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|Date=14/26 October 1889 <br />
|To=[[Anton Chekhov]] <br />
|Place=[[Moscow]] <br />
|Language=Russian <br />
|Autograph=[[Moscow]]: {{RUS-Mrg}}<br />
|Publication={{bib|1953/10|Музыка в жизни и творчестве Чехова}} (1953), p. 27–28<br/>{{bib|1976/64|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XV–А}} (1976), p. 198<br />
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==Text and Translation==<br />
{{Lettertext<br />
|Language=Russian<br />
|Translator=Luis Sundkvist<br />
|Original text={{right|14 октября [18]89 г[ода]}}<br />
{{centre|Дорогой Антон Павлович!}}<br />
Посылаю при сём свою фотографию и убедительно прошу вручить посланному Вашу! <br />
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Достаточно ли я выразил Вам мою благодарность за посвящение? Мне кажется, что нет, а потому ещё скажу Вам, что я ''глубоко тронут'' вниманием Вашим!<br />
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Крепко жму Вашу руку.<br />
{{right|П. Чайковский}}<br />
14 октября [18]89 г[ода].<br />
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|Translated text={{right|14 October 1889}}<br />
{{centre|Dear [[Anton Pavlovich]]!}}<br />
I am herewith sending you my photograph and ask you emphatically to hand over one of yourself to the messenger!<ref name="note1"/><br />
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Did I sufficiently express my gratitude to you for the dedication?<ref name="note2"/> It seems to me that I didn't, and I would therefore also like to tell you that I am ''profoundly touched'' by your kindness!<ref name="note3"/><br />
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I shake your hand warmly.<br />
{{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}<br />
14 October 1889.<br />
}}<br />
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==Notes and References==<br />
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<ref name="note1">The photograph which Tchaikovsky sent to [[Chekhov]] together with this letter—both were delivered by a special messenger that same day—bears the following inscription: "To [[Anton Chekhov|A. P. Chekhov]] from an ardent admirer. P. Tchaikovsky. 14 Oct. 89". See {{bib|1953/10|Музыка в жизни и творчестве Чехова}} (1953), p. 28–29. The photograph in question was one of several prints made by the [[Hamburg]] photographer E. Bieber on 6/18 January 1888 and is listed [[:File:Photo060.jpg|No. 60]] in our [[Photographs|Catalogue of Photographs]].</ref> <br />
<ref name="note2">On 12/24 October 1889 [[Chekhov]] had written to Tchaikovsky that a new collection of his short stories, ''Gloomy People'' (Хмурые люди), was due to be published later that month and asked for permission to dedicate this book to him: "This dedication would, firstly, give me great pleasure, and, secondly, it would at least to some extent satisfy that profound feeling of respect which causes me to remember you every day. The idea of dedicating a little book to you lodged itself firmly in my mind already on that day when I had lunch with you at [[Modest Ilyich]]'s [in [[Saint Petersburg]], in December 1888] and I found out from you that you had read my stories. If, together with your permission, you also send me your photograph, I shall have received more than I deserve and will be satisfied for all time". Instead of replying in writing Tchaikovsky went to [[Chekhov]]'s flat two days later, on 14/26 October, and thanked him personally. During their conversation they also discussed the possibility of working together on an opera, with Chekhov providing the libretto. (A few months later [[Chekhov]] would suggest turning one of the stories that make up [[Lermontov]]'s famous novel ''A Hero of Our Time'' into a libretto, but nothing came of the projected opera ''[[Béla]]''). A few hours after his visit Tchaikovsky sat down to write the above letter and, together with the photograph which he had evidently forgotten to bring with him earlier that day, he sent it to [[Chekhov]] via a messenger. For [[Chekhov]]'s earlier letter, see: {{und|А. П. Чехов. Полное собрание сочинений и писем в 30 тт. Письма, том 3}} (Moscow, 1976), p. 259.</ref><br />
<ref name="note3">After receiving Tchaikovsky's letter and photograph that same evening [[Chekhov]] sat down at once to write a reply: "I am very, very touched, dear Pyotr Ilyich, and I thank you infinitely. I am sending you a photograph and books, and I would even send you the sun if it belonged to me". The photograph which he sent Tchaikovsky can be seen on this website's entry for [[Chekhov]] and it bears the following inscription: "To Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky as a keepsake of his cordially devoted and grateful admirer [[Chekhov]]". The books which he sent to Tchaikovsky were a copy of his collection of short stories ''In the Twilight'' (В сумерках; 3rd ed., [[Saint Petersburg]], 1889), inscribed: "To Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky from the author, who respects him profoundly. A. Chekhov", and a copy of the collection ''Stories'' (Рассказы; 2nd ed., [[Saint Petersburg]], 1889), inscribed: "To Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, from his future librettist. [[Anton Chekhov|A. Chekhov]]. 89 14/XI [''sic.'': should be X]". For [[Chekhov]]'s letter to Tchaikovsky of 14/26 October 1889, see: {{und|А. П. Чехов. Полное собрание сочинений и писем в 30 тт. Письма, том 3}} ([[Moscow]], 1976), p. 262.</ref><br />
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