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	<ref name="note21">Bittner's musical publishing firm was founded in [[Saint Petersburg]] in 1850. They also acted as the Russian agents for [[Daniel Rahter]] in [[Hamburg]], who had recently become Tchaikovsky's publisher in Germany.</ref>		<ref name="note21">Bittner's musical publishing firm was founded in [[Saint Petersburg]] in 1850. They also acted as the Russian agents for [[Daniel Rahter]] in [[Hamburg]], who had recently become Tchaikovsky's publisher in Germany.</ref>
	<ref name="note22">The French actor [[Lucien Guitry]] and his actress wife Angèle.</ref>		<ref name="note22">The French actor [[Lucien Guitry]] and his actress wife Angèle.</ref>
	<ref name="note23">The play by [[Victor Hugo]], first performed in 1831.</ref>		<ref name="note23">The play by Victor Hugo, first performed in 1831.</ref>
	<ref name="note24">A restaurant in [[Saint Petersburg]].</ref>		<ref name="note24">A restaurant in [[Saint Petersburg]].</ref>
	<ref name="note25">Palkin's restaurant.</ref>		<ref name="note25">Palkin's restaurant.</ref>

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	\|Original text=''Января 30''. Неизвестность о месте и часе репетиции. Тоска и уныние. Слишком рано в ''Гюрценихе''. Честный комиссионер с красными глазами. Наконец репетиция. ''Вюльнер''. Превосходный оркестр. ''Table d'hote'' (нас всего трое). Вечером опять репетиция. Мне ужин в обществе музыкантов. Радость свидания с ''Галиром''.		\|Original text=''Января 30''. Неизвестность о месте и часе репетиции. Тоска и уныние. Слишком рано в ''Гюрценихе''. Честный комиссионер с красными глазами. Наконец репетиция. ''Вюльнер''. Превосходный оркестр. ''Table d'hote'' (нас всего трое). Вечером опять репетиция. Мне ужин в обществе музыкантов. Радость свидания с ''Галиром''.
	\|Translated text=''January 30''. Uncertainty about the time and place of the rehearsal. Fed up and miserable. Too early at the ''Gürzenich''. Honest agent with lovely eyes. Finally the rehearsal. ''Wüllner'' <ref name="note27"/>. First-class orchestra. ''Table d'hôte'' (three of us in all). Rehearsal again in the evening. Supper for me at the Musician's Society. The joy of meeting ''Halíř'' <ref name="note28"/>.		\|Translated text=''January 30''. Uncertainty about the time and place of the rehearsal. Fed up and miserable. Too early at the ''Gürzenich''. Honest agent with lovely eyes. Finally the rehearsal. ''Wüllner'' <ref name="note27"/>. First-class orchestra. ''Table d'hôte'' (three of us in all). Rehearsal again in the evening. Supper for me at the Musician's Society. The joy of meeting ''[[Halíř]]'' <ref name="note28"/>.
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	\|Original text=''Января 31''. Репетиция. Шло отлично. Обед у Вюльнера. Тоска. Галир расстроен. Дома. Пьянство. Спал. Концерт. Смешная комната артистов. Галир. Певец Мейер. Очень успешно и большой успех. Ужин у Нейтцеля (барон, Директор театра). Милая жена Нейтцеля.		\|Original text=''Января 31''. Репетиция. Шло отлично. Обед у Вюльнера. Тоска. Галир расстроен. Дома. Пьянство. Спал. Концерт. Смешная комната артистов. Галир. Певец Мейер. Очень успешно и большой успех. Ужин у Нейтцеля (барон, Директор театра). Милая жена Нейтцеля.
	\|Translated text=''January 31''. Rehearsal. Went splendidly. Dinner at Wüllner's. Fed up. Halíř was upset. Home. Drunkenness. Slept. Concert. Funny artist's room. Halíř. The singer Meyer. Passed off very well and a great success. Supper at [[Otto Neitzel\|Neitzel]]'s (baron, Director of the theatre). Neitzel's dear wife.		\|Translated text=''January 31''. Rehearsal. Went splendidly. Dinner at Wüllner's. Fed up. [[Halíř]] was upset. Home. Drunkenness. Slept. Concert. Funny artist's room. [[Halíř]]. The singer Meyer. Passed off very well and a great success. Supper at [[Otto Neitzel\|Neitzel]]'s (baron, Director of the theatre). Neitzel's dear wife.
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	==Notes and References==		==Notes and References==
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	<ref name="note26">Georg Bloch (1847–1910), composer and professor at the [[Berlin]] Conservatory, founder of the Opernvereins in the German capital.</ref>		<ref name="note26">Georg Bloch (1847–1910), composer and professor at the [[Berlin]] Conservatory, founder of the Opernvereins in the German capital.</ref>
	<ref name="note27">Franz Wüllner (1832–1902), German pianist, conductor and composer, and manager of the Gürzenich concerts in [[Cologne]].</ref>		<ref name="note27">Franz Wüllner (1832–1902), German pianist, conductor and composer, and manager of the Gürzenich concerts in [[Cologne]].</ref>
	<ref name="note28">Karel ~~(Carl)~~ Halíř (1859-1909), who had given the Czech premiere of Tchaikovsky's [[Violin Concerto]] in 1888, under the composer's baton.</ref>		<ref name="note28">[[Karel Halíř]] (1859-1909), who had given the Czech premiere of Tchaikovsky's [[Violin Concerto]] in 1888, under the composer's baton.</ref>
	</references>		</references>

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Tchaikovsky's '''[[Diaries|Diary No. 9]]''' covers the period from 1/13 January to 22 June/4 July 1889.

The year 1889 started with Tchaikovsky at home in [[Frolovskoye]], near [[Klin]], where he was working on his ballet ''[[The Sleeping Beauty]]''. After a short visit to [[Moscow]] in early January, he left [[Frolovskoye]] on 19/31 January to conduct his music in Germany, travelling via [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Berlin]], [[Hannover]], and [[Cologne]].

==Text and Translation==
The following diary entries were first published in {{bib|1923/23|Дневники П. И. Чайковского (1873-1891)}} (1923), p. 219–223, edited and with notes by the composer's brother [[Ippolit]]. They were also translated into English by Wladimir Lakond in {{bib|1945/34|The Diaries of Tchaikovsky}} (1945), p. 253–258, and into German by Ernst Kuhn and Hans-Joachim Grimm in {{bib|1992/51|P. I. Tschaikowsky. Die Tagebücher}} (1992), p. 278–282.

The new English translation and detailed commentary published here for the first time was prepared by ''Brett Langston'' and ''Dmitry Raits".

For consistency with previous diaries, entries are given according to Russian {{OS}} dates, which were twelve days behind the Western calendar.
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=====Tuesday 1/13 January 1889=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=''Января 1/13''. Встретил так, что и не вспомнил своевременно. Работал все утро - выход Авроры:
[[File:TH013a.jpg|250px]] и т. д.

Не пил водки за обедом. Это очень хорошо!.. После чая работал. ''I am not satisfied with my domestic''. I think he is not {{sic|wery|very}} honest (900)!!!
|Translated text=''January 1/13''. Saw it in without even noticing the time <ref name="note1"/>. Worked all morning – Aurora's entrance <ref name="note2"/>:
[[File:TH013a.jpg|250px]] etc.

Didn't drink vodka at dinner. That's a very good thing!... Worked after tea. ''I am not satisfied with my domestic''. I think he is not very honest (900)!!! <ref name="note3"/>.
}}

=====Wednesday 2/14 January 1889=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=
''Января 2/14''. День прошёл как всегда, когда поглощён работой. Писал большое адажио 2-го действия, и давалось трудно!!! Даже вечером голова заболела. Гулял перед ужином по двору. Сидел с Феклушей у Гаврилы Алексеевича. Луна!!! Приехал сегодня неожиданно Петя — фельдшер, коего не видел 13 лет. Лёгок на помине, — вчера про него с Алёшей говорили. Погода стоит чудная
|Translated text=''January 2/14''. The day passed as usual when I'm engrossed in work. Wrote the grand adagio in the 2nd act, and it came with difficulty!!! Still had a headache in the evening. Walked around the yard before supper. Sat with Feklusha <ref name="note4"/> at Gavrila Alekseevich's <ref name="note5"/>. The moon!!! Petya the medic, whom I haven't seen for 13 years, unexpectedly arrived today. Speak of the Devil — I was only talking about him with [[Alyosha]] yesterday. The weather remains wonderful.
}}

=====Thursday 3/15 January 1889=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=''Января 3/15''. Работалось так себе. Впрочем, не слишком тужился, и потому голова не болела. Перед ужином получил известие о смерти Д. В. Разумовского. По утрам читаю ''Яна'' и смотрю на те вещи, про которые он говорит. Спасибо ''Юргенсону'' за подарок. Письмо от Вольфа, приглашение в Берлин.

|Translated text=''January 3/15''. Work was so-so. Anyway, I didn't force myself too much, so no headache. Before supper, received news of the death of [[Dmitry Razumovsky|D.V. Razumovsky]] <ref name="note6"/>. Reading ''Jahn'' in the morning and looking through the works he talks about. Thanks to ''[[Jurgenson]]'' for the gift <ref name="note7"/>. Letter from [[Wolff]] <ref name="note8"/>, invitation to [[Berlin]].
}}

=====Friday 4/16 January 1889=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=''Января 4/16''. Экие чудные дни стоят! Несильный мороз, светло и начиная с 3 или 4 часов луна! Сердился утром на Ал[ексея] за камин. Работал, как всегда теперь, через силу. Кажется, я выдохся!!! Письма: от Юрг[енсона], Вольфа, Над[ежды] Ф[иларетовны] и т. д. После обеда гулял долго и был внизу на реке. Дивно! После чая работал, — но очень через пень в колоду. Не то!.. После ужина гулял по двору и саду. Вид от конца сзади на Клин и дом изумительны. Странно, что-то неладное в кишках.
|Translated text=''January 4/16''. How wonderful these days are! A slight frost, bright, and the moon rising from 3 or 4 o'clock! Angry in the morning with Al[eksey] because of the fireplace. As usual now I had to force myself to work. It seems I'm written out!!! Letters: from [[Jurgenson]], [[Wolff]], [[Nadezhda Filaretovna]], etc. After dinner a long stroll down to the river. Divine! Worked after tea – but very lackadaisically. That won't do! After supper strolled around the yard and the garden. The view from the far side of [[Klin]] and the house is astounding. Felt odd, something wrong with my bowels.
}}

=====Saturday 5/17 January 1889=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=''Января 5/17''. Все та же удивительная, чудная, светлая зимняя погода. Работал сегодня вообще хорошо. Кончил 2[-е] действие. Проиграл его (длится полчаса). Письмо от ''Шпажинской'', и только. Тяжело получать её письма. Особенно хорошо чувствовал себя днём, ибо водки не пил. Тщетно ждал появление луны в 4 часа. Она изволила опоздать!!! Объявил решение, что еду завтра в Москву.
|Translated text=''January 5/17''. Still the same amazing, wonderful, bright winter weather. Worked generally well today. Finished the 2nd act. Played it through (it lasts half an hour). Just one letter, from ''[[Shpazhinskaya]]''. Her letters are painful to receive. Felt especially well during the day, because of not drinking vodka. Waited in vain for the moon to appear at 4 o'clock. It deigned to be late!!! Announced my intention to go [[Moscow]] tomorrow.
}}

=====Sunday 6/18 January 1889=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=''Января 6/18''. Два батюшки служили у меня, и оба завтракали. Тут же были Гаврило Алексеевич и его жена, Алексей и Феклуша. Гулял. Уехал в 7 часов в Москву. Моск[овская] Гост[иница]. Ужин.
|Translated text=''January 6/18''. Two priests officiated here, and they both stayed for lunch. Also Gavrila Alekseevich and his wife, [[Aleksey]] and Feklusha. Walked. Left at 7 o'clock for [[Moscow]]. The Moscow Hotel. Supper.
}}

=====Monday 7/19 January 1889=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=''Января 7/19''. Москва. У Юргенсона. Свидание с Клименкой после 17 лет разлуки. Заседание. Обед у Юргенсона с Клименко. Весело. ''Ералаш'' (!!!). Ужин. Дома [...].
|Translated text=''January 7/19''. [[Moscow]]. [[Jurgenson]]'s. Meeting with [[Klimenko]] after 17 years of separation. Business. Dinner at [[Jurgenson]]'s with [[Klimenko]]. Jolly. ''Eralash'' <ref name="note9"/> (!!!). Supper. Home [...] <ref name="note10"/>
}}

=====Tuesday 8/20 January 1889=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=''Января 8/20''. Москва. Головная не то боль, не то остатки пьянства. В Усп[енском] Соб[оре]. Прогулка. Дома. Добровольский и Орлов. Завтрак (мой) у Лопашева с Юрг[енсоном], Клим[енко], Кашк[иным], Лар[ошем], Кат[ериной] Ив[ановной Ларош], Сашей Зил[оти]. В 7 1/2 домой. Обед. Уехал. В Клину Василий. Вьюга. Стучание. Сцена с Алексеем.
|Translated text=''January 8/20''. [[Moscow]]. Either had a headache or a hangover. The Uspensky Cathedral. Stroll. Home. Dobrovolsky and Orlov <ref name="note11"/>. Lunch (on me) at Lopashev's <ref name="note12"/> with [[Jurgenson]], [[Klimenko]], [[Kashkin]], [[Laroche]], [[Yekaterina Laroche|Katerina Ivanovna Laroche]], [[Aleksandr Ziloti|Sasha Ziloti]]. Home at 7.30. Dinner. Left. Vasily <ref name="note13"/> at [[Klin]]. Snowstorm. Knocking. A scene with Aleksey.
}}

=====Wednesday 9/21 January 1889=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=''Января 9/21''. ''Фроловское''. Весь день письма писал. Всего написал 17. Решился вечером просить Всевол[ожского] о гонораре. Какое-то жуткое чувство.
|Translated text=January 9/21. [[Frolovskoye]]. Writing letters all day. 17 written in all. Decided in the evening to ask [[Vsevolozhsky]] about the money <ref name="note14"/>. Felt rather horrible.
}}

=====Thursday 10/22 January 1889=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=''Января 10/22''. Работа шла хорошо; написал весь антракт к сонной картине, и, кажется, ничего. После обеда с удовольствием прошёлся. Было не холодно. My domestic is very cold with me. Вечером играл увертюру Воеводы (отысканную по просьбе Юргенсона) и рассматривал партитуры балетов, когда-то данные мне Гербером.
|Translated text=''January 10/22''. Work went well; wrote the whole entr'acte to the sleep scene, and it doesn't seem bad. Had an enjoyable stroll after dinner. It wasn't cold. My domestic is very cold with me <ref name="note14A"/>. In the evening played the overture to [[The Voyevoda (opera)|The Voyevoda]] (dug out at [[Jurgenson]]'s request) and looked through ballet scores that Gerber <ref name="note15"/> once gave me.
}}

=====Friday 11/23 January 1889=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=''Января 11/23''. Особенно хорошо работалось сегодня, как в старину. Многое сделал. Кончил 2[-ю] карт[ину] 2[-го] действия. Опыт с ''Дурой'' (мы поехали с Алёшей на шоссе, оставив её на привязи, а Феклуша пустила её через 5 минут после нас). Читал ''Достоевского'' (Двойник). Шоколад. Подслушивание.
|Translated text=''January 11/23''. Worked especially well today, like the old days. Much done. Finished the 2nd scene of the 2nd act. Training for Dura <ref name="note16"/> ([[Alyosha]] and I went on the road, leaving her on a leash, but Feklusha released her 5 minutes after we left). Read ''Dostoevsky'' (The Double). Chocolate. Eavesdropping.
}}

=====Saturday 12/24 January 1889=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=''Января 12/24''. Приезжали ''Юргенсон'' с ''Клименкой''. Я ожидал массу гостей, но, кроме их, никого не было. Обед, разговоры, игра, прогулка, опять игра. О Толстом. Спал плохо.
|Translated text=''January 12/24''. ''[[Jurgenson]]'' arrived with ''[[Klimenko]]''. I expected a mass of guests, but there was no-one else besides them. Dinner, conversation, played, stroll, played again. Went on about [[Tolstoy]]. Slept badly.
}}

=====Sunday 13/25 January 1889=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=''Января 13/25''. Встал очень рано, т.е. успел чай пить с отъезжающими. Начал „''В чем моя вера''" Толстого. Гуляя, встретил детей, шедших из школы. Пришла депеша от ''Всеволжского'' о 3000, также телеграмма от ''Панчулидзевой''.
|Translated text=''January 13/25''. Rose very early, i.e. was able to drink tea with the departing guests. Started "''What I Believe''" by [[Tolstoy]]. Out strolling, met the children returning from school. Message from ''[[Vsevolozhsky]]'' about the 3000, also a telegram from ''Panchulidzeva'' <ref name="note17"/>.
}}

=====Monday 14/26 January 1889=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=''Января 14/26''. Работал все так же усердно. Является надежда кончить 4 первых картины до отъезда.
|Translated text=''January 14/26''. Worked just as diligently. Now hoping to finish the first 4 scenes before I leave.
}}

=====Tuesday 15/27 January 1889=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=''Января 15/27''. Приезжали ''Зилоти'', ''Танеев'' (раньше других - играли с ним Моцарта) и Клименко. Спор о Толстом. 5-я симфония в 4 руки.
|Translated text=''January 15/27''. Visited by ''[[Ziloti]]'', [[Taneyev]] (before the others – played [[Mozart]] with him), and [[Klimenko]]. Disagreement over [[Tolstoy]]. [[Symphony No. 5|5th Symphony]] for 4 hands <ref name="note17A"/>.
}}

=====Wednesday 16/28 January 1889=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=''Января 16/28''. Снегу навалило порядком. И вчера, и сегодня трудно ходить. Дети из школы в лесу. Работал до утомления. Страсть к шоколаду.
|Translated text=''January 16/28''. The snow has piled up. Hard to walk both yesterday and today. School children in the woods. Worked to exhaustion. Craving for chocolate.
}}

=====Thursday 17/29 January 1889=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=''Января 17/29''. Через силу работал — уж очень устал. Утопал в снегу во время прогулки. Читаю „В чем моя вера" по утрам и изумляюсь мудрости, соединённой с детской наивностью. Письмо от ''Панчулидзевой''. Комическое разрешение моих ожиданий.
|Translated text=''January 17/29''. Worked hard throughout — so very tired. Sank into the snow while out walking. Read "What I believe" in the morning and was astonished by the combination of wisdom and childish naiveté. Letter from ''Panchulidzeva''. Comical outcome to my expectations.
}}

=====Friday 18/30 January 1889=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=''Января 18/30''. Такого божественного чудного зимнего дня ещё, кажется, никогда не бывало. Красота поистине изумительная. Кончил работу, т. е. первые 4 картины. Письмо от П[ётра] И[вановича] со счётом, повергшим меня в недоумение. Расстройство. После ужина une querelle avec der Diener. He is not {{sic|delicat|delicate}}.
|Translated text=''January 18/30''. It seems there's never been such a divinely wonderful winter day. Its beauty is truly astounding. Finished work, i.e. the first 4 scenes. Letter from [[Pyotr Ivanovich]]'s with an account which threw me into confusion. Upset. After supper a quarrel with the servant. He is not delicate <ref name="note18"/>.
}}

=====Saturday 19/31 January 1889=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=''Января 19/31''. Приготовление к отъезду. Выезд вечером в Петербург. Грустно было уезжать. С Алекс[еем] в холодн[ых] отнох[шениях].
|Translated text=''January 19/31''. Preparations for leaving. Set off in the evening for [[Petersburg]]. Sorry to leave. Cool relations with [[Aleksey]].
}}

=====Sunday 20 January/1 February 1889=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=''Января 20''. ''Петербург''. Приезд. Цет. Вася. Завтрак дома с ним вдвоём. У Бютнера. В Дирекции. Сидел на кв[артире] у больного ''Погожева''. Обед у ''Angèle и Гитри''. ''Евгений Онегин с Фигнером и Медеей''. Сидел в оркестре.
|Translated text=''January 20''. ''[[Petersburg]]''. Arrival. Zet <ref name="note19"/>. [[Vasily Sapelnikov|Vasya]] <ref name="note20"/>. We had lunch together at home. Bittner's <ref name="note21"/>. The Directorate. Sat with a poorly ''[[Pogozhev]]'' at his apartment. Dinner with ''Angèle and [[Guitry]]'' <ref name="note22"/>. ''[[Yevgeny Onegin]] with [[Figner]] and Medea''. Sat in the orchestra.
}}

=====Monday 21 January/2 February 1889=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=''Января 21''. Репетиция балета в Б[ольшом] Театре. Все время сидел с О. Э. Направник. Обед у нас (Боб, Аня, Цет, Вася). В Мих[аиловском] театре (Marion Del[orme] в ложе с Аней и Мод[естом]) и в Дв[орянском] собр[ании]. Русский концерт. ''Стенька Разин'' Глазунова. Чай дома.
|Translated text=''January 21''. Ballet rehearsal at the Bolshoi Theatre. Sat the whole time with [[Olga Nápravník (mother)| O. E. Nápravník]]. Dinner at our's ([[Bob]], [[Anna Merkling|Anya]], Zet, [[Vasily Sapelnikov|Vasya]]. At the Mikhailovsky Theatre (Marion Delorme) <ref name="note23"/> in a box with [[Anna Merkling|Anya]] and [[Modest]]), and Russian concert at the Assembly of the Nobility. [[Glazunov]]'s ''Stenka Razin''. Tea at home.
}}

=====Tuesday 22 January/3 February 1889=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=''Января 22''. У Пантелеймона. У В. В. Бутаковой. В Дирекции у Всевол[ожского]. Переговоры с ним и Петипа о балете. Обед у ''Фигнера''. У Палкина с Васей.
|Translated text=''January 22''. Panteleymon's <ref name="note24"/>. [[Vera Butakova|V. V. Butakova]]'s. At the Directorate with [[Vsevolozhsky]]. Discussions with him and [[Petipa]] about the ballet. Dinner with ''[[Figner]]''. At Palkin's <ref name="note25"/> with [[Vasily Sapelnikov|Vasya]].
}}

=====Wednesday 23 January/4 February 1889=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=''Января 23''. У Направника в 11 час[ов]. Я давал завтрак у Палкина Корсакову, Глазунову и т. д. Разные визиты. В 5 часов у Дир[екйии] театр, играл 2-ое действие балета. Обед у Кондратьева. Чай у ''Боба'' (сто раз божественного).
|Translated text=''January 23''. Nápravník's at 11 o'clock. I arranged lunch at Palkin's for [[Korsakov]], [[Glazunov]] etc. Various visits. At 5 o'clock played through the 2nd act of the ballet at the theatre directorate. Dinner at [[Gennady Kondratyev|Kondratyev]]'s. Tea with ''[[Bob]]'' (a hundredfold divine).
}}

=====Thursday 24 January/5 February 1889=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=''Января 24''. Выезд за границу. Завтрак на вокз[але] с Аней, О. Эд. Напр[авннк] и Володей, Цетом, Модей. В отделении (большом) один. Соседи-испанцы. Обычная скука и пьянство. Шоколад.
|Translated text=''January 24''. Set off for abroad. Lunch at the station with [[Anna Merkling|Anya]], [[Olga Nápravník (mother)| O. E. Nápravník]] and [[Vladimir Nápravník| Volodya]], Zet, [[Modya]]. Alone in a (large) compartment. Spanish neighbours. The usual ennui and drinking. Chocolate.
}}

=====Friday 25 January/6 February 1889=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=''Января 25''. Переехали границу. В отд[елении] спального вагона. Читал ''Доде'' Бессмертный.
|Translated text=''January 25''. Crossed the border. In a separate sleeping compartment. Read "L'Immortel" by ''Daudet'' <ref name="note25A"/>.
}}

=====Saturday 26 January/7 February 1889=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=''Января 26''. Приезд в Берлин. У Вольфа. Завтрак у Дресселя ''solo''. У Клиндворта, у Бока, у Блоха. Дома. Нездоровилось (зуб болел, ибо холодно). Обед в новом ресторанчике. Шлялся. Дома.
|Translated text=''January 26''. Arrival in [[Berlin]]. [[Wolff]]'s. Lunch at Dressel's ''solo''. [[Klindworth]]'s, [[Bock]]'s, Bloch's <ref name="note26"/>. Home. Felt unwell (toothache, because of the cold). Dinner at a new restaurant. Gadded about. Home.
}}

=====Sunday 27 January/8 February 1889=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=''Января 27''. У Вольфа. У ''Арто''. Завтрак у Дресселя. Болен. Дома. Едличка. Вольф. С ним в ''Sing-Academie''. Бах. Ужин у Вольфа-брата. Беседа о русск[ой] литерат[уре] с старичком.
|Translated text=''January 27''. [[Wolff]]'s. [[Artôt]]'s. Lunch at Dressel's. Ill. Home. [[Ernst Jedliczka|Jedliczka]]. [[Wolff]]. Went with him to the ''Sing-Academie''. [[Bach]]. Supper at [[Wolff]]'s brother's. Conversation with the old man about Russian literature.
}}

=====Monday 28 January/9 February 1889=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=''Января 28''. Побывав у ''Вольфа'', сидел дома и переправлял голоса ''Сюиты''. Нездоровилось. Однако завтрак и обед у ''Дресселя''.
|Translated text=''January 28''. After visiting ''[[Wolff]]'', sat at home and corrected the parts of the ''[[Suite No. 3|Suite]]''. Felt unwell. Had lunch and dinner at ''Dressel's'' anyway.
}}

=====Tuesday 29 January/10 February 1889=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=''Января 29''. Отъезд из ''Фридрихштрассе''. Довольно много народу. Несимпатичный немец против меня (жена его провожала). Чтение. Обед в Ганновере. Приезд в 10 1/2 в Кельн. ''Hotel du Nord''. Симпатичная комнатка. Ужин. Симпатичное лицо.
|Translated text=''January 29''. Departure from ''Friedrichstrasse''. Quite a lot of people. An unsympathetic German opposite me (his wife took him away). Reading. Dinner in [[Hannover]]. Arrival in [[Cologne]] at 10.30. ''Hotel du Nord''. Nice room. Supper. Friendly face.
}}

=====Wednesday 30 January/11 February 1889=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=''Января 30''. Неизвестность о месте и часе репетиции. Тоска и уныние. Слишком рано в ''Гюрценихе''. Честный комиссионер с красными глазами. Наконец репетиция. ''Вюльнер''. Превосходный оркестр. ''Table d'hote'' (нас всего трое). Вечером опять репетиция. Мне ужин в обществе музыкантов. Радость свидания с ''Галиром''.
|Translated text=''January 30''. Uncertainty about the time and place of the rehearsal. Fed up and miserable. Too early at the ''Gürzenich''. Honest agent with lovely eyes. Finally the rehearsal. ''Wüllner'' <ref name="note27"/>. First-class orchestra. ''Table d'hôte'' (three of us in all). Rehearsal again in the evening. Supper for me at the Musician's Society. The joy of meeting ''Halíř'' <ref name="note28"/>.
}}

=====Thursday 31 January/12 February 1889=====
{{Diarytext
|Original text=''Января 31''. Репетиция. Шло отлично. Обед у Вюльнера. Тоска. Галир расстроен. Дома. Пьянство. Спал. Концерт. Смешная комната артистов. Галир. Певец Мейер. Очень успешно и большой успех. Ужин у Нейтцеля (барон, Директор театра). Милая жена Нейтцеля.
|Translated text=''January 31''. Rehearsal. Went splendidly. Dinner at Wüllner's. Fed up. Halíř was upset. Home. Drunkenness. Slept. Concert. Funny artist's room. Halíř. The singer Meyer. Passed off very well and a great success. Supper at [[Otto Neitzel|Neitzel]]'s (baron, Director of the theatre). Neitzel's dear wife.
}}
==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">Tchaikovsky is referring here to "seeing in" the new year.</ref>
<ref name="note2">The ''Scene'' (No. 7) from Act I of the ballet ''[[The Sleeping Beauty]]''.</ref>
<ref name="note3">Tchaikovsky probably wrote this phrase in English so that it could not be understood if his servant [[Aleksey Sofronov]] ("Alyosha") read the composer's diary.</ref>
<ref name="note4">Fekla Grigoryevna Sofronova, wife of [[Aleksey Sofronov]].</ref>
<ref name="note5">Manager of the ''[[Frolovskoye]]'' estate.</ref>
<ref name="note6">[[Dmitry Razumovsky|Dmitry Vasilyevich Razumovsky]] was professor of church music history at the [[Moscow]] Conservatory. He had also officiated at Tchaikovsky's marriage to [[Antonina Milyukova]] in 1877.</ref>
<ref name="note7">Otto Jahn (1813-1869)'s three-volume biography of Mozart (Leipzig, 1856-59). At the end of 1888, his publisher [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] had presented Tchaikovsky with the Breitkopf & Härtel edition of [[Mozart]]'s Complete Works.</ref>
<ref name="note8">[[Hermann Wolff]] (1845–1902), Tchaikovsky's concert agent in [[Berlin]]. His letter to Tchaikovsky does not appear to have survived.</ref>
<ref name="note9">[[wikipedia:Eralash_(card_game)|Eralash]] is a Russian card game similar to whist.</ref>
<ref name="note10">The next words from this day's entry are crossed out and illegible.</ref>
<ref name="note11">N. F. Dobrovolsky, director of the Synodal School in [[Moscow]], and [[Vasily Orlov]], director of the city's Synodal Choir.</ref>
<ref name="note12">Lopashev's restaurant in [[Moscow]].</ref>
<ref name="note13">Tchaikovsky's cook at [[Frolovskoye]].</ref>
<ref name="note14">Tchaikovsky had recently been awarded an annual pension of 3000 rubles by Tsar [[Alexander III]].</ref>
<ref name="note14A">This phrase was written in English (see also Note 3).</ref>
<ref name="note15">Yuly Gerber (1831–1883), Russian violinist, violist, composer and conductor of ballet music.</ref>
<ref name="note16">Dura (whose name literally translates as 'fool') was the house dog at [[Maydanovo]], whom Tchaikovsky and [[Aleksey Sofronov]] had been attempting to train.</ref>
<ref name="note17">This telegram from Anastasiya Mikhaylovna Panchulidzeva in Penza is preserved in the {{RUS-KLč}} at [[Klin]] (a{{sup|4}}, No. 3225)</ref>
<ref name="note17A">[[Sergey Taneyev]]'s new arrangement of Tchaikovsky's [[Symphony No. 5]] for piano duet.</ref>
<ref name="note18">Tchaikovsky now writes his comments about [[Aleksey]] in French, German and English. The word "delicate" here means 'inconsiderate'.</ref>
<ref name="note19">Julius Zet (in Russia: Yuly Tset) was the composer's representative in his negotiations with Western European concert agents.</ref>
<ref name="note20">The pianist [[Vasily Sapelnikov]], who was preparing for a concert in the Russian capital.</ref>
<ref name="note21">Bittner's musical publishing firm was founded in [[Saint Petersburg]] in 1850. They also acted as the Russian agents for [[Daniel Rahter]] in [[Hamburg]], who had recently become Tchaikovsky's publisher in Germany.</ref>
<ref name="note22">The French actor [[Lucien Guitry]] and his actress wife Angèle.</ref>
<ref name="note23">The play by [[Victor Hugo]], first performed in 1831.</ref>
<ref name="note24">A restaurant in [[Saint Petersburg]].</ref>
<ref name="note25">Palkin's restaurant.</ref>
<ref name="note25A">The novel ''L'Immortel'', by the French writer Alphonse Daudet (1840–1897), had been published the previous year.</ref>
<ref name="note26">Georg Bloch (1847–1910), composer and professor at the [[Berlin]] Conservatory, founder of the Opernvereins in the German capital.</ref>
<ref name="note27">Franz Wüllner (1832–1902), German pianist, conductor and composer, and manager of the Gürzenich concerts in [[Cologne]].</ref>
<ref name="note28">Karel (Carl) Halíř (1859-1909), who had given the Czech premiere of Tchaikovsky's [[Violin Concerto]] in 1888, under the composer's baton.</ref>
</references>