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	\|Translated text={{centre\|Your Excellency<br/>Gracious Sir<br/>[[Pyotr Richter\|Pyotr Aleksandrovich]]!}}		\|Translated text={{centre\|Your Excellency<br/>Gracious Sir<br/>[[Pyotr Richter\|Pyotr Aleksandrovich]]!}}
	I allowed myself to express the wish that my cantata be learned and performed under the direction of Mr [[Nápravník]], under the assumption that the Russian Opera company, together with the choir and orchestra, would be transferred to [[Moscow]] for the duration of the coronation festivities. But since no such transfer is intended, then I can only express my confidence that Mr [[Altani]], with whom I am very well acquainted, will perform the task entrusted to him with talent and conscientiousness. I am equally sympathetic in relation to the choice of Mrs [[Lavrovskaya]] and Mr [[~~Melinkov~~]] to perform the solo parts. I hope that my cantata, dispatched to [[Petersburg]] on Saturday 26 March/7 April (at great speed), has already reached its destination.		I allowed myself to express the wish that my cantata be learned and performed under the direction of Mr [[Nápravník]], under the assumption that the Russian Opera company, together with the choir and orchestra, would be transferred to [[Moscow]] for the duration of the coronation festivities. But since no such transfer is intended, then I can only express my confidence that Mr [[Altani]], with whom I am very well acquainted, will perform the task entrusted to him with talent and conscientiousness. I am equally sympathetic in relation to the choice of Mrs [[Lavrovskaya]] and Mr [[Melnikov]] to perform the solo parts. I hope that my cantata, dispatched to [[Petersburg]] on Saturday 26 March/7 April (at great speed), has already reached its destination.

	I most humbly request Your High Excellency to accept the assurance of my profound respect and devotion, having the honour to be your most humble servant,		I most humbly request Your High Excellency to accept the assurance of my profound respect and devotion, having the honour to be your most humble servant,

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Милос..."

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{{letterhead
|Date=4/16 April 1883
|To=[[Pyotr Richter]]
|Place=[[Paris]]
|Language=Russian
|Autograph=[[Saint Petersburg]] (Russia): {{RUS-SPia}} (ф. 472, оп. 64. д. 6. л. 207) <ref name="note1"/>
|Publication={{bibx|2023/12|Художественная культура}}, No. 4 (2023), p. 592-593
}}
==Text and Translation==
{{Lettertext
|Language=Russian
|Translator=Brett Langston
|Original text={{centre|Ваше Превосходительство Милостивый государь Пётр Александрович!}}
Я позволил себе выразить желание, чтобы кантата моя была разучена и исполнена под руководством г. Направника в том предположении, что русская оперная труппа вместе с хором и оркестром будет переведена в Москву на время празднеств коронации. Но так как отправка её не имеется в виду, то мне остаётся только выразить уверенность, что и г. Альтани, которого я знаю с весьма хорошей стороны, исполнит возложенную на него задачу талантливо и добросовестно. Равным образом сочувственно отношусь я и к выбору г-жи Лавровской и г. Мельникова для исполнения партий соло. Надеюсь, что кантата моя, отправленная в субботу 26 марта / 7 апреля (большою скоростью) в Петербург, уже дошла до своего назначения.

Покорнейше прося Ваше Превосходительство принять уверение в глубоком моем уважении и преданности, имею честь быть Ваш покорнейший слуга,
{{right|П. Чайковский}}
4/16 апреля 1883 г[ода]. Париж

|Translated text={{centre|Your Excellency Gracious Sir [[Pyotr Richter|Pyotr Aleksandrovich]]!}}
I allowed myself to express the wish that my cantata be learned and performed under the direction of Mr [[Nápravník]], under the assumption that the Russian Opera company, together with the choir and orchestra, would be transferred to [[Moscow]] for the duration of the coronation festivities. But since no such transfer is intended, then I can only express my confidence that Mr [[Altani]], with whom I am very well acquainted, will perform the task entrusted to him with talent and conscientiousness. I am equally sympathetic in relation to the choice of Mrs [[Lavrovskaya]] and Mr [[Melinkov]] to perform the solo parts. I hope that my cantata, dispatched to [[Petersburg]] on Saturday 26 March/7 April (at great speed), has already reached its destination.

I most humbly request Your High Excellency to accept the assurance of my profound respect and devotion, having the honour to be your most humble servant,
{{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}
4/16 April 1883, [[Paris]]
}}
==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">This letter was discovered in 2022 by Tamara Skvirskaya — see {{bib|2023/12}} (2023).</ref>
</references>

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