Letter 4416

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Date 19 June/1 July 1891
Addressed to Boris Jurgenson
Where written Maydanovo
Language Russian
Autograph Location Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 480)
Publication П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XVI-А (1976), p. 152

Text and Translation

Russian text
(original)
English translation
By Brett Langston
19 июня
с[ело] Майданово

Милый Боря! Спасибо за обстоятельный ответ. Я тоже на твои вопросы отвечаю обстоятельно.

1. Покорнейше прошу г. Дальгрена сделать 2 корректуры Танцев «Воеводы» . Третью же прислать мне. Не забудь, пожалуйста.

2. Партитуру «Евг[ения] Он[егина]» прошу прислать мне по исправлении.

3. Насчёт именин я изменил своё решение. Здесь в Майданове живёт много дачников; я со всеми перезнакомился, и всех пришлось бы звать к себе. Это и скучно и неудобно. Поэтому я решился уехать отсюда (и именно в Петербург) накануне именин; у меня, кстати, там дело есть. А ты, голубчик, приедешь ко мне в июле. Я до тех пор или спишусь, или сговорюсь с тобой. Прости, что так неучтиво поступаю: пригласил, а потом удираю от предположенного торжества! Обнимаю.

П. Чайковский

19 June
Maydanovo village

Dear Borya! Thanks for the comprehensive reply [1]. I shall also answer your questions fully:

1. I humbly request Mr Dahlgren to do the 2 proofs for the "Voyevoda" dances [2]. Send the third to me. Please don't forget.

2. I ask you to send me the full score of "Yevgeny Onegin" for corrections [3].

3. I've changed my mind about my name day [4]. There are many summer residents here at Maydanovo; I've become acquainted with them all, and would have to invite them all to mine. This is tedious and inconvenient. Therefore, I've decided to leave here (namely for Petersburg) the day before my name day; I have business there, by the way. And you, golubchik, can come to me in July. Until then I'll either write or arrange something with you. Forgive me for behaving with such discourtesy: inviting you and then fleeing from the intended festivities! I hug you.

P. Tchaikovsky

Notes and References

  1. Letter from Boris Jurgenson to Tchaikovsky, dated 17/29 June 1891.
  2. Tchaikovsky had recently revised the score of the "Dances of the Chambermaids" from his first opera The Voyevoda, for publication by Jurgenson.
  3. Tchaikovsky was also preparing a new edition of the opera Yevgeny Onegin, incorporating all the changes he had made to the score since its original publication.
  4. In 1891 the feast of St. Peter, Tchaikovsky's "name-day", fell on 29 June/11 July.