until dinner. After dinner I walked to the ''Poggio Imperiale'' <ref name="note8"/>, then up to the hills, reaching the Torre del Gallo <ref name="note9"/> , then wondering down to the Piazzale; watched Buffalo Bill. Finished the introduction after tea. ''Finished everything'' before dinner. After dinner I bought some music paper and roamed about. At home I wrote business letters to [[Modest]] and [[Jurgenson]] <ref name="note10"/>. I thank God for giving me the strength to finish the opera. The heat was like summer. Rain.
}}

=====Sunday 4/16 March 1890=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=Начал клавираусцуг. Погода серая. Очень устал от работы. Ходил вдоль Mugnone.
|Translated text=Started the piano reduction. Very tired from work. Walked along the Mugnone <ref name="note11"/>.
}}

=====Monday 5/17 March 1890=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=Работал усердно. Меньше устал. Отказ от Hotel Royal из Рима. Раздумье. Прогулка в пролинной в дождь {{...}} я и не ожидаю. Решаюсь оставаться во Флоренции. Назар одобряет.
|Translated text=Worked hard. Less tired. Turned down by the Hotel Royal in [[Rome]]. Meditation. Walked in torrential rain {{...}} <ref name="note12"/> I wasn't expecting. Decided to stay in [[Florence]]. [[Nazar]] approves.
}}

=====Tuesday 6/18 March 1890=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=Работалось хорошо. Адская погода. Однако гулял. Вечером видел Фердинанда, но петь по случаю скверной погоды не велел. Читал. Сокрушался о будто бы пропавших 60 фр[анков] но кажется, это я вообразил. Писал Annette и Коле.
|Translated text=Worked well. Hellish weather. Walked anyway. Saw Ferdinando in the evening, but didn't tell him to sing due to the bad weather. Read. Worried that I thought I was missing 60 francs, but it seems I imagined it. Wrote to [[Annette]] and [[Nikolay Konradi|Kolya]] <ref name="note13"/>.
}}

=====Wednesday 7/19 March 1890=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=Погода ужасная. Арно бурлит. После завтрака гулял через силу и нехорошо себя чувствовал. Однако был в Кашино. Работалось хуже. Вечером в церкви. С Назаром вместе домой. Читал Вестник Европы.
|Translated text=Awful weather. The Arno is seething. Had a long walk after lunch and didn't fell well. However, I went to the Cascino. Worked poorly. Church in the evening. Went home with [[Nazar]]. Read the European Herald <ref name="note14"/>.
}}

=====Thursday 8/20 March 1890=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=Болен.
|Translated text=Ill.
}}

=====Friday 9/21 March 1890=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=Болен.
|Translated text=Ill.
}}

=====Saturday 10/22 March 1890=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=Болен.
|Translated text=Ill.
}}

=====Sunday 11/23 March 1890=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=Болен!
|Translated text=Ill!
}}

=====Monday 12/24 March 1890=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=Болен!
|Translated text=Ill!
}}

=====Tuesday 13/25 March 1890=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=Болен!
|Translated text=Ill!
}}

=====Wednesday 14/26 March 1890=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=Болен! Противно вспоминать это время. Только сегодня к вечеру, кажется, слава Богу, лучше!
|Translated text=Ill! Horrible remembering this time. It's only this evening, thank God, that I seem to be better!
}}

=====Thursday 15/27 March 1890=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=Хуже, гораздо хуже!
|Translated text=Worse, much worse!
}}

==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">The ''Parco delle Cascine'', on the north bank of the Arno river. In his diaries and correspondence, Tchaikovsky habitually referred to it by the name "Cascino".</ref>

<ref name="note2">The American soldier and entrepreneur William Frederick Cody (1846–1917), brought his ''Buffalo Bill's Wild West'' show to Italy in 1890, arriving in [[Florence]] on 27 February/11 March 1890, and giving his last show on 8/20 March (see [https://codyarchive.org/search/result.html?q=Florence] and [https://department.monm.edu/history/urban/wyatt_earp/buffalo_bill_in_florence.htm]). His company occupied several hotels, but Cody himself happened to be a guest at the same hotel as Tchaikovsky.</ref>

<ref name="note3">A boy singer whom Tchaikovsky had heard earlier during his stay.</ref>

<ref name="note4">''Russian Archive'' (Русский архив) was a monthly historical journal published in [[Moscow]] between 1863 and 1917.</ref>

<ref name="note5">King Umberto I of Italy (1844–1900) celebrated his 46th birthday on 14 March 1844 {{NS}}.</ref>

<ref name="note6">The ''Viale dei Colli'', a long promenade, stretching from the Porta Romana to the Ponte San Niccolò in [[Florence]].</ref>

<ref name="note7">Herman's closing aria from the last scene of ''[[The Queen of Spades]]''.</ref>

<ref name="note8">The Villa del Poggio Imperiale, former home of the Medici family, which in 1865 became a boarding school for girls.</ref>

<ref name="note9">A historical fort on the Pian de Giullari, overlooking the city of [[Florence]].</ref>

<ref name="note10">[[Letter 4057]] to [[Pyotr Jurgenson]], and [[Letter 4058]] to [[Modest Tchaikovsky]], 3/15 March 1890.</ref>

<ref name="note11">The Mugnone is a tributary to the River Arno in [[Florence]].</ref>

<ref name="note12">Three lines in the diary were struck out here, and are illegible.</ref>

<ref name="note13">[[Letter 4059]] to [[Anna Merkling|Anna (Annette) Merkling]], 5/17 March 1890, and [[Letter 4062]] to [[Nikolay Konradi]], dated 6/18 March 1890.</ref>

<ref name="note14">The ''European Herald'' (Вестник Европы) was a monthly literary-political magazine, published in [[Saint Petersburg]] from 1866 until 1918.</ref>

<ref name="note15">After this date, Tchaikovsky made only two subsequent entries in his diary. Under Friday 25 May/6 June, while back at home in [[Frolovskoye]], he noted down the address of an unidentified person (Filatovo, Ryazan station, Baranovsky). On blank space at the end of the diary, he also recorded some brief thoughts on the opera buffa ''Rinaldo d'Aste'' (1796) by Gennaro Astarita (c.1745-1805), which was amongst the many eighteenth-century scores he had taken with him to [[Florence]] while working on ''[[The Queen of Spades]]''.</ref>
</references>

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