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	\|Publication={{bib\|1912/19\|Переписка М. А. Балакирева и П. И. Чайковского}} [1912], p. 24–26. <br/>{{bib\|1959/50\|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том V}} (1959), p. 158–159<br/>{{bibx\|1962/71\|Милий Алексеевич Балакирев. Воспоминания и письма}} (1962), p. 126–127		\|Publication={{bib\|1912/19\|Переписка М. А. Балакирева и П. И. Чайковского}} [1912], p. 24–26 <br/>{{bib\|1959/50\|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том V}} (1959), p. 158–159<br/>{{bibx\|1962/71\|Милий Алексеевич Балакирев. Воспоминания и письма}} (1962), p. 126–127
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	==Text and Translation==		==Text and Translation==

Tony: "matinee" to "matinée" for consistency

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"matinee" to "matinée" for consistency

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{{letterhead
|Date=13/25 March 1869
|To=[[Mily Balakirev]]
|Place=[[Moscow]]
|Language=Russian
|Autograph=[[Saint Petersburg]] (Russia): {{RUS-SPsc}} (ф. 834, ед. хр. 11, л. 13–14)
|Publication={{bib|1912/19|Переписка М. А. Балакирева и П. И. Чайковского}} [1912], p. 24–26. <br/>{{bib|1959/50|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том V}} (1959), p. 158–159<br/>{{bibx|1962/71|Милий Алексеевич Балакирев. Воспоминания и письма}} (1962), p. 126–127
}}
==Text and Translation==
{{Lettertext
|Language=Russian
|Translator=Luis Sundkvist
|Original text={{right|''13 марта 1869 г[ода]''}}
{{centre|Добрейший Милий Алексеевич!}}
Весьма и весьма радуюсь как тому, что Вы принимаете моё посвящение, так и тому, что «''Фатум''» будет исполнен. Когда Вы мне возвратите его, я велю снять копию, сделать надпись и пришлю Вам, а Вас попрошу в свободную минуточку черкнуть мне слова два о том, имеет ли эта вещь какие-нибудь достоинства. Касательно исполнения его вот ещё одна просьба: в начале, после первого'' ff,'' там есть ход имитаций в деревянных инструментах:
[[File:0134_ex1.jpg|350px|centre]]

Этот ход, некрасивый по музыке и по инструментовке, мы в Москве пропускали и прямо начинали после'' ff'' педаль в контрабасах и виолончелах:
[[File:0134_ex2.jpg|350px|centre]]

Не потрудитесь ли и Вы сделать точно так же.

Итак, ещё и ещё благодарю Вас за дорогое для меня внимание Ваше.

Брат мой писал мне, что в последнем концерте шёл «Антар» Корсакова и что он имел большой успех. Искренне радуюсь этому и попрошу Вас передать автору мои поздравления. Отчего он так долго не присылает «Садко»; Юргенсон начинает бояться, что «Садко», пожалуй, попадёт в море его соотечественника Иогансена. Доор не решается ехать к 17 в Петербург, отговариваясь тем, что он не может сыграть давно уже не игранный им концерт Бетховена без приготовления, а Коссман участвует в воскресенье, 16 в квартетном утре.

На святой у нас здесь будет Concert-monstre в память Берлиоза; будет исполнен его «''Реквием''»; отчасти это обстоятельство, а отчасти и плохое состояние финансов заставляет меня остаться в Москве. Но не приедете ли Вы послушать «''Реквием''»; это было бы весьма приятно для меня; кстати, Вы бы поругали меня за песни, а мне очень интересно знать, за какие именно. Теперь примусь за Ваши песни и нещадно буду Вас обкрадывать.

Прощайте, голубчик. Поклонитесь от меня Корсакову.
{{right|П. Чайковский}}
Симфонию Бородина Вам вышлют. Очень жаль, что не придётся её слышать, для последнего концерта у нас готовят 9 симф[онию].

|Translated text={{right|''13 March 1869''}}
{{centre|Most kind [[Mily Alekseyevich]]!}}
I am extremely glad over your acceptance of my dedication, as well as over the fact that "[[Fatum]]" is to be performed <ref name="note1"/>. When you return the score to me I will order a copy to be made, with an inscription, and I will send this to you. If you have a minute to spare, I would kindly ask you to dash off a few words as to whether in your opinion this piece has any merits <ref name="note2"/>. Regarding its performance, here is another request I would like to put to you: at the start, after the first "ff", there is a sequence of imitations in the woodwind instruments:
[[File:0134_ex1.jpg|350px|centre]]

In [[Moscow]] we left out this sequence, which is ugly in terms of the music and the instrumentation, and after the "ff" started directly with the pedal point in the double basses and cellos <ref name="note3"/>:
[[File:0134_ex2.jpg|350px|centre]]

Would you be so kind as to do exactly the same.

Anyway, I thank you yet again for your attention, which is so dear to me.

My [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky|brother]] wrote to me that at the last concert [[Korsakov]]'s "Antar" was played, and that it had a great success <ref name="note4"/>. I am sincerely delighted by this and kindly ask you to pass on my congratulations to the author. Why is he taking such a long time to send "Sadko"? [[Jurgenson]] is starting to fear that "Sadko" may well end up in the sea of his compatriot Johansen <ref name="note5"/>. [[Door]] cannot make up his mind to come to [[Petersburg]] for the [concert on the] 17th [of March]. His excuse is that without proper preparation he cannot play [[Beethoven]]'s concerto, which he hasn't played for a long time. As for [[Bernhard Cossmann|Cossmann]], he is taking part in a chamber music matinee on Sunday the 16th <ref name="note6"/>.

During Holy Week we will be having a "concert monstre" <ref name="note7"/> here in memory of [[Berlioz]]: his ''"Requiem"'' is to be performed. It is partly this circumstance, and partly the poor state of my finances, which forces me to stay in [[Moscow]]. But could you not come here to listen to the "''Requiem''"? This would be most agreeable for me. By the way, you could then also scold me for the songs: I am very interested to know for which ones exactly. Now I shall set about your songs and I will be robbing you mercilessly <ref name="note8"/>.

Goodbye, golubchik. Send my regards to [[Korsakov]].
{{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}
[[Borodin]]'s symphony will be sent to you. It is a great pity that I won't get to hear it. For the last concert here they are preparing <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Beethoven]]'s] Ninth Symphony <ref name="note9"/>.
}}

==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">In [[Letter 132]] to [[Balakirev]], written between 16/28 February and 22 February/6 March 1869, Tchaikovsky had expressed his wish to dedicate the symphonic fantasia ''[[Fatum]]'' to his colleague. In his reply of 11/23 March 1869 [[Balakirev]] thanked Tchaikovsky for this dedication and promised that ''[[Fatum]]'' would be performed under his baton at the next Russian Musical Society concert in [[Saint Petersburg]]. See [[Balakirev]]'s letter in {{bibx|1962/71|Милий Алексеевич Балакирев. Воспоминания и письма}} (1962), p. 125–126.</ref>
<ref name="note2">[[Balakirev]] duly complied with this request in his letter to Tchaikovsky of 18/30 March–19/31 March 1869, which contained several criticisms regarding the themes and form of ''[[Fatum]]'', although at the same time he insisted that he was delighted to be the dedicatee of this work, as he saw in this a token of Tchaikovsky's friendship. See [[Balakirev]]'s letter in {{bibx|1962/71|Милий Алексеевич Балакирев. Воспоминания и письма}} (1962), p. 127–130.</ref>
<ref name="note3">Tchaikovsky is referring to the first performance of ''[[Fatum]]'', which took place in [[Moscow]] on 15/27 February 1869 under the baton of [[Nikolay Rubinstein]].</ref>
<ref name="note4">In a letter of 10/22 March 1869 [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]] informed his brother about the first performance of [[Rimsky-Korsakov]]'s ''Antar'' (initially entitled a symphony) at a Russian Musical Society concert in [[Saint Petersburg]].</ref>
<ref name="note5">Tchaikovsky is referring to the publication of [[Rimsky-Korsakov]]'s symphonic tableau ''Sadko'', which [[Jurgenson]] was keen to undertake. Avgust Johansen (1829–1875) was an important music publisher in [[Saint Petersburg]].</ref>
<ref name="note6">In his letter to Tchaikovsky of 11/23 March 1869 [[Balakirev]] had mentioned that he had heard from [[Nikolay Rubinstein]] that the pianist [[Anton Door]] and the cellist [[Bernhard Cossmann]] (1822–1910), who were both then professors at the [[Moscow]] Conservatory, had expressed an interest in coming to [[Saint Petersburg]] to take part in a concert. [[Balakirev]] had asked Tchaikovsky to find out whether they could come to [[Saint Petersburg]] for the next RMS concert on Monday, 17/29 March 1869, the rehearsals for which were to take place on Saturday and Sunday. [[Balakirev]] also said that he wanted [[Door]] to play [[Beethoven]]'s Piano Concerto No. 5 in E♭ major, Op. 73. See [[Balakirev]]'s letter in {{bibx|1962/71|Милий Алексеевич Балакирев. Воспоминания и письма}} (1962), p. 125–126.</ref>
<ref name="note7">A "monster concert", i.e. a concert with particularly large orchestral and choral forces like those which [[Berlioz]] himself often conducted.</ref>
<ref name="note8">At the end of this paragraph Tchaikovsky is referring to his collection of [[Fifty Russian Folksongs]], harmonized and arranged for piano duet. Tchaikovsky had obtained [[Balakirev]]'s permission to use 25 songs from his ''Collection of Russian Folksongs'' (published by Johansen, [[Saint Petersburg]], 1866). In his letter of 15/27 January 1869, [[Balakirev]] had also said that Tchaikovsky could either adopt his harmonizations or re-harmonize these songs at his own discretion. In his later letter of 11/23 March 1869, [[Balakirev]] had asked Tchaikovsky whether he would be coming to [[Saint Petersburg]] during Easter, adding: "I would like to scold you personally for some of your arrangements of the songs". Book 1 of Tchaikovsky's collection (with the first 25 songs, which were not taken from [[Balakirev]]'s anthology) had been issued by [[Jurgenson]] in January or February 1869, and it is these which [[Balakirev]] is referring to here. See {{bibx|1962/71|Милий Алексеевич Балакирев. Воспоминания и письма}} (1962), p. 126.</ref>
<ref name="note9">[[Balakirev]] had hoped that [[Borodin]]'s Symphony No. 1 in E-flat major would be performed at the forthcoming Russian Musical Society concert in [[Moscow]] on 21 March/2 April 1869 under the baton of [[Nikolay Rubinstein]]. Instead of [[Borodin]]'s symphony, however, [[Beethoven]]'s Choral Symphony was performed at that concert, and it would not be until March 1887 that [[Borodin]]'s First Symphony received its first performance in [[Moscow]], under the baton of [[Max Erdmannsdörfer]]. In his letter of 11/23 March 1869, [[Balakirev]] asked Tchaikovsky to request [[Nikolay Rubinstein|Rubinstein]] to return the score of [[Borodin]]'s symphony if it could not be performed in [[Moscow]] during the current season, since he wanted to conduct it himself one more time in [[Saint Petersburg]]. Many years later, on 23 January/4 February 1893, Tchaikovsky would himself conduct [[Borodin]]'s First Symphony at an RMS concert in [[Odessa]].</ref>
</references>
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	Anyway, I thank you yet again for your attention, which is so dear to me.		Anyway, I thank you yet again for your attention, which is so dear to me.

	My [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky\|brother]] wrote to me that at the last concert [[Korsakov]]'s "Antar" was played, and that it had a great success <ref name="note4"/>. I am sincerely delighted by this and kindly ask you to pass on my congratulations to the author. Why is he taking such a long time to send "Sadko"? [[Jurgenson]] is starting to fear that "Sadko" may well end up in the sea of his compatriot Johansen <ref name="note5"/>. [[Door]] cannot make up his mind to come to [[Petersburg]] for the [concert on the] 17th [of March]. His excuse is that without proper preparation he cannot play [[Beethoven]]'s concerto, which he hasn't played for a long time. As for [[Bernhard Cossmann\|Cossmann]], he is taking part in a chamber music ~~matinee~~ on Sunday the 16th <ref name="note6"/>.		My [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky\|brother]] wrote to me that at the last concert [[Korsakov]]'s "Antar" was played, and that it had a great success <ref name="note4"/>. I am sincerely delighted by this and kindly ask you to pass on my congratulations to the author. Why is he taking such a long time to send "Sadko"? [[Jurgenson]] is starting to fear that "Sadko" may well end up in the sea of his compatriot Johansen <ref name="note5"/>. [[Door]] cannot make up his mind to come to [[Petersburg]] for the [concert on the] 17th [of March]. His excuse is that without proper preparation he cannot play [[Beethoven]]'s concerto, which he hasn't played for a long time. As for [[Bernhard Cossmann\|Cossmann]], he is taking part in a chamber music matinée on Sunday the 16th <ref name="note6"/>.

	During Holy Week we will be having a "concert monstre" <ref name="note7"/> here in memory of [[Berlioz]]: his ''"Requiem"'' is to be performed. It is partly this circumstance, and partly the poor state of my finances, which forces me to stay in [[Moscow]]. But could you not come here to listen to the "''Requiem''"? This would be most agreeable for me. By the way, you could then also scold me for the songs: I am very interested to know for which ones exactly. Now I shall set about your songs and I will be robbing you mercilessly <ref name="note8"/>.		During Holy Week we will be having a "concert monstre" <ref name="note7"/> here in memory of [[Berlioz]]: his ''"Requiem"'' is to be performed. It is partly this circumstance, and partly the poor state of my finances, which forces me to stay in [[Moscow]]. But could you not come here to listen to the "''Requiem''"? This would be most agreeable for me. By the way, you could then also scold me for the songs: I am very interested to know for which ones exactly. Now I shall set about your songs and I will be robbing you mercilessly <ref name="note8"/>.
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	==Notes and References==		==Notes and References==
	<references>		<references>
	<ref name="note1">In [[Letter 132]] to [[Balakirev]], written between 16/28 February and 22 February/6 March 1869, Tchaikovsky had expressed his wish to dedicate the symphonic fantasia ''[[Fatum]]'' to his colleague. In his reply of 11/23 March 1869 [[Balakirev]] thanked Tchaikovsky for this dedication and promised that ''[[Fatum]]'' would be performed under his baton at the next Russian Musical Society concert in [[Saint Petersburg]]. See [[Balakirev]]'s letter in {{bibx\|1962/71\|Милий Алексеевич Балакирев. Воспоминания и письма}} (1962), p. 125–126.</ref>		<ref name="note1">In [[Letter 132]] to [[Balakirev]], written between 16/28 February and 22 February/6 March 1869, Tchaikovsky had expressed his wish to dedicate the symphonic fantasia ''[[Fatum]]'' to his colleague. In his reply of 11/23 March 1869, [[Balakirev]] thanked Tchaikovsky for this dedication and promised that ''[[Fatum]]'' would be performed under his baton at the next Russian Musical Society concert in [[Saint Petersburg]]. See [[Balakirev]]'s letter in {{bibx\|1962/71\|Милий Алексеевич Балакирев. Воспоминания и письма}} (1962), p. 125–126.</ref>
	<ref name="note2">[[Balakirev]] duly complied with this request in his letter to Tchaikovsky of 18/30 March–19/31 March 1869, which contained several criticisms regarding the themes and form of ''[[Fatum]]'', although at the same time he insisted that he was delighted to be the dedicatee of this work, as he saw in this a token of Tchaikovsky's friendship. See [[Balakirev]]'s letter in {{bibx\|1962/71\|Милий Алексеевич Балакирев. Воспоминания и письма}} (1962), p. 127–130.</ref>		<ref name="note2">[[Balakirev]] duly complied with this request in his letter to Tchaikovsky of 18/30 March–19/31 March 1869, which contained several criticisms regarding the themes and form of ''[[Fatum]]'', although at the same time he insisted that he was delighted to be the dedicatee of this work, as he saw in this a token of Tchaikovsky's friendship. See [[Balakirev]]'s letter in {{bibx\|1962/71\|Милий Алексеевич Балакирев. Воспоминания и письма}} (1962), p. 127–130.</ref>
	<ref name="note3">Tchaikovsky is referring to the first performance of ''[[Fatum]]'', which took place in [[Moscow]] on 15/27 February 1869 under the baton of [[Nikolay Rubinstein]].</ref>		<ref name="note3">Tchaikovsky is referring to the first performance of ''[[Fatum]]'', which took place in [[Moscow]] on 15/27 February 1869 under the baton of [[Nikolay Rubinstein]].</ref>
	<ref name="note4">In a letter of 10/22 March 1869 [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]] informed his brother about the first performance of [[Rimsky-Korsakov]]'s ''Antar'' (initially entitled a symphony) at a Russian Musical Society concert in [[Saint Petersburg]].</ref>		<ref name="note4">In a letter of 10/22 March 1869, [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]] informed his brother about the first performance of [[Rimsky-Korsakov]]'s ''Antar'' (initially entitled a symphony) at a Russian Musical Society concert in [[Saint Petersburg]].</ref>
	<ref name="note5">Tchaikovsky is referring to the publication of [[Rimsky-Korsakov]]'s symphonic tableau ''Sadko'', which [[Jurgenson]] was keen to undertake. Avgust Johansen (1829–1875) was an important music publisher in [[Saint Petersburg]].</ref>		<ref name="note5">Tchaikovsky is referring to the publication of [[Rimsky-Korsakov]]'s symphonic tableau ''Sadko'', which [[Jurgenson]] was keen to undertake. Avgust Johansen (1829–1875) was an important music publisher in [[Saint Petersburg]].</ref>
	<ref name="note6">In his letter to Tchaikovsky of 11/23 March 1869 [[Balakirev]] had mentioned that he had heard from [[Nikolay Rubinstein]] that the pianist [[Anton Door]] and the cellist [[Bernhard Cossmann]] (1822–1910), who were both then professors at the [[Moscow]] Conservatory, had expressed an interest in coming to [[Saint Petersburg]] to take part in a concert. [[Balakirev]] had asked Tchaikovsky to find out whether they could come to [[Saint Petersburg]] for the next RMS concert on Monday, 17/29 March 1869, the rehearsals for which were to take place on Saturday and Sunday. [[Balakirev]] also said that he wanted [[Door]] to play [[Beethoven]]'s Piano Concerto No. 5 in E♭ major, Op. 73. See [[Balakirev]]'s letter in {{bibx\|1962/71\|Милий Алексеевич Балакирев. Воспоминания и письма}} (1962), p. 125–126.</ref>		<ref name="note6">In his letter to Tchaikovsky of 11/23 March 1869, [[Balakirev]] had mentioned that he had heard from [[Nikolay Rubinstein]] that the pianist [[Anton Door]] and the cellist [[Bernhard Cossmann]] (1822–1910), who were both then professors at the [[Moscow]] Conservatory, had expressed an interest in coming to [[Saint Petersburg]] to take part in a concert. [[Balakirev]] had asked Tchaikovsky to find out whether they could come to [[Saint Petersburg]] for the next RMS concert on Monday, 17/29 March 1869, the rehearsals for which were to take place on Saturday and Sunday. [[Balakirev]] also said that he wanted [[Door]] to play [[Beethoven]]'s Piano Concerto No. 5 in E♭ major, Op. 73. See [[Balakirev]]'s letter in {{bibx\|1962/71\|Милий Алексеевич Балакирев. Воспоминания и письма}} (1962), p. 125–126.</ref>
	<ref name="note7">A "monster concert", i.e. a concert with particularly large orchestral and choral forces like those which [[Berlioz]] himself often conducted.</ref>		<ref name="note7">A "monster concert", i.e. a concert with particularly large orchestral and choral forces like those which [[Berlioz]] himself often conducted.</ref>
	<ref name="note8">At the end of this paragraph Tchaikovsky is referring to his collection of [[Fifty Russian Folksongs]], harmonized and arranged for piano duet. Tchaikovsky had obtained [[Balakirev]]'s permission to use 25 songs from his ''Collection of Russian Folksongs'' (published by Johansen, [[Saint Petersburg]], 1866). In his letter of 15/27 January 1869, [[Balakirev]] had also said that Tchaikovsky could either adopt his harmonizations or re-harmonize these songs at his own discretion. In his later letter of 11/23 March 1869, [[Balakirev]] had asked Tchaikovsky whether he would be coming to [[Saint Petersburg]] during Easter, adding: "I would like to scold you personally for some of your arrangements of the songs". Book 1 of Tchaikovsky's collection (with the first 25 songs, which were not taken from [[Balakirev]]'s anthology) had been issued by [[Jurgenson]] in January or February 1869, and it is these which [[Balakirev]] is referring to here. See {{bibx\|1962/71\|Милий Алексеевич Балакирев. Воспоминания и письма}} (1962), p. 126.</ref>		<ref name="note8">At the end of this paragraph, Tchaikovsky is referring to his collection of [[Fifty Russian Folksongs]], harmonized and arranged for piano duet. Tchaikovsky had obtained [[Balakirev]]'s permission to use 25 songs from his ''Collection of Russian Folksongs'' (published by Johansen, [[Saint Petersburg]], 1866). In his letter of 15/27 January 1869, [[Balakirev]] had also said that Tchaikovsky could either adopt his harmonizations or re-harmonize these songs at his own discretion. In his later letter of 11/23 March 1869, [[Balakirev]] had asked Tchaikovsky whether he would be coming to [[Saint Petersburg]] during Easter, adding: "I would like to scold you personally for some of your arrangements of the songs". Book 1 of Tchaikovsky's collection (with the first 25 songs, which were not taken from [[Balakirev]]'s anthology) had been issued by [[Jurgenson]] in January or February 1869, and it is these which [[Balakirev]] is referring to here. See {{bibx\|1962/71\|Милий Алексеевич Балакирев. Воспоминания и письма}} (1962), p. 126.</ref>
	<ref name="note9">[[Balakirev]] had hoped that [[Borodin]]'s Symphony No. 1 in E-flat major would be performed at the forthcoming Russian Musical Society concert in [[Moscow]] on 21 March/2 April 1869 under the baton of [[Nikolay Rubinstein]]. Instead of [[Borodin]]'s symphony, however, [[Beethoven]]'s Choral Symphony was performed at that concert, and it would not be until March 1887 that [[Borodin]]'s First Symphony received its first performance in [[Moscow]], under the baton of [[Max Erdmannsdörfer]]. In his letter of 11/23 March 1869, [[Balakirev]] asked Tchaikovsky to request [[Nikolay Rubinstein\|Rubinstein]] to return the score of [[Borodin]]'s symphony if it could not be performed in [[Moscow]] during the current season, since he wanted to conduct it himself one more time in [[Saint Petersburg]]. Many years later, on 23 January/4 February 1893, Tchaikovsky would himself conduct [[Borodin]]'s First Symphony at an RMS concert in [[Odessa]].</ref>		<ref name="note9">[[Balakirev]] had hoped that [[Borodin]]'s Symphony No. 1 in E-flat major would be performed at the forthcoming Russian Musical Society concert in [[Moscow]] on 21 March/2 April 1869 under the baton of [[Nikolay Rubinstein]]. Instead of [[Borodin]]'s symphony, however, [[Beethoven]]'s Choral Symphony was performed at that concert, and it would not be until March 1887 that [[Borodin]]'s First Symphony received its first performance in [[Moscow]], under the baton of [[Max Erdmannsdörfer]]. In his letter of 11/23 March 1869, [[Balakirev]] asked Tchaikovsky to request [[Nikolay Rubinstein\|Rubinstein]] to return the score of [[Borodin]]'s symphony if it could not be performed in [[Moscow]] during the current season, since he wanted to conduct it himself one more time in [[Saint Petersburg]]. Many years later, on 23 January/4 February 1893, Tchaikovsky would himself conduct [[Borodin]]'s First Symphony at an RMS concert in [[Odessa]].</ref>
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