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		<title>Brett: Text replacement - &quot;Leva&quot; to &quot;Lyova&quot;</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Text replacement - &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;/pages/Leva&quot; class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Leva&quot;&gt;Leva&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot; to &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;/pages/Lyova&quot; class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Lyova&quot;&gt;Lyova&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l33&quot;&gt;Line 33:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Generally the time is approaching when [[Nikolay Tchaikovsky|Kolya]], [[Tolya]], [[Ippolit]] and [[Modya]] will no longer be Tchaikovskys, but merely &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Tchaikovsky&amp;#039;s brothers&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. I won&amp;#039;t hide the fact that this is really my ultimate aim. To eclipse all those around you with your greatness — what could be more gratifying? So, tremble, for my glory shall soon crush you. The witty and adorable tone of my letter is inspired by my frequent meetings with [[Apukhtin]], who is here now in a more cheerful mood than ever, despite the fact that earlier he lost everything he had playing cards. A few days ago here Andrey Apukhtin married his own aunt, and I attended as a witness. [[Aleksey Apukhtin|Lyolya]], as the chef de la famille, doesn&amp;#039;t recognise this marriage, and although he was at the wedding, he told everyone that he&amp;#039;d called in by chance, having seen the light in the windows. You ask what my plans are for the summer? I don&amp;#039;t know, your eminence, I still know nothing, but I don&amp;#039;t think I&amp;#039;ll pass [[Kamenka]] by whatever happens.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Generally the time is approaching when [[Nikolay Tchaikovsky|Kolya]], [[Tolya]], [[Ippolit]] and [[Modya]] will no longer be Tchaikovskys, but merely &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Tchaikovsky&amp;#039;s brothers&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. I won&amp;#039;t hide the fact that this is really my ultimate aim. To eclipse all those around you with your greatness — what could be more gratifying? So, tremble, for my glory shall soon crush you. The witty and adorable tone of my letter is inspired by my frequent meetings with [[Apukhtin]], who is here now in a more cheerful mood than ever, despite the fact that earlier he lost everything he had playing cards. A few days ago here Andrey Apukhtin married his own aunt, and I attended as a witness. [[Aleksey Apukhtin|Lyolya]], as the chef de la famille, doesn&amp;#039;t recognise this marriage, and although he was at the wedding, he told everyone that he&amp;#039;d called in by chance, having seen the light in the windows. You ask what my plans are for the summer? I don&amp;#039;t know, your eminence, I still know nothing, but I don&amp;#039;t think I&amp;#039;ll pass [[Kamenka]] by whatever happens.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Brett</name></author>
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		<title>Brett at 12:48, 25 February 2024</title>
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		<updated>2024-02-25T12:48:00Z</updated>

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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;|Original text={{right|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Москва&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;13 февраля&amp;#039;&amp;#039; 1873 г[ода]}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;|Original text={{right|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Москва&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;13 февраля&amp;#039;&amp;#039; 1873 г[ода]}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ты говоришь, что я умолк! Но разве Саша не получила моего письма, писанного в прошлом месяце? Я эта письмо рассчитывал на Вас двух и очень буду огорчаться, если оно да тебя не дошло. С нотами, заказанными тобой и Персефоной, я действительно замешкался, но я потерял было твоё письма. Между прочим, я узнал потом, что Юргенсон или, лучше, его приказчики присовокупили к нотам счёт. Не обращай на &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;нега &lt;/del&gt;внимания, эта произошло от недоразумения; все присланные опусы я приношу в дар тебе и Персефоне, и никаких денег присылать не нужно. О моей симфонии ты, вероятно, знаешь из газет; прибавлю от себя, что она имела большой успех и в особенности «&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Журавель&amp;#039;&amp;#039;» заслужил самые лестные отзывы. Честь этого успеха я приписываю не себе, а настоящему композитору означенного произведения — &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Петру Герасимовичу&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, который, в то время как я сочинял и наигрывал «Журавля», постоянно подходил и подпевал мне&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ты говоришь, что я умолк! Но разве Саша не получила моего письма, писанного в прошлом месяце? Я эта письмо рассчитывал на Вас двух и очень буду огорчаться, если оно да тебя не дошло. С нотами, заказанными тобой и Персефоной, я действительно замешкался, но я потерял было твоё письма. Между прочим, я узнал потом, что Юргенсон или, лучше, его приказчики присовокупили к нотам счёт. Не обращай на &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;него &lt;/ins&gt;внимания, эта произошло от недоразумения; все присланные опусы я приношу в дар тебе и Персефоне, и никаких денег присылать не нужно. О моей симфонии ты, вероятно, знаешь из газет; прибавлю от себя, что она имела большой успех и в особенности «&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Журавель&amp;#039;&amp;#039;» заслужил самые лестные отзывы. Честь этого успеха я приписываю не себе, а настоящему композитору означенного произведения — &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Петру Герасимовичу&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, который, в то время как я сочинял и наигрывал «Журавля», постоянно подходил и подпевал мне&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[File:0289 ex1.jpg|center|350px]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[File:0289 ex1.jpg|center|350px]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l23&quot;&gt;Line 23:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{right|П. Чайковский}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{right|П. Чайковский}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;|Translated text=&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;|Translated text=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{right|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Moscow]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;13 February&amp;#039;&amp;#039; 1873}}&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{centre|Dear [[Modya]]!}}&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;You say that I&amp;#039;ve been silent! But did [[Sasha]] really not receive the letter I wrote last month? I wrote this letter for both of you, and I&amp;#039;ll be very upset if it didn&amp;#039;t reach you. I was actually late with the music you and Persephone ordered, but I&amp;#039;d mislaid your letters. Then I happened to find out that [[Jurgenson]], or more likely his clerks, included an invoice with the music. Don&amp;#039;t pay any attention to that, this happened because of a misunderstanding; I sent all the opuses as a gift to you and Persephone, and you don&amp;#039;t need to send any money. You probably know about my symphony from the newspapers; I&amp;#039;ll add myself that it was a great success, and &amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Crane&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;quot; in particular earned the most flattering reviews. But the credit for this success belongs not to myself, but to the true composer of the aforementioned work — &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Pyotr Kozidub|Pyotr Gerasimovich]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, who while I was composing and playing &amp;quot;The Crane&amp;quot;, continually came up and sang along with me&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[File:0289 ex1.jpg|center|350px]]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;When I was in [[Petersburg]], I played the finale one evening at [[Rimsky-Korsakov]]&amp;#039;s, and the whole company almost tore me to pieces for hours in raptures, and Madame [[Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova|Korsakova]] tearfully asked to arrange it for four hands. Well, let her arrange it. The Musical Society have given me a promissory note for 300 rubles for the symphony, and it will be given again at the last concert (i.e. the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;symphony&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, not the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;note&amp;#039;&amp;#039;), and for this day they&amp;#039;re preparing an ovation with a &amp;#039;&amp;#039;gift&amp;#039;&amp;#039; for me. Naturally, out of my angelic selflessness I don&amp;#039;t want to accept the gift, but they&amp;#039;ll hardly allow me to do so. Oh, how hard it is to submit to the tyrannical demands of the crowd! They don&amp;#039;t understand that we artists live in such a high empyrean that for us their money is mere base metal! &lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Generally the time is approaching when [[Nikolay Tchaikovsky|Kolya]], [[Tolya]], [[Ippolit]] and [[Modya]] will no longer be Tchaikovskys, but merely &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Tchaikovsky&amp;#039;s brothers&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. I won&amp;#039;t hide the fact that this is really my ultimate aim. To eclipse all those around you with your greatness — what could be more gratifying? So, tremble, for my glory shall soon crush you. The witty and adorable tone of my letter is inspired by my frequent meetings with [[Apukhtin]], who is here now in a more cheerful mood than ever, despite the fact that earlier he lost everything he had playing cards. A few days ago here Andrey Apukhtin married his own aunt, and I attended as a witness. [[Aleksey Apukhtin|Lyolya]], as the chef de la famille, doesn&amp;#039;t recognise this marriage, and although he was at the wedding, he told everyone that he&amp;#039;d called in by chance, having seen the light in the windows. You ask what my plans are for the summer? I don&amp;#039;t know, your eminence, I still know nothing, but I don&amp;#039;t think I&amp;#039;ll pass [[Kamenka]] by whatever happens. &lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;I kiss you hard, [[Sasha]], [[Leva]] and everybody.&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Brett</name></author>
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		<title>Brett at 09:25, 9 April 2020</title>
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|Date=13/25 February 1873 &lt;br /&gt;
|To=[[Modest Tchaikovsky]] &lt;br /&gt;
|Place=[[Moscow]] &lt;br /&gt;
|Language=Russian &lt;br /&gt;
|Autograph=[[Saint Petersburg]] (Russia): {{RUS-SPsc}} (ф. 834, ед. хр. 36, л. 48–49) &lt;br /&gt;
|Publication={{bib|1900/35|Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского ; том 1}} (1900), p. 402–403 (abridged)&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;{{bib|1940/210|П. И. Чайковский. Письма к родным ; том 1}} (1940), p. 191–193&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;{{bib|1955/37|П. И. Чайковский. Письма к близким}} (1955), p. 80–81 (abridged)&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;{{bib|1959/50|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том V}} (1959), p. 302–303&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;{{bib|1981/81| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Letters to his family. An autobiography}} (1981), p. 78–79 (English translation; abridged)&lt;br /&gt;
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{{centre|Милый Модя!}}&lt;br /&gt;
Ты говоришь, что я умолк! Но разве Саша не получила моего письма, писанного в прошлом месяце? Я эта письмо рассчитывал на Вас двух и очень буду огорчаться, если оно да тебя не дошло. С нотами, заказанными тобой и Персефоной, я действительно замешкался, но я потерял было твоё письма. Между прочим, я узнал потом, что Юргенсон или, лучше, его приказчики присовокупили к нотам счёт. Не обращай на нега внимания, эта произошло от недоразумения; все присланные опусы я приношу в дар тебе и Персефоне, и никаких денег присылать не нужно. О моей симфонии ты, вероятно, знаешь из газет; прибавлю от себя, что она имела большой успех и в особенности «&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Журавель&amp;#039;&amp;#039;» заслужил самые лестные отзывы. Честь этого успеха я приписываю не себе, а настоящему композитору означенного произведения — &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Петру Герасимовичу&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, который, в то время как я сочинял и наигрывал «Журавля», постоянно подходил и подпевал мне&lt;br /&gt;
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Когда я был в Петербурге, то играл финал на вечере у Римского-Корсакова, и вся компания чуть-чуть не разорвала меня на часи от восторга, а M[ada]me Корсакова слёзно просила аранжировать в четыре руки. Ну и пусть её аранжирует. За эту симфонию мне из Музык[ального] Общ[ества] выдали мою долговую расписку в 300 р[ублей], а в последнем концерте она опять пойдёт (т. е. не &amp;#039;&amp;#039;расписка&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, а &amp;#039;&amp;#039;симфония&amp;#039;&amp;#039;), и к этому дню мне готовят овацию с &amp;#039;&amp;#039;подарком&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Конечно, по моему ангельскому бескорыстию я хочу не принимать подарка, на едва ли меня допустят да этого. Ах! Как тяжело подчиняться тираническим требованиям толпы! Она не понимает, что мы, художники, живём в таких высоких эмпиреях, что их деньги для нас — презренный металл!&lt;br /&gt;
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Вообще близится время, когда и Коля, и Толя, и Ипполит, и Модя уже не будут Чайковскими, а только &amp;#039;&amp;#039;братьями Чайковского&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Не скрою, что это-то и есть вожделенная цель моих стараний. Своим величием стирать во прах все окружающее, — не есть ли эта высочайшее наслаждение? Итак, трепещи, ибо слава моя скоро тебя раздавит. Остроумна-милый тон моего письма вдохновлён моими частыми свиданиями с Апухтиным, который теперь находится здесь в более весёлом состоянии духа, чем когда-либо, несмотря на та, что проиграл в карты все, что наиграл прежде. На днях здесь была свадьба Андрея Апухтина на своей родной тётке, и я присутствовал на ней свидетелем. Леля в качестве chef de la famille не признает этого брака и хотя был на свадьбе, но всем объявлял, что заехал нечаянно, увидев в окнах свет. Ты спрашиваешь а моих планах на лето? Не знаю, почтенный ничего ещё не знаю, но, кажется, не миную Каменки ни в каком случае.&lt;br /&gt;
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Целую тебя крепко, Сашу, Леву и всех.&lt;br /&gt;
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		<author><name>Brett</name></author>
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