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Tony at 12:22, 17 January 2025

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	\|Translated text={{right\|''[[Maydanovo]]''<br/>8 March 1885}}		\|Translated text={{right\|''[[Maydanovo]]''<br/>8 March 1885}}
	{{centre\|Dear Sirs!}}		{{centre\|Dear Sirs!}}
	Some time ago you did me honour of inviting me to write something for the celebration day of Saints Cyril and Methodius. This letter, as a consequence of my absence from Russia, reached me much later than it should have done. Since, having received it, I wavered between the desire to do something, or to decisively abstain from the task assigned to me, then I could not give a timely answer. In any case I could not have written more, since time was already short, and besides, the proposal to write ''something'' was much too vague. I would go so far as to remark that if any major work (for example, a cantata or oratorio) is wanted for a performance on a day of celebration, then the composition of an appropriate text ought to have been attended to first of all, such a task being entrusted to one of our outstanding poets, and most importantly, it is necessary to consider all this and order it to be done far earlier, at least a year in advance.		Some time ago you did me the honour of inviting me to write something for the celebration day of Saints Cyril and Methodius. This letter, as a consequence of my absence from Russia, reached me much later than it should have done. Since, having received it, I wavered between the desire to do something, or to decisively abstain from the task assigned to me, then I could not give a timely answer. In any case I could not have written more, since time was already short, and besides, the proposal to write ''something'' was much too vague. I would go so far as to remark that if any major work (for example, a cantata or oratorio) is wanted for a performance on a day of celebration, then the composition of an appropriate text ought to have been attended to first of all, such a task being entrusted to one of our outstanding poets, and most importantly, it is necessary to consider all this and order it to be done far earlier, at least a year in advance.

	At the present time I can only justify the hopes placed in me to some extent. I have taken a Czech folk anthem in honour of the Saints ''Cyril and Methodius'', arranged it for a large mixed choir a cappella (i.e. without orchestral accompaniment) and given it to Mr ''[[Jurgenson]]'' (a music publisher in [[Moscow]]) to be printed, and I myself translated the text in an abridged form.		At the present time, I can only justify the hopes placed in me to some extent. I have taken a Czech folk anthem in honour of the Saints ''Cyril and Methodius'', arranged it for a large mixed choir a cappella (i.e. without orchestral accompaniment) and given it to Mr ''[[Jurgenson]]'' (a music publisher in [[Moscow]]) to be printed, and I myself translated the text in an abridged form.

	This ''[[Hymn in Honour of Saints Cyril and Methodius\|Chorus]]'', when performed by a large compliment of choral singers can, if I am not mistaken, produce the desired effect at a concert.		This ''[[Hymn in Honour of Saints Cyril and Methodius\|Chorus]]'', when performed by a large compliment of choral singers can, if I am not mistaken, produce the desired effect at a concert.

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	\|Publication={{bib\|1971/89\|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XIII}} (1971), p. 47		\|Publication={{bib\|1971/89\|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XIII}} (1971), p. 47
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	==Text==		==Text and Translation==
	{{Lettertext		{{Lettertext
	\|Language=Russian		\|Language=Russian
	\|Translator=		\|Translator=Brett Langston
	\|Original text={{right\|''Майданово''<br/>8 марта 1885}}		\|Original text={{right\|''Майданово''<br/>8 марта 1885}}
	{{centre\|Милостивые государи!}}		{{centre\|Милостивые государи!}}
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	{{right\|П. Чайковский}}		{{right\|П. Чайковский}}

			\|Translated text={{right\|''[[Maydanovo]]''<br/>8 March 1885}}
			{{centre\|Dear Sirs!}}
			Some time ago you did me honour of inviting me to write something for the celebration day of Saints Cyril and Methodius. This letter, as a consequence of my absence from Russia, reached me much later than it should have done. Since, having received it, I wavered between the desire to do something, or to decisively abstain from the task assigned to me, then I could not give a timely answer. In any case I could not have written more, since time was already short, and besides, the proposal to write ''something'' was much too vague. I would go so far as to remark that if any major work (for example, a cantata or oratorio) is wanted for a performance on a day of celebration, then the composition of an appropriate text ought to have been attended to first of all, such a task being entrusted to one of our outstanding poets, and most importantly, it is necessary to consider all this and order it to be done far earlier, at least a year in advance.

	\|~~Translated text=~~		At the present time I can only justify the hopes placed in me to some extent. I have taken a Czech folk anthem in honour of the Saints ''Cyril and Methodius'', arranged it for a large mixed choir a cappella (i.e. without orchestral accompaniment) and given it to Mr ''[[Jurgenson]]'' (a music publisher in [[Moscow]]) to be printed, and I myself translated the text in an abridged form.

			This ''[[Hymn in Honour of Saints Cyril and Methodius\|Chorus]]'', when performed by a large compliment of choral singers can, if I am not mistaken, produce the desired effect at a concert.

			I have the honour to be your most humble servant.
			{{right\|P. Tchaikovsky}}
	}}		}}

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{{letterhead
|Date=8/20 March 1885
|To=Slavonic Charitable Society (directors of)
|Place=[[Maydanovo]]
|Language=Russian
|Autograph=[[Saint Petersburg]] (Russia): {{RUS-SPa}} (ф. 343, оп. 2, No. 21)
|Publication={{bib|1971/89|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XIII}} (1971), p. 47
}}
==Text==
{{Lettertext
|Language=Russian
|Translator=
|Original text={{right|''Майданово''<br/>8 марта 1885}}
{{centre|Милостивые государи!}}
Несколько времени тому назад Вы удостоили меня приглашением написать что-либо ко дню празднования св[атьях] Кирилла и Мефодия. Письмо, вследствие моего отсутствия из России, дошло до меня гораздо позднее, чем бы следовало. Так как, получив его, я колебался между желанием что-либо сделать или решительным уклонением от возложенной на меня задачи, — то не мог дать своевременный ответ. Во всяком случае ничего большего я не мог написать бы, так как времени было уже мало и к тому же предложение написать ''что-нибудь'' было слишком неопределённо. Осмелюсь заметить, что если хотели исполнить ко дню празднования какое-либо крупное произведение (напр[имер] кантату, ораторию), то следовало позаботиться прежде всего о сочинении подходящего текста, каковую задачу нужно было поручить одному из наших выдающихся поэтов, а главное нужно было все это обдумать и поручить сделать гораздо раньше, по крайней мере за год.

В настоящее время я могу лишь до некоторой степени оправдать возложенные на меня надежды. Я достал чешский народный гимн в честь св[атьях] ''Кирилл а и Мефодия''; переложил его для большого смешанного хора a cappella (т. е. без сопровождения оркестра) и отдал напечатать г. ''Юргенсону'' (музык[альному] издателю в Москве), причём сам перевёл в сокращённом виде текст.

''Хор'' этот, исполненный большим количеством хоровых масс, может, если не ошибаюсь, произвести должный эффект в концерте.

Имею честь быть всепокорнейший слуга.
{{right|П. Чайковский}}

|Translated text=
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