Letter 2428 - Revision history

Tony: "your" to "you" due to context / "they're Italy" to "they're in Italy"

2025-01-07T13:48:19Z

"your" to "you" due to context / "they're Italy" to "they're in Italy"

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	\|Translated text={{right\|''7 February 1884<br/>''[[Berlin]]''}}		\|Translated text={{right\|''7 February 1884<br/>''[[Berlin]]''}}
	How tedious this journey is, and how much it's exhausted me. My mood was very miserable, particularly on the first day. I felt sorry for everyone whom I had to leave behind, and the solitude rather frightened me, then on the last day I started fretting and and worrying about "''[[Mazepa]]''" in [[Petersburg]]. Your dispatch was a ''godsend''; it was already waiting for me when I arrived. All this morning I couldn't make my mind up about where to go, but I finally decided in favour of [[Paris]]; I want to find out if [[Nikolay von Meck\|Kolya]] and [[Anna von Meck\|Anna Meck]] are there, and if they're Italy, then go to them there, because I feel that in my present state I can't be completely alone. The sensation of being ''abroad'' is weaker this time than ever. Oh, if only ~~your~~ or ''[[Alyosha]]'' were with me! I want to go by sea from [[Naples]] to [[Odessa]] and [[Kamenka]]; in May, I'm going to [[Moscow]] and to see you to [[Petersburg]]. But we'll see! Write to the Richepanse in ''[[Paris]]''.		How tedious this journey is, and how much it's exhausted me. My mood was very miserable, particularly on the first day. I felt sorry for everyone whom I had to leave behind, and the solitude rather frightened me, then on the last day I started fretting and and worrying about "''[[Mazepa]]''" in [[Petersburg]]. Your dispatch was a ''godsend''; it was already waiting for me when I arrived. All this morning I couldn't make my mind up about where to go, but I finally decided in favour of [[Paris]]; I want to find out if [[Nikolay von Meck\|Kolya]] and [[Anna von Meck\|Anna Meck]] are there, and if they're in Italy, then go to them there, because I feel that in my present state I can't be completely alone. The sensation of being ''abroad'' is weaker this time than ever. Oh, if only you or ''[[Alyosha]]'' were with me! I want to go by sea from [[Naples]] to [[Odessa]] and [[Kamenka]]; in May, I'm going to [[Moscow]] and to see you in [[Petersburg]]. But we'll see! Write to the Richepanse in ''[[Paris]]''.

	I kiss and hug you with all my heart.		I kiss and hug you with all my heart.
	{{right\|Yours, P. Tchaikovsky}}		{{right\|Yours, P. Tchaikovsky}}
	}}		}}

Brett at 20:10, 18 February 2024

2024-02-18T20:10:05Z

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	\|Translated text={{right\|''7 February 1884<br/>''[[Berlin]]''}}		\|Translated text={{right\|''7 February 1884<br/>''[[Berlin]]''}}
	How tedious this journey is, and how much it's exhausted me. My mood was very miserable, particularly on the first day. I felt sorry for everyone whom I had to leave behind, and the solitude rather frightened me, then on the last day I started fretting and and worrying about "''[[Mazepa]]''" in [[Petersburg]]. Your dispatch was a ''godsend''; it was already waiting for me when I arrived. All this morning I couldn't make my mind up about where to go, but I finally decided in favour of [[Paris]]; I want to find out if [[Nikolay von Meck\|Kolya]] and [[Anna von Meck\|Anna Meck]] are there, and if they're Italy, then go to them there, because I feel that in my present state I can't be completely alone. The sensation of being ''abroad'' is weaker this time than ever. Oh, if only your or ''[[Alyosha]]'' were with me! I want to go by sea from [[Naples]] to [[Odessa]] and [[~~Kamena~~]]; in May, I'm going to [[Moscow]] and to see you to [[Petersburg]]. But we'll see! Write to the Richepanse in ''[[Paris]]''.		How tedious this journey is, and how much it's exhausted me. My mood was very miserable, particularly on the first day. I felt sorry for everyone whom I had to leave behind, and the solitude rather frightened me, then on the last day I started fretting and and worrying about "''[[Mazepa]]''" in [[Petersburg]]. Your dispatch was a ''godsend''; it was already waiting for me when I arrived. All this morning I couldn't make my mind up about where to go, but I finally decided in favour of [[Paris]]; I want to find out if [[Nikolay von Meck\|Kolya]] and [[Anna von Meck\|Anna Meck]] are there, and if they're Italy, then go to them there, because I feel that in my present state I can't be completely alone. The sensation of being ''abroad'' is weaker this time than ever. Oh, if only your or ''[[Alyosha]]'' were with me! I want to go by sea from [[Naples]] to [[Odessa]] and [[Kamenka]]; in May, I'm going to [[Moscow]] and to see you to [[Petersburg]]. But we'll see! Write to the Richepanse in ''[[Paris]]''.

	I kiss and hug you with all my heart.		I kiss and hug you with all my heart.
	{{right\|Yours, P. Tchaikovsky}}		{{right\|Yours, P. Tchaikovsky}}
	}}		}}

Brett at 19:24, 18 February 2024

2024-02-18T19:24:36Z

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	\|Publication={{bib\|1955/37\|П. И. Чайковский. Письма к близким}} (1955), p. 303<br/>{{bib\|1970/86\|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XII}} (1970), p. 310–311<br/>{{bib\|1981/81\|Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Letters to his family. An autobiography}} (1981), p. 298–299 (English translation; abridged)		\|Publication={{bib\|1955/37\|П. И. Чайковский. Письма к близким}} (1955), p. 303<br/>{{bib\|1970/86\|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XII}} (1970), p. 310–311<br/>{{bib\|1981/81\|Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Letters to his family. An autobiography}} (1981), p. 298–299 (English translation; abridged)
	}}		}}
	==Text==		==Text and Translation==
	{{Lettertext		{{Lettertext
	\|Language=Russian		\|Language=Russian
	\|Translator=		\|Translator=Brett Langston
	\|Original text={{right\|''7 ф[евраля] 1884<br/>''Берлин''}}		\|Original text={{right\|''7 ф[евраля] 1884<br/>''Берлин''}}
	Какая скучная эта дорога, и как она меня утомила. Состояние духа было очень грустное, особенно в первый день. Жаль было всех, с кем пришлось расстаться, и одиночество несколько пугало меня, а в последний день начались страхи и беспокойство за «''Мазепу''» В Петербурге. Твоя депеша была ''сущим благодеянием''; когда я приехал, она уже ожидала меня. Сегодня всё утро был в нерешимости, куда ехать, н, наконец, решил в пользу Парижа, хочу там разузнать, где Коля и Анна Мекки, и если они в Италии, то ехать туда, где они, ибо чувствую, что при теперешнем состоянии вполне одинок быть не могу. Ощущение ''заграничности'' на этот раз слабее, чем когда-либо. Ах, если бы ты или ''Алёша'' были co мной! Мне хочется из Неаполя поехать морем в Одессу и Каменку; в мае съездить в Москву и за вами в Петербург. А впрочем увидим! Пиши в ''Париж'' в Richepanse.		Какая скучная эта дорога, и как она меня утомила. Состояние духа было очень грустное, особенно в первый день. Жаль было всех, с кем пришлось расстаться, и одиночество несколько пугало меня, а в последний день начались страхи и беспокойство за «''Мазепу''» в Петербурге. Твоя депеша была ''сущим благодеянием''; когда я приехал, она уже ожидала меня. Сегодня всё утро был в нерешимости, куда ехать, н, наконец, решил в пользу Парижа; хочу там разузнать, где Коля и Анна Мекки, и если они в Италии, то ехать туда, где они, ибо чувствую, что при теперешнем состоянии вполне одинок быть не могу. Ощущение ''заграничности'' на этот раз слабее, чем когда-либо. Ах, если бы ты или ''Алёша'' были co мной! Мне хочется из Неаполя поехать морем в Одессу и Каменку; в мае съездить в Москву и за вами в Петербург. А впрочем увидим! Пиши в ''Париж'' в Richepanse.

	Целую и обнимаю тебя от всей души.		Целую и обнимаю тебя от всей души.
	{{right\|Твой, П. Чайковский}}		{{right\|Твой, П. Чайковский}}

	\|Translated text=		\|Translated text={{right\|''7 February 1884<br/>''[[Berlin]]''}}
			How tedious this journey is, and how much it's exhausted me. My mood was very miserable, particularly on the first day. I felt sorry for everyone whom I had to leave behind, and the solitude rather frightened me, then on the last day I started fretting and and worrying about "''[[Mazepa]]''" in [[Petersburg]]. Your dispatch was a ''godsend''; it was already waiting for me when I arrived. All this morning I couldn't make my mind up about where to go, but I finally decided in favour of [[Paris]]; I want to find out if [[Nikolay von Meck\|Kolya]] and [[Anna von Meck\|Anna Meck]] are there, and if they're Italy, then go to them there, because I feel that in my present state I can't be completely alone. The sensation of being ''abroad'' is weaker this time than ever. Oh, if only your or ''[[Alyosha]]'' were with me! I want to go by sea from [[Naples]] to [[Odessa]] and [[Kamena]]; in May, I'm going to [[Moscow]] and to see you to [[Petersburg]]. But we'll see! Write to the Richepanse in ''[[Paris]]''.

			I kiss and hug you with all my heart.
			{{right\|Yours, P. Tchaikovsky}}
	}}		}}

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Brett at 09:05, 18 April 2020

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{{letterhead
|Date=7/19 February 1884
|To=[[Modest Tchaikovsky]]
|Place=[[Berlin]]
|Language=Russian
|Autograph=[[Klin]] (Russia): {{RUS-KLč}} (a{{sup|3}}, No. 1730)
|Publication={{bib|1955/37|П. И. Чайковский. Письма к близким}} (1955), p. 303<br/>{{bib|1970/86|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XII}} (1970), p. 310–311<br/>{{bib|1981/81|Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Letters to his family. An autobiography}} (1981), p. 298–299 (English translation; abridged)
}}
==Text==
{{Lettertext
|Language=Russian
|Translator=
|Original text={{right|''7 ф[евраля] 1884<br/>''Берлин''}}
Какая скучная эта дорога, и как она меня утомила. Состояние духа было очень грустное, особенно в первый день. Жаль было всех, с кем пришлось расстаться, и одиночество несколько пугало меня, а в последний день начались страхи и беспокойство за «''Мазепу''» В Петербурге. Твоя депеша была ''сущим благодеянием''; когда я приехал, она уже ожидала меня. Сегодня всё утро был в нерешимости, куда ехать, н, наконец, решил в пользу Парижа, хочу там разузнать, где Коля и Анна Мекки, и если они в Италии, то ехать туда, где они, ибо чувствую, что при теперешнем состоянии вполне одинок быть не могу. Ощущение ''заграничности'' на этот раз слабее, чем когда-либо. Ах, если бы ты или ''Алёша'' были co мной! Мне хочется из Неаполя поехать морем в Одессу и Каменку; в мае съездить в Москву и за вами в Петербург. А впрочем увидим! Пиши в ''Париж'' в Richepanse.

Целую и обнимаю тебя от всей души.
{{right|Твой, П. Чайковский}}

|Translated text=
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