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|Date=9/21 January 1889<br />
|To=[[Vasily Safonov]]<br />
|Place=[[Frolovskoye]]<br />
|Language=Russian<br />
|Autograph=[[Klin]] (Russia): {{RUS-KLč}} (a{{sup|3}}, No. 345)<br />
|Publication={{bib|1959/36|Василий Ильич Сафонов}} (1959), p. 199–200<br/>{{bib|1981/80|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XVII}} (1981), p. 248–249.<br />
|Notes=Original incorrectly dated "9 November 1888" <ref name="note1"/><br />
}}<br />
==Text and Translation==<br />
{{Lettertext<br />
|Language=Russian<br />
|Translator=Brett Langston<br />
|Original text={{right|{{sic|9 ноября [18]88 г[ода]|9 January 1889}}}}<br />
{{centre|Дорогой Василий Ильич!}}<br />
Простите, что забыл своевременно отослать к Вам билет мой.<br />
<br />
У меня к Вам есть просьба. В будущее воскресенье ко мне приедет к обеду С. И. Танеев. Не пожалуете ли и Вы и не привезёте ли с собой Карла Юльевича? Я бы ужасно был рад видеть Вас и его у себя перед долгой разлукой. Напишите, словечко ответа.<br />
{{right|Ваш, П. Чайковский}}<br />
Разумеется, буду очень счастлив, если и Варвара Ивановна удостоит посещением.<br />
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Ужасно сожалею, что не могу завтра присутствовать на вашем квартетном вечере!!!<br />
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|Translated text={{right|{{sic|9 November 1888|9 January 1889}}}} <br />
{{centre|Dear [[Vasily Safonov|Vasily Ilyich]]!}}<br />
Forgive me for forgetting to send off to you for my ticket in time <ref name="note2"/>.<br />
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I have a request for you. Next Sunday [[Sergey Taneyev|S. I. Taneyev]] is coming to me for dinner. Won't you come along too, and could you bring [[Karl Davydov|Karl Yulevich]]? I should be terribly glad to see you both before we're parted for a long while <ref name="note3"/>. Please write a word or two in reply.<br />
{{right|Yours, P. Tchaikovsky}}<br />
Naturally I should be very happy if Varvara Ivanovna <ref name="note4"/> were to do me the honour of visiting too.<br />
<br />
I'm terribly sorry that I can't attend your quartet evening tomorrow!!!<br />
}}<br />
==Notes and References==<br />
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<ref name="note1">On that date Tchaikovsky was abroad, but the editors of {{bib|1981/80}} (1981) were able to establish the correct date based on [[Safonov]]'s letter of reply, and the date of the quartet concert referred to.</ref><br />
<ref name="note2">Tchaikovsky had apparently been allocated a ticket to the first chamber concert organised by [[Safonov]] and [[Karl Davydov]] in [[Moscow]] on 10/22 January 1889, comprising three cello sonatas by [[Beethoven]].</ref><br />
<ref name="note3">On 22 January/3 February 1889, Tchaikovsky was leaving Russia for his second concert tour of western Europe.</ref><br />
<ref name="note4">[[Safonov]]'s wife, the mezzo-soprano Varvara Ivanovna Safonova (née Vyshnegradskaya, 1863-1921).</ref><br />
</references></div>Brett