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		<title>Brett at 14:50, 12 August 2023</title>
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		<title>Brett: 1 revision imported</title>
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		<title>Brett at 16:03, 3 December 2019</title>
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|Date=27 November/9 December 1889 &lt;br /&gt;
|To=[[E. Elias]] &lt;br /&gt;
|Place=[[Moscow]] &lt;br /&gt;
|Language=French &lt;br /&gt;
|Autograph=Los Angeles (California, USA): {{US-LAusc}} (Miklós Rózsa collection) (Box 1, Folder 49) &amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;note1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|Publication={{bibx|2013/36|Чайковский. Новые материалы к творческой биографии}} (2013), p. 304-305 (with Russian translation, p. 305-306)&lt;br /&gt;
|Notes=Includes an autograph extract from the Andante cantabile of Tchaikovsky&amp;#039;s [[String Quartet No. 1]].&lt;br /&gt;
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==Text and Translation==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Lettertext&lt;br /&gt;
|Language=French&lt;br /&gt;
|Translator=Brett Langston&lt;br /&gt;
|Original text={{right|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Moskau&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;9 December 1889}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{centre|Cher Monsieur!}}&lt;br /&gt;
Je Vous demande pardon de {{sic|repondre|répondre}} si tard à Votre lettre, mais pour bien des raisons, — je n&amp;#039;ai pu jusqu&amp;#039;à {{sic|present|présent}} trouver un moment de loisir et je m&amp;#039;empresse dès que je le puis de satisfaire Votre {{sic|desir|désir}} qui me flatte infiniment.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Tout à Vous,&lt;br /&gt;
{{right|P. Tschaïkowsky}}&lt;br /&gt;
Pardon de V[ou]s répondre en français, mais {{sic|j&amp;#039;ecris|j&amp;#039;écris}} bien mal l&amp;#039;allemand.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|Translated text={{right|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Moscow]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;9 December 1889}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{centre|Dear Sir!}}&lt;br /&gt;
I beg your pardon for responding so late to your letter, but this was for good reasons — I could not find a free moment and I am hastening as soon as I can to satisfy your desire, which is infinitely flattering to me.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Yours ever,&lt;br /&gt;
{{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}&lt;br /&gt;
Forgive me for replying in French, but I write very badly in Germany.&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
==Notes and References==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;references&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;note1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;See the catalogue description at: https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8xd110t/entire_text/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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