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		<title>Tony at 12:11, 29 November 2024</title>
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		<title>Brett at 19:23, 14 February 2021</title>
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|Date=31 July/12 August 1881&lt;br /&gt;
|To=[[Pyotr Jurgenson]]&lt;br /&gt;
|Place=[[Kamenka]]&lt;br /&gt;
|Language=Russian&lt;br /&gt;
|Autograph=[[Klin]] (Russia): {{RUS-KLč}} (a{{sup|3}}, No. 2343)&lt;br /&gt;
|Publication={{bib|1901/24|Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского ; том 2}} (1901), p. 478 (abridged)&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;{{bib|1938/40|П. И. Чайковский. Переписка с П. И. Юргенсоном ; том 1}} (1938), p. 199–200&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;{{bib|1966/44|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том X}} (1966), p. 180–181&lt;br /&gt;
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==Text and Translation==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Lettertext&lt;br /&gt;
|Language=Russian&lt;br /&gt;
|Translator=Brett Langston&lt;br /&gt;
|Original text={{right|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Каменка&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; 31-го июля}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{centre|Милый друг!}}&lt;br /&gt;
Поздравляю с возвращением на родное пепелище.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Я занимаюсь теперь Бортнянским усиленно, дабы скорее отделаться от этой ужасной работы. Часто ругаюсь, злюсь и собираюсь отказаться от начатого дела, главнейшим образом вследствие крайней антипатичности содержания пресловутых творений Бортн[янского], но потом успокаиваюсь, и дело будет кончено, как и все дела, которые я начинаю. Разве только могу когда-нибудь лопнуть со злости. Предстоит ещё по крайней мере месяца три усидчивой работы. Удивляюсь, какая тебе охота издавать эту пакость. Впрочем, как знаешь.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Но, однако, важнее всего, чтобы я получил, наконец, все, что составляет &amp;#039;&amp;#039;полное собрание&amp;#039;&amp;#039;; между тем в том, что мне прислали недавно, оказалось лишь очень немного недостающих №№-ров; остальное — повторение уже имевшихся у меня творений Б[ортнянского]. Таким образом, многие вещи я имею теперь в двух или даже в 3-х экземплярах, а огромного количества других не имею вовсе. Потрудись, пожалуйста, озаботиться, чтобы, наконец, мне прислали все, что нужно. Прилагаю на отдельном листе список недостающих №№-ров.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Вчера приехал Толя. Мне жалко его. По рассказам его вижу, что ему в Москве на сей раз было очень приятно жить летом, а теперь ему предстоит совсем не весёлое житье.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
С болью сердца думаю о нашей несчастной Консерватории. Отчего до сих пор не объявляют о предстоящем учебном годе? Вообще, что-то будет?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Не найдёте ли вы полезным, чтобы я стоял в списке профессоров по теории, однако же с тем, что с 1-го сентября я беру отпуск на неопределённое время. Это, конечно, маленькое надувательство, но &amp;#039;&amp;#039;никакие силы всего мира не могут заставить меня в этом году состоять в Консерватории на действительной службе&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, и откровенно тебе скажу, что только крайность может принудить меня прибегнуть к этому средству добывания хлеба. Может быть, это эгоистично, но, с другой стороны, подумай, какую пользу будет приносить учитель, ненавидящий своё дело, ненавидящий своих учеников, смотрящий в лес и стремящийся при первой возможности удрать? Прибавь к этому, что, склонный к хандре, я буду томиться в Москве, которую в глубине души ужасно люблю, но которая по многим причинам покамест ещё невозможное для меня местожительство. Своим томлением буду наводить на всех уныние, начну пьянствовать, испорчу жизнь и себе и другим. Ну одним словом, не знаю, что дальше будет, — а теперь не пойду в &amp;#039;&amp;#039;класс ни за что на свете&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Считаться&amp;#039;&amp;#039; же профессором готов сколько угодно, и, если моё имя может чуточку придать обаяние Консерватории, даю разрешение пользоваться им сколько угодно.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Вероятно, ты уже не получил моего письма, адресованного в Киссинген, в коем я разъяснял тебе причину, почему застрял в Каменке. Напиши мне, имело ли на твоё здоровье благоприятное влияние киссингенское лечение.&lt;br /&gt;
{{right|Твой П. Чайковский}}&lt;br /&gt;
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|Translated text={{right|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Kamenka]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;31st July}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{centre|Dear friend!}}&lt;br /&gt;
Congratulations on returning to your native land.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I&amp;#039;m now assiduously occupied with the [[Bortnyansky]], in order to rid myself of this awful work as quickly as possible. I often become enraged, curse and prepare to abandon what I&amp;#039;ve begun, mainly due to an extreme antipathy to the notorious content of [[Bortnyansky]]&amp;#039;s creations, but then I&amp;#039;ll calm down and it will all be over, just as it is every time I begin something. I really could explode with rage. There are still at least three months of diligent work in store. I wonder about your desire to publish this rubbish. However, you know best.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
By far the most important thing, however, is that I finally receive everything that comprises the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;complete collection&amp;#039;&amp;#039;; amongst the things sent to me recently, there turned out to be very few missing numbers; the remainder were duplicates of [[Bortnyansky]]&amp;#039;s works that I had already. Therefore I have 2 or even 3 copies of many things, and there are an enormous number with no copies at all. Please ensure that they eventually send me everything that I need. I&amp;#039;m enclosing a list of missing numbers on a separate sheet. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Tolya]] came yesterday. I feel sorry for him. By his own account I can see that he&amp;#039;s found it very pleasant to live in [[Moscow]] during the summer, and now he&amp;#039;ll be in for anything but a cheerful life. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It pains my heart to thing about our unfortunate Conservatory. Why have they not yet advertised the forthcoming academic year? Generally, what&amp;#039;s to become of it?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Do I find it helpful for me to be on the list of professors of theory, notwithstanding the fact that from 1st September I&amp;#039;m taking an indefinite leave of absence? This is of course a white lie, but &amp;#039;&amp;#039;there is no force on earth that could compel me to actively serve in my position at the Conservatory this year&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, and I tell you frankly that only in extremis could I be forced to resort to this means of earning a crust. Perhaps this is selfish, but on the other hand, imagine what good will come from a teacher who loathes his job, loathes his students, gazes out into the woods, and tries to escape at the first opportunity. Add to this that, with my disposition towards melancholy, I&amp;#039;ll be pining away in [[Moscow]], which in the depths of my soul I love terribly, but which for many reasons is still for now an impossible place for me to live. Watching me pine away will make everyone miserable, I&amp;#039;ll start to drink, and ruin life for myself and others. Well, in short, I don&amp;#039;t know what will happen next, but right now I won&amp;#039;t go to &amp;#039;&amp;#039;classes for anything in the world&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. I&amp;#039;m prepared to &amp;#039;&amp;#039;consider myself&amp;#039;&amp;#039; a professor so far as it is expedient, and if my name can lend a little allure to the Conservatory, let them make use of it so much as they see fit.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You probably haven&amp;#039;t received my letter addressed to Kissingen, in which I explained to you the reasons why I was stuck at [[Kamenka]]. Write to me whether the Kissingen treatment has had a beneficial effect on your health.&lt;br /&gt;
{{right|Yours P. Tchaikovsky}}&lt;br /&gt;
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