Letter 152 - Revision history

Tony: "mid October" to "mid-October" for consistency

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"mid October" to "mid-October" for consistency

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	\|Date=early/mid October 1869 <ref name="note1"/>		\|Date=early/mid-October 1869 <ref name="note1"/>
	\|To=[[Mily Balakirev]]		\|To=[[Mily Balakirev]]
	\|Place=[[Moscow]]		\|Place=[[Moscow]]
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	<ref name="note2">In the letter to which Tchaikovsky is replying here, [[Balakirev]] had asked him to send the orchestral parts for a number of works which were to be included in forthcoming concerts of the Free Music School in [[Saint Petersburg]]. Among the scores requested were the Introduction to [[Glinka]]'s opera ''Ruslan and Lyudmila'' (without abridgements, [[Balakirev]] specified) and [[Schumann]]'s Cello Concerto. The musical societies of [[Saint Petersburg]] and [[Moscow]] often had to share orchestral scores in this way.</ref>		<ref name="note2">In the letter to which Tchaikovsky is replying here, [[Balakirev]] had asked him to send the orchestral parts for a number of works which were to be included in forthcoming concerts of the Free Music School in [[Saint Petersburg]]. Among the scores requested were the Introduction to [[Glinka]]'s opera ''Ruslan and Lyudmila'' (without abridgements, [[Balakirev]] specified) and [[Schumann]]'s Cello Concerto. The musical societies of [[Saint Petersburg]] and [[Moscow]] often had to share orchestral scores in this way.</ref>
	<ref name="note3">[[Bernhard Cossmann]] (1822–1910), German cellist; he was a professor at the [[Moscow]] Conservatory at the time.</ref>		<ref name="note3">[[Bernhard Cossmann]] (1822–1910), German cellist; he was a professor at the [[Moscow]] Conservatory at the time.</ref>
	<ref name="note4">Tchaikovsky is referring to [[Balakirev]]'s earlier letter of 4/16 October 1869, in which the older composer had urged him not to lose heart on account of the dearth of ideas which had prevented him from making a start on the ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' overture (the subject for which had been suggested by [[Balakirev]] that summer). In this letter [[Balakirev]] explained how he had worked on his'' King Lear'' overture; he also provided the sketch of a "fierce Allegro [depicting] sabre blows" with which he would start the overture on ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' if he were writing it himself. All this was intended to spur Tchaikovsky's imagination. See [[Balakirev]]'s letter in: {{bibx\|1962/71\|Милий Алексеевич Балакирев. Воспоминания и письма}} (1962), p. 136–139.</ref>		<ref name="note4">Tchaikovsky is referring to [[Balakirev]]'s earlier letter of 4/16 October 1869, in which the older composer had urged him not to lose heart on account of the dearth of ideas which had prevented him from making a start on the ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' overture (the subject for which had been suggested by [[Balakirev]] that summer). In this letter, [[Balakirev]] explained how he had worked on his'' King Lear'' overture; he also provided the sketch of a "fierce Allegro [depicting] sabre blows" with which he would start the overture on ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' if he were writing it himself. All this was intended to spur Tchaikovsky's imagination. See [[Balakirev]]'s letter in: {{bibx\|1962/71\|Милий Алексеевич Балакирев. Воспоминания и письма}} (1962), p. 136–139.</ref>
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{{letterhead
|Date=early/mid October 1869 <ref name="note1"/>
|To=[[Mily Balakirev]]
|Place=[[Moscow]]
|Language=Russian
|Autograph=[[Saint Petersburg]] (Russia): {{RUS-SPsc}} (ф. 834, ед. хр. 11, л. 19–20)
|Publication={{bib|1912/19|Переписка М. А. Балакирева и П. И. Чайковского}} [1912], p. 40 (dated "October")<br/>{{bib|1959/50|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том V}} (1959), p. 175–176<br/>{{bibx|1962/71|Милий Алексеевич Балакирев. Воспоминания и письма}} (1962), p. 139 ("early October 1869, but not before 7th") }}
==Text and Translation==
{{Lettertext
|Language=Russian
|Translator=Luis Sundkvist
|Original text=Посылаю Вам, голубчик, всё, что есть. Интродукция «Руслана» здесь исполнялась с пропусками, а голоса брали из театра. Виолонч[ельного] конц[ерта] тоже нет; но, кажется, он имеется у ''Коссмана'', к которому я сейчас за ним посылаю, и если Вы вместе с сим его получите, то значит Коссман согласился его Вам дать.

Пишу Вам эти строки наскоро, — иду в класс, а потому обнимаю Вас и остаюсь Ваш.
{{right|П. Чайковский}}
Ваше милое письмо я получил, и благотворное влияние его уже действует.

|Translated text=I am sending you, golubchik, everything I could find <ref name="note2"/>. The Introduction to ''Ruslan'' has always been performed here [in [[Moscow]]] with abridgements, and we used to borrow the parts from the theatre. We don't have the Cello Concerto either, but I think ''[[Bernhard Cossmann|Cossmann]]'' <ref name="note3"/> may have it, so I shall now send someone over to him to ask. If you receive the concerto together with this letter, it means [[Bernhard Cossmann|Cossmann]] has consented to give it to you.

I am writing these lines in a rush as I have to head for the Conservatory to take my class, and so I embrace you and remain yours
{{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}
I received your nice letter, and its beneficial influence is already having an effect <ref name="note4"/>.
}}

==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">This undated letter could not have been written before 5/17 October (the earliest Tchaikovsky could have received [[Mily Balakirev]]'s letter from the previous day, to which he referred).</ref>
<ref name="note2">In the letter to which Tchaikovsky is replying here, [[Balakirev]] had asked him to send the orchestral parts for a number of works which were to be included in forthcoming concerts of the Free Music School in [[Saint Petersburg]]. Among the scores requested were the Introduction to [[Glinka]]'s opera ''Ruslan and Lyudmila'' (without abridgements, [[Balakirev]] specified) and [[Schumann]]'s Cello Concerto. The musical societies of [[Saint Petersburg]] and [[Moscow]] often had to share orchestral scores in this way.</ref>
<ref name="note3">[[Bernhard Cossmann]] (1822–1910), German cellist; he was a professor at the [[Moscow]] Conservatory at the time.</ref>
<ref name="note4">Tchaikovsky is referring to [[Balakirev]]'s earlier letter of 4/16 October 1869, in which the older composer had urged him not to lose heart on account of the dearth of ideas which had prevented him from making a start on the ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' overture (the subject for which had been suggested by [[Balakirev]] that summer). In this letter [[Balakirev]] explained how he had worked on his'' King Lear'' overture; he also provided the sketch of a "fierce Allegro [depicting] sabre blows" with which he would start the overture on ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' if he were writing it himself. All this was intended to spur Tchaikovsky's imagination. See [[Balakirev]]'s letter in: {{bibx|1962/71|Милий Алексеевич Балакирев. Воспоминания и письма}} (1962), p. 136–139.</ref>
</references>
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