Letter 20 - Revision history

Tony: Text replacement - "for" to "to" for clarity of meaning

2024-01-10T13:56:17Z

Text replacement - "for" to "to" for clarity of meaning

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	\|Autograph=[[Saint Petersburg]] (Russia): {{RUS-SPsc}} (ф. 834, ед. хр. 33, л. 23-24)		\|Autograph=[[Saint Petersburg]] (Russia): {{RUS-SPsc}} (ф. 834, ед. хр. 33, л. 23-24)
	\|Publication={{bib\|1940/210\|П. И. Чайковский. Письма к родным ; том 1}} (1940), p. 22 <br/>{{bib\|1959/50\|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том V}} (1959), p. 25-26.		\|Publication={{bib\|1940/210\|П. И. Чайковский. Письма к родным ; том 1}} (1940), p. 22 <br/>{{bib\|1959/50\|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том V}} (1959), p. 25-26
	\|Notes=Postscript to a letter from his brother [[Nikolay]] and their guardian Modest Vakar dated "12 April 1851" <ref name="note1"/>		\|Notes=Postscript to a letter from his brother [[Nikolay]] and their guardian Modest Vakar dated "12 April 1851" <ref name="note1"/>
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	I don't know what to write to you, my wonderful parents, little angels, darlings, sweeties, kind ones, and whatever you like, but I shall just say that I love you so much that I cannot find words to express it.		I don't know what to write to you, my wonderful parents, little angels, darlings, sweeties, kind ones, and whatever you like, but I shall just say that I love you so much that I cannot find words to express it.

	Kiss for me [[Polya]], [[Aleksandra Davydova\|Sashurochka]], wonderful [[Tolya]] and [[Modya]]; kiss also [[Malya]], Mina, and Katya <ref name="note4"/>. Give my regards to, and kiss the hands of, [[Aunt Liza]], Sestritsa <ref name="note5"/>, and [[Zinochka]].		Kiss for me [[Polya]], [[Aleksandra Davydova\|Sashurochka]], wonderful [[Tolya]] and [[Modya]]; kiss also [[Malya]], Mina and Katya <ref name="note4"/>. Give my regards to, and kiss the hands of, [[Aunt Liza]], Sestritsa <ref name="note5"/> and [[Zinochka]].

	As for you wonderful angels, I kiss you from your toes to your head, and ask for your blessing.		As for you wonderful angels, I kiss you from your toes to your head, and ask for your blessing.

	I must also send my regards ~~for~~ Mashurochka "je crois bien" <ref name="note6"/>. Your son,		I must also send my regards to Mashurochka "je crois bien" <ref name="note6"/>. Your son,
	{{right\|P. Tchaikovsky}}		{{right\|P. Tchaikovsky}}
	}}		}}

Brett: Text replacement - "Shobert" to "Schobert"

2023-08-28T12:37:28Z

Text replacement - "Shobert" to "Schobert"

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	<ref name="note2">Mariya Aleksandrovna Tchaikovskaya, the second wife of the composer's uncle [[Vladimir Tchaikovsky]]. The latter's first wife, Mariya Petrovna (née Kamenskaya) had died in 1842 — note based on note by Vladimir Zhdanov in {{bib\|1940/210\|П. И. Чайковский. Письма к родным ; том 1}} (1940), p. 661.</ref>		<ref name="note2">Mariya Aleksandrovna Tchaikovskaya, the second wife of the composer's uncle [[Vladimir Tchaikovsky]]. The latter's first wife, Mariya Petrovna (née Kamenskaya) had died in 1842 — note based on note by Vladimir Zhdanov in {{bib\|1940/210\|П. И. Чайковский. Письма к родным ; том 1}} (1940), p. 661.</ref>
	<ref name="note3">Modest Alekseyevich Vakar was a friend of [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]]'s who had agreed to act as the guardian of young Pyotr after his enrolment in the Imperial School of Jurisprudence in [[Saint Petersburg]] in September 1850, as well as to keep an eye on his brother [[Nikolay]], two years his senior, who was attending the city's Mining College. Although both these institutions were boarding-schools, Pyotr and [[Nikolay]] had been allowed to stay at the Vakars' house on Sundays and during holidays. Later in April 1851, however, Modest Vakar left [[Saint Petersburg]] with his family to settle elsewhere.</ref>		<ref name="note3">Modest Alekseyevich Vakar was a friend of [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]]'s who had agreed to act as the guardian of young Pyotr after his enrolment in the Imperial School of Jurisprudence in [[Saint Petersburg]] in September 1850, as well as to keep an eye on his brother [[Nikolay]], two years his senior, who was attending the city's Mining College. Although both these institutions were boarding-schools, Pyotr and [[Nikolay]] had been allowed to stay at the Vakars' house on Sundays and during holidays. Later in April 1851, however, Modest Vakar left [[Saint Petersburg]] with his family to settle elsewhere.</ref>
	<ref name="note4">Vilgelmina ('Mina') and Yekaterina ('Katya') were younger sisters of Tchaikovsky's cousin [[Amaliya ~~Shobert~~]] (later Litke).</ref>		<ref name="note4">Vilgelmina ('Mina') and Yekaterina ('Katya') were younger sisters of Tchaikovsky's cousin [[Amaliya Schobert]] (later Litke).</ref>
	<ref name="note5">'Sestritsa', or 'little sister', was the affectionate name for Tchaikovsky's much older cousin, Anastasiya Vasilyevna Popova (1807–1894), the daughter of [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]]'s older sister [[Yevdokiya Popova]].</ref>		<ref name="note5">'Sestritsa', or 'little sister', was the affectionate name for Tchaikovsky's much older cousin, Anastasiya Vasilyevna Popova (1807–1894), the daughter of [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]]'s older sister [[Yevdokiya Popova]].</ref>
	<ref name="note6">Marya Yegorovna Foss was a nanny and governess in the ~~Shobert~~ family. "Je crois bien!" ('I should think so!') was a humorous catchphrase of hers.</ref>		<ref name="note6">Marya Yegorovna Foss was a nanny and governess in the Schobert family. "Je crois bien!" ('I should think so!') was a humorous catchphrase of hers.</ref>
	</references>		</references>
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{{letterhead
|Date=12/24 April 1851
|To=[[Aleksandra Tchaikovskaya]] and [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]]
|Place=[[Saint Petersburg]]
|Language=Russian
|Autograph=[[Saint Petersburg]] (Russia): {{RUS-SPsc}} (ф. 834, ед. хр. 33, л. 23-24)
|Publication={{bib|1940/210|П. И. Чайковский. Письма к родным ; том 1}} (1940), p. 22 <br/>{{bib|1959/50|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том V}} (1959), p. 25-26.
|Notes=Postscript to a letter from his brother [[Nikolay]] and their guardian Modest Vakar dated "12 April 1851" <ref name="note1"/>
}}
==Text and Translation==
Spelling and punctuation errors in the original text have not been indicated.
{{Lettertext
|Language=Russian
|Translator=Luis Sundkvist
|Original text={{centre|Милые и прекрасные Папаша и Мамаша!}}
С Воскресения до вчерашнего дня мы гостили у доброй и милой Марии Александровны.

С большим удовольствием я пишу вам это письмо потому что мне кажется, что оно уже последнее, потому что я вас ожидаю в скором времени.

Когда Модест Алексеевич уедет то мы верно будем ходить по Воскресеньям и Праздникам к Марьи Александровне которая такая добрая женщина что в доброте вам двум прекрасным Ангелам.

Третьего дня когда я был у Марьи Александровне то она брала нас к Редеровым. Там было много дам и между прочим от одной из них я слыхал что она об вас говорила милая Мамашинька.

Не знаю что вам писать мои прекрасные родители-ангельчики, душички, милочки, добрые и все что вам угодно, но только скажу что я вас так люблю, что у меня нет слов чтоб выразить это.

Поцелуйте за меня Полю, Сашурочку, прекрасных Толю и Модю; Малю, Мину, Катю также поцелуйте. Поклонитесь и поцелуйте ручку у Тёте Лизе Сестрице и Зиночке.

Вас же прекрасных ангелов целую с ног до головы и прошу Вашего благословления.

Машурочке «je crois bien» надо поклониться. Ваш сын,
{{right|П. Чайковский}}

|Translated text={{centre|Dear and wonderful [[Papasha]] and [[Mamasha]]!}}
From Sunday until yesterday we stayed with kind and dear Mariya Aleksandrovna <ref name="note2"/>.

I am writing this letter to you with great pleasure because I think that is in fact the last one, as I am expecting you very soon.

After Modest Alekseyevich has left we shall probably go to Mariya Aleksandrovna's on Sundays and holidays <ref name="note3"/>: she is such a kind woman that in kindness she equals you two wonderful Angels.

The day before yesterday, when I was at Mariya Aleksandrovna's, she took us to see the Rederovs. There were many ladies there, and among other things, I heard one of them talking about you, dear [[Aleksandra Tchaikovskaya|Mamashinka]].

I don't know what to write to you, my wonderful parents, little angels, darlings, sweeties, kind ones, and whatever you like, but I shall just say that I love you so much that I cannot find words to express it.

Kiss for me [[Polya]], [[Aleksandra Davydova|Sashurochka]], wonderful [[Tolya]] and [[Modya]]; kiss also [[Malya]], Mina, and Katya <ref name="note4"/>. Give my regards to, and kiss the hands of, [[Aunt Liza]], Sestritsa <ref name="note5"/>, and [[Zinochka]].

As for you wonderful angels, I kiss you from your toes to your head, and ask for your blessing.

I must also send my regards for Mashurochka "je crois bien" <ref name="note6"/>. Your son,
{{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}
}}

==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">Note by Vladimir Zhdanov in {{bib|1940/210|П. И. Чайковский. Письма к родным ; том 1}} (1940), p. 661.</ref>
<ref name="note2">Mariya Aleksandrovna Tchaikovskaya, the second wife of the composer's uncle [[Vladimir Tchaikovsky]]. The latter's first wife, Mariya Petrovna (née Kamenskaya) had died in 1842 — note based on note by Vladimir Zhdanov in {{bib|1940/210|П. И. Чайковский. Письма к родным ; том 1}} (1940), p. 661.</ref>
<ref name="note3">Modest Alekseyevich Vakar was a friend of [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]]'s who had agreed to act as the guardian of young Pyotr after his enrolment in the Imperial School of Jurisprudence in [[Saint Petersburg]] in September 1850, as well as to keep an eye on his brother [[Nikolay]], two years his senior, who was attending the city's Mining College. Although both these institutions were boarding-schools, Pyotr and [[Nikolay]] had been allowed to stay at the Vakars' house on Sundays and during holidays. Later in April 1851, however, Modest Vakar left [[Saint Petersburg]] with his family to settle elsewhere.</ref>
<ref name="note4">Vilgelmina ('Mina') and Yekaterina ('Katya') were younger sisters of Tchaikovsky's cousin [[Amaliya Shobert]] (later Litke).</ref>
<ref name="note5">'Sestritsa', or 'little sister', was the affectionate name for Tchaikovsky's much older cousin, Anastasiya Vasilyevna Popova (1807–1894), the daughter of [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]]'s older sister [[Yevdokiya Popova]].</ref>
<ref name="note6">Marya Yegorovna Foss was a nanny and governess in the Shobert family. "Je crois bien!" ('I should think so!') was a humorous catchphrase of hers.</ref>
</references>
{{DEFAULTSORT:Letter 0020}}