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	<ref name="note1">[[Nikolay Rubinstein]]'s concert in [[Saint Petersburg]] took place on 21 March/2 April 1868. The Free Music School concert was held on 18/30 March 1868, but [[Nikolay Rubinstein\|Rubinstein]] did not take part in it.</ref>		<ref name="note1">[[Nikolay Rubinstein]]'s concert in [[Saint Petersburg]] took place on 21 March/2 April 1868. The Free Music School concert was held on 18/30 March 1868, but [[Nikolay Rubinstein\|Rubinstein]] did not take part in it.</ref>
	<ref name="note2">Frants Davidovich Becker, owner of the "Ya. Becker" piano-making factory in [[Saint Petersburg]].</ref>		<ref name="note2">Frants Davidovich Becker, owner of the "Ya. Becker" piano-making factory in [[Saint Petersburg]].</ref>
	<ref name="note3">See [[Letter 111]], with which Tchaikovsky had enclosed the score of the ''Dances of the Chambermaids'' from his opera ''[[The Voyevoda (opera)\|The Voyevoda]]''. In his reply, dated 21 February/4 March 1868, [[Balakirev]] had explained that the Russian Musical Society concert season in [[Saint Petersburg]] had already come to a close, and that he would not be able to conduct the ''Dances'' at one of these concerts. They would, however, be conducted by Konstantin Lyadov at a concert in the Mariinsky Theatre on 17/29 March 1868. [[Balakirev]]'s letter to Tchaikovsky is included in: {{bibx\|1962/71\|Милий Алексеевич Балакирев. Воспоминания и письма}} (1962), p. 118.</ref>		<ref name="note3">See [[Letter 111]], with which Tchaikovsky had enclosed the score of the ''Dances of the Chambermaids'' from his opera [[The Voyevoda (opera)\|The Voyevoda]]. In his reply, dated 21 February/4 March 1868, [[Balakirev]] had explained that the Russian Musical Society concert season in [[Saint Petersburg]] had already come to a close, and that he would not be able to conduct the ''Dances'' at one of these concerts. They would, however, be conducted by Konstantin Lyadov at a concert in the Mariinsky Theatre on 17/29 March 1868. [[Balakirev]]'s letter to Tchaikovsky is included in: {{bibx\|1962/71\|Милий Алексеевич Балакирев. Воспоминания и письма}} (1962), p. 118.</ref>
	<ref name="note4">Tchaikovsky's translation into Russian of François-Auguste Gervais's famous ''Traité d'instrumentation'' had been published by [[Jurgenson]] in [[Moscow]] in 1866 as ''[[Handbook for Instrumentation (Gevaert)\|Handbook for Instrumentation]]''. In his letter to Tchaikovsky of 21 February/4 March 1868, [[Balakirev]] had requested a copy of this translation.</ref>		<ref name="note4">Tchaikovsky's translation into Russian of François-Auguste Gervais's famous ''Traité d'instrumentation'' had been published by [[Jurgenson]] in [[Moscow]] in 1866 as ''[[Handbook for Instrumentation (Gevaert)\|Handbook for Instrumentation]]''. In his letter to Tchaikovsky of 21 February/4 March 1868, [[Balakirev]] had requested a copy of this translation.</ref>
	<ref name="note5">Matvey Ivanovich Bernard (1794–1871), founder of a music publishing firm in [[Saint Petersburg]], the father of [[Nikolay Bernard]].</ref>		<ref name="note5">Matvey Ivanovich Bernard (1794–1871), founder of a music publishing firm in [[Saint Petersburg]], the father of [[Nikolay Bernard]].</ref>
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{{letterhead
|Date=25 February/8 March 1868
|To=[[Mily Balakirev]]
|Place=[[Moscow]]
|Language=Russian
|Autograph=[[Saint Petersburg]] (Russia): {{RUS-SPsc}} (ф. 834, ед. хр. 11, л. 3–4)
|Publication={{bib|1912/19|Переписка М. А. Балакирева и П. И. Чайковского}} [1912], p. 15 <br/>{{bib|1959/50|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том V}} (1959), p. 134<br/>{{bibx|1962/71|Милий Алексеевич Балакирев. Воспоминания и письма}} (1962), p. 119
}}
==Text and Translation==
{{Lettertext
|Language=Russian
|Translator=Luis Sundkvist
|Original text={{centre|Добрейший Милий Алексеевич!}}
Н. Г. Рубинштейн лежит больной и потому извиняется, что не может сам отвечать Вам. В концерте Бесплатной школы он с большим удовольствием примет участие, если только его собственный концерт состоится хотя бы одним днём раньше Вашего. Вы, конечно, согласитесь с тем, что ему невыгодно явиться перед публикой до своего концерта, и простите ему, что участие в Вашем вечере он ставит в зависимость от денежной стороны дела. Потрудитесь узнать от фортепьянного мастера ''Беккера'', которому поручено устройство рубинштейновских концертов, когда назначен первый из них. Играть у Вас он желал бы Венгерскую рапсодию Листа.

Искренне благодарю Вас за хлопоты о моих «Танцах», но от всей души жалею, что они не будут, как я того желал, играны под Вашим управлением.

«Руководство к инструментовке» послано к Бернарду для передачи Вам.

Искренне преданный Вам,
{{right|П. Чайковский<br/>Москва. 25 февра[ля] 1868}}

|Translated text={{centre|Most kind [[Mily Alekseyevich]]!}}
[[N. G. Rubinstein]] is lying ill and therefore apologizes for not being able to reply to you. He would be greatly delighted to take part in the Free Schools concert, as long as his own concert can take place at least one day before yours <ref name="note1"/>. You will, of course, agree that it would not be profitable for him to appear in front of the public before his own concert, and forgive him for making his participation in your soirée conditional upon the financial aspect of the matter. Would you be so kind as to find out from the piano-maker ''Becker'' <ref name="note2"/>, who is responsible for the organization of [[Nikolay Rubinstein|Rubinstein]]'s concerts, the date for which the first of these is scheduled? At your soirée he would like to play [[Liszt]]'s Hungarian Rhapsody.

I thank you sincerely for taking the trouble over my "Dances", but I regret with all my heart that they will not be performed under your baton as I had wished <ref name="note3"/>.

The "[[Handbook for Instrumentation (Gevaert)|Handbook for Instrumentation]]" <ref name="note4"/> has been sent to Bernard to be passed on to you <ref name="note5"/>.

Your sincerely devoted,
{{right|P. Tchaikovsky<br/>[[Moscow]]. 25 February 1868}}
}}
==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">[[Nikolay Rubinstein]]'s concert in [[Saint Petersburg]] took place on 21 March/2 April 1868. The Free Music School concert was held on 18/30 March 1868, but [[Nikolay Rubinstein|Rubinstein]] did not take part in it.</ref>
<ref name="note2">Frants Davidovich Becker, owner of the "Ya. Becker" piano-making factory in [[Saint Petersburg]].</ref>
<ref name="note3">See [[Letter 111]], with which Tchaikovsky had enclosed the score of the ''Dances of the Chambermaids'' from his opera ''[[The Voyevoda (opera)|The Voyevoda]]''. In his reply, dated 21 February/4 March 1868, [[Balakirev]] had explained that the Russian Musical Society concert season in [[Saint Petersburg]] had already come to a close, and that he would not be able to conduct the ''Dances'' at one of these concerts. They would, however, be conducted by Konstantin Lyadov at a concert in the Mariinsky Theatre on 17/29 March 1868. [[Balakirev]]'s letter to Tchaikovsky is included in: {{bibx|1962/71|Милий Алексеевич Балакирев. Воспоминания и письма}} (1962), p. 118.</ref>
<ref name="note4">Tchaikovsky's translation into Russian of François-Auguste Gervais's famous ''Traité d'instrumentation'' had been published by [[Jurgenson]] in [[Moscow]] in 1866 as ''[[Handbook for Instrumentation (Gevaert)|Handbook for Instrumentation]]''. In his letter to Tchaikovsky of 21 February/4 March 1868, [[Balakirev]] had requested a copy of this translation.</ref>
<ref name="note5">Matvey Ivanovich Bernard (1794–1871), founder of a music publishing firm in [[Saint Petersburg]], the father of [[Nikolay Bernard]].</ref>
</references>
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