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Has the suite <ref name="note1"/> been printed, i.e. engraved? If you haven't yet reached No. 4, then I shall be utterly happy. I've only just now realised that all 5 movements of the suite are in duple meter. ''This is impossible''. And since No. 4 is of dubious merit, then I've hastened to write a substitute item in waltz time, which is incomparably better <ref name="note2"/>. As soon as I've finished the opera <ref name="note3"/> — and this should be accomplished within a week — I'll orchestrate this new number and bring it to you in September together with everything else outstanding. Is this possible | Has the suite <ref name="note1"/> been printed, i.e. engraved? If you haven't yet reached No. 4, then I shall be utterly happy. I've only just now realised that all 5 movements of the suite are in duple meter. ''This is impossible''. And since No. 4 is of dubious merit, then I've hastened to write a substitute item in waltz time, which is incomparably better <ref name="note2"/>. As soon as I've finished the opera <ref name="note3"/> — and this should be accomplished within a week — I'll orchestrate this new number and bring it to you in September together with everything else outstanding. Is this possible? Am I too late? For God's sake, reply to me right away at [[Kamenka]]. If it's too late, then I would ask you all the same to insert this new number, because it's impossible to leave the whole suite in a single meter. For God's sake, forgive my disarray and carelessness. | ||
{{right|Yours, P. Tchaikovsky}} | {{right|Yours, P. Tchaikovsky}} | ||
But better still to do away with the (very dubious) No. 4 and substitute this additional number, which is undoubtedly more suitable in all respects. | But better still to do away with the (very dubious) No. 4 and substitute this additional number, which is undoubtedly more suitable in all respects. | ||
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<ref name="note1">Tchaikovsky's [[Suite No. 1]] which he had written between August 1878 and April 1879.</ref> | <ref name="note1">Tchaikovsky's [[Suite No. 1]] which he had written between August 1878 and April 1879.</ref> | ||
<ref name="note2">The ''Marche miniature'' was the fourth of the suite's original five movements. The newly | <ref name="note2">The ''Marche miniature'' was the fourth of the suite's original five movements. The newly composed movement was ''Divertimento'', and both were ultimately included in the published score.</ref> | ||
<ref name="note3"> | <ref name="note3">[[The Maid of Orleans]], which Tchaikovsky was orchestrating and partly arranging the piano reduction.</ref> | ||
</references> | </references> | ||
Latest revision as of 14:09, 23 July 2024
| Date | 12/24 August 1879 |
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| Addressed to | Pyotr Jurgenson |
| Where written | Simaki |
| Language | Russian |
| Autograph Location | Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 2259) |
| Publication | Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского, том 2 (1901), p. 301 П. И. Чайковский. Переписка с П. И. Юргенсоном, том 1 (1938), p. 109 П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том VIII (1963), p. 315–316 |
Text and Translation
| Russian text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
12 августа Печатается ли, т. е. гравируется ли сюита? Если ещё не дошли до № 4, то я буду донельзя счастлив. Только теперь я вдруг сообразил, что все 5 частей сюиты в двухдольном ритме. Это невозможно. А так как № 4 сомнительного достоинства, то я поспешил написать вместо него другую вещь в ритме вальса, которая несравненно лучше. Как только окончу оперу, — а это совершится через неделю, я сынструментую этот новый № и привезу тебе его к сентябрю вместе со всем остальным. Возможно ли это? Не опоздал ли я? Ради Бога, ответь мне поскорее в Каменку. Если уж поздно, то я попрошу всё-таки вклеить этот новый нумер, ибо невозможно оставлять всю сюиту в одном ритме. Ради Бога, прости за беспокойство и безалаберность. Твой, П. Чайковский Но всего лучше похерить № 4 (очень сомнительный) и вместо него сунуть новый, не сомнительный и более подходящий во всех отношениях. Прости! |
12 August Has the suite [1] been printed, i.e. engraved? If you haven't yet reached No. 4, then I shall be utterly happy. I've only just now realised that all 5 movements of the suite are in duple meter. This is impossible. And since No. 4 is of dubious merit, then I've hastened to write a substitute item in waltz time, which is incomparably better [2]. As soon as I've finished the opera [3] — and this should be accomplished within a week — I'll orchestrate this new number and bring it to you in September together with everything else outstanding. Is this possible? Am I too late? For God's sake, reply to me right away at Kamenka. If it's too late, then I would ask you all the same to insert this new number, because it's impossible to leave the whole suite in a single meter. For God's sake, forgive my disarray and carelessness. Yours, P. Tchaikovsky But better still to do away with the (very dubious) No. 4 and substitute this additional number, which is undoubtedly more suitable in all respects. Forgive me! |
Notes and References
- ↑ Tchaikovsky's Suite No. 1 which he had written between August 1878 and April 1879.
- ↑ The Marche miniature was the fourth of the suite's original five movements. The newly composed movement was Divertimento, and both were ultimately included in the published score.
- ↑ The Maid of Orleans, which Tchaikovsky was orchestrating and partly arranging the piano reduction.
