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Tony at 12:14, 29 January 2025

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	I have just undertaken a most agreeable trip. I am staying here for a while and then, via [[Constantinople]], [[Naples]], and [[Rome]] <ref name="note4"/>, I shall make my way to your part of the world.		I have just undertaken a most agreeable trip. I am staying here for a while and then, via [[Constantinople]], [[Naples]] and [[Rome]] <ref name="note4"/>, I shall make my way to your part of the world.
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	<ref name="note1">In [[Letter 2819]] to [[Mackar]] on 22 November/4 December 1885, Tchaikovsky had agreed to his French publisher's request to write a piano piece based on Russian folk themes specially for his firm. He did not start work on it until February 1886, however. The completed piece, entitled ''[[Dumka]]'' and subtitled "Russian rustic scene", was dedicated, as [[Mackar]] had advised him to, to [[Antoine François Marmontel]] (1816–1898), the influential professor of piano at the [[Paris]] Conservatory who had shown great interest in Tchaikovsky's music. After [[Jurgenson]] had published ''[[Dumka]]'' in [[Moscow]] later that year, Tchaikovsky asked him to send the original manuscript to [[Mackar]] (see [[Letter 2981]] to [[Jurgenson]] of 22 June/4 July 1886), but [[Jurgenson]] ignored this request, since for the sake of posterity he wanted to keep in his possession as many of the composer's autographs as possible. The French edition of the piano piece appeared in the following year as ''Doumka. Scène rustique russe'' ([[Paris]]: [[F. Mackar]], 1887).</ref>		<ref name="note1">In [[Letter 2819]] to [[Mackar]] on 22 November/4 December 1885, Tchaikovsky had agreed to his French publisher's request to write a piano piece based on Russian folk themes specially for his firm. He did not start work on it until February 1886, however. The completed piece, entitled ''[[Dumka]]'' and subtitled "Russian rustic scene", was dedicated, as [[Mackar]] had advised him to, to [[Antoine François Marmontel]] (1816–1898), the influential professor of piano at the [[Paris]] Conservatory who had shown great interest in Tchaikovsky's music. After [[Jurgenson]] had published ''[[Dumka]]'' in [[Moscow]] later that year, Tchaikovsky asked him to send the original manuscript to [[Mackar]] (see [[Letter 2981]] to [[Jurgenson]] of 22 June/4 July 1886), but [[Jurgenson]] ignored this request, since for the sake of posterity he wanted to keep in his possession as many of the composer's autographs as possible. The French edition of the piano piece appeared in the following year as ''Doumka. Scène rustique russe'' ([[Paris]]: [[F. Mackar]], 1887).</ref>
	<ref name="note2">Tchaikovsky's first face-to-face meeting with [[Mackar]] would take place in the latter's music-shop at No. 22, Passage des Panoramas, [[Paris]], on 21 May/2 June 1886.</ref>		<ref name="note2">Tchaikovsky's first face-to-face meeting with [[Mackar]] would take place in the latter's music shop at No. 22, Passage des Panoramas, [[Paris]], on 21 May/2 June 1886.</ref>
	<ref name="note3">Tchaikovsky would in fact arrive in [[Paris]] slightly earlier, on 15/27 May 1886.</ref>		<ref name="note3">Tchaikovsky would in fact arrive in [[Paris]] slightly earlier, on 15/27 May 1886.</ref>
	<ref name="note4">Tchaikovsky eventually decided not to travel via Italy because of the cholera epidemic which was then raging in [[Naples]], and so from [[Constantinople]] he sailed to [[Marseilles]], arriving at the French port on 11/23 May. Four days later he boarded a train to [[Paris]].</ref>		<ref name="note4">Tchaikovsky eventually decided not to travel via Italy because of the cholera epidemic which was then raging in [[Naples]], and so from [[Constantinople]] he sailed to [[Marseilles]], arriving at the French port on 11/23 May. Four days later he boarded a train to [[Paris]].</ref>
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	==Notes and References==		==Notes and References==
	<references>		<references>
	<ref name="note1">In [[Letter 2819]] to [[Mackar]] on 22 November/4 December 1885, Tchaikovsky had agreed to his French publisher's request to write a piano piece based on Russian folk themes specially for his firm. He did not start work on it until February 1886, however. The completed piece, entitled ''[[Dumka]]'' and subtitled "Russian rustic scene", was dedicated, as [[Mackar]] had advised him to, to Antoine François Marmontel (1816–1898), the influential professor of piano at the [[Paris]] Conservatory who had shown great interest in Tchaikovsky's music. After [[Jurgenson]] had published ''[[Dumka]]'' in [[Moscow]] later that year, Tchaikovsky asked him to send the original manuscript to [[Mackar]] (see [[Letter 2981]] to [[Jurgenson]] of 22 June/4 July 1886), but [[Jurgenson]] ignored this request, since for the sake of posterity he wanted to keep in his possession as many of the composer's autographs as possible. The French edition of the piano piece appeared in the following year as ''Doumka. Scène rustique russe'' ([[Paris]]: [[F. Mackar]], 1887).</ref>		<ref name="note1">In [[Letter 2819]] to [[Mackar]] on 22 November/4 December 1885, Tchaikovsky had agreed to his French publisher's request to write a piano piece based on Russian folk themes specially for his firm. He did not start work on it until February 1886, however. The completed piece, entitled ''[[Dumka]]'' and subtitled "Russian rustic scene", was dedicated, as [[Mackar]] had advised him to, to [[Antoine François Marmontel]] (1816–1898), the influential professor of piano at the [[Paris]] Conservatory who had shown great interest in Tchaikovsky's music. After [[Jurgenson]] had published ''[[Dumka]]'' in [[Moscow]] later that year, Tchaikovsky asked him to send the original manuscript to [[Mackar]] (see [[Letter 2981]] to [[Jurgenson]] of 22 June/4 July 1886), but [[Jurgenson]] ignored this request, since for the sake of posterity he wanted to keep in his possession as many of the composer's autographs as possible. The French edition of the piano piece appeared in the following year as ''Doumka. Scène rustique russe'' ([[Paris]]: [[F. Mackar]], 1887).</ref>
	<ref name="note2">Tchaikovsky's first face-to-face meeting with [[Mackar]] would take place in the latter's music-shop at No. 22, Passage des Panoramas, [[Paris]], on 21 May/2 June 1886.</ref>		<ref name="note2">Tchaikovsky's first face-to-face meeting with [[Mackar]] would take place in the latter's music-shop at No. 22, Passage des Panoramas, [[Paris]], on 21 May/2 June 1886.</ref>
	<ref name="note3">Tchaikovsky would in fact arrive in [[Paris]] slightly earlier, on 15/27 May 1886.</ref>		<ref name="note3">Tchaikovsky would in fact arrive in [[Paris]] slightly earlier, on 15/27 May 1886.</ref>
	<ref name="note4">Tchaikovsky eventually decided not to travel via Italy because of the cholera epidemic which was then raging in [[Naples]], and so from [[Constantinople]] he sailed to [[Marseilles]], arriving at the French port on 11/23 May. Four days later he boarded a train to [[Paris]].</ref>		<ref name="note4">Tchaikovsky eventually decided not to travel via Italy because of the cholera epidemic which was then raging in [[Naples]], and so from [[Constantinople]] he sailed to [[Marseilles]], arriving at the French port on 11/23 May. Four days later he boarded a train to [[Paris]].</ref>
	</references>		</references>

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{{letterhead
|Date=3/15 April 1886
|To=[[Félix Mackar]]
|Place=[[Tiflis]]
|Language=French
|Autograph=[[Paris]] (France): {{F-Pn}}
|Publication={{bibx|1968/16|Revue de musicologie}}, tome 64 (1968), no. 1, p. 54<br/>{{bib|1971/89|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XIII}} (1971), p. 311–312
}}

==Text and Translation==
{{Lettertext
|Language=French
|Translator=Luis Sundkvist
|Original text={{right|''Tiflis''<br/>3/15 Avril 1886}}
{{centre|Cher ami !}}
J'ai chargé Mr Jurgenson de faire copier la pièce pour le piano que je V[ou]s ai promise et de Vous l'envoyer. Pour des raisons que je V[ou]s conterai quand N[ou]s nous verrons je n'ai pu remplir entièrement la promesse que je V[ou]s ai faite. Je crois que je V[ou]s avais promis de V[ou]s la donner pour tous pays. Maintenant il se trouve que je ne puis V[ou]s donner les droits sur ce morceau que pour France et Belgique.

Pardon ! Je ne dois, je ne puis froisser au {{sic|dela|delà}} de certaines limites les sentiments d'amitié qu'a toujours {{sic|témoigner|témoigné}} à mon égard Jurgenson. Enfin je V[ou]s dirai tout cela à notre entrevue.

Je serai à Paris vers le commencement de Juin.

À Vous de tout cœur,
{{right|P. Tschaïkovsky}}

Je viens de faire un voyage des plus agréable[s]. Je reste ici quelque temps et puis par Constantinople, Naples, Rome, je m'en vais dans Vos parages.

|Translated text={{right|''[[Tiflis]]''<br/>3/15 April 1886 }}
{{centre|Dear friend!}}
I have instructed M[onsieu]r [[Pyotr Jurgenson|Jurgenson]] to have the piano piece which I promised you copied and to send it to you. For reasons which I shall tell you about when we meet, I was not able to keep fully the promise which I made you. I think that I promised to assign to you the rights in all countries. Now, though, it turns out that I can only give you the rights to this piece in France and Belgium <ref name="note1"/>.

Sorry! I cannot, I must not injure beyond certain limits the feelings of friendship which [[Jurgenson]] has always shown with regard to me. Anyway, I shall explain everything to you during our meeting <ref name="note2"/>.

I shall arrive in [[Paris]] towards the start of June <ref name="note3"/>.

Yours most cordially,
{{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}

I have just undertaken a most agreeable trip. I am staying here for a while and then, via [[Constantinople]], [[Naples]], and [[Rome]] <ref name="note4"/>, I shall make my way to your part of the world.
}}

==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">In [[Letter 2819]] to [[Mackar]] on 22 November/4 December 1885, Tchaikovsky had agreed to his French publisher's request to write a piano piece based on Russian folk themes specially for his firm. He did not start work on it until February 1886, however. The completed piece, entitled ''[[Dumka]]'' and subtitled "Russian rustic scene", was dedicated, as [[Mackar]] had advised him to, to Antoine François Marmontel (1816–1898), the influential professor of piano at the [[Paris]] Conservatory who had shown great interest in Tchaikovsky's music. After [[Jurgenson]] had published ''[[Dumka]]'' in [[Moscow]] later that year, Tchaikovsky asked him to send the original manuscript to [[Mackar]] (see [[Letter 2981]] to [[Jurgenson]] of 22 June/4 July 1886), but [[Jurgenson]] ignored this request, since for the sake of posterity he wanted to keep in his possession as many of the composer's autographs as possible. The French edition of the piano piece appeared in the following year as ''Doumka. Scène rustique russe'' ([[Paris]]: [[F. Mackar]], 1887).</ref>
<ref name="note2">Tchaikovsky's first face-to-face meeting with [[Mackar]] would take place in the latter's music-shop at No. 22, Passage des Panoramas, [[Paris]], on 21 May/2 June 1886.</ref>
<ref name="note3">Tchaikovsky would in fact arrive in [[Paris]] slightly earlier, on 15/27 May 1886.</ref>
<ref name="note4">Tchaikovsky eventually decided not to travel via Italy because of the cholera epidemic which was then raging in [[Naples]], and so from [[Constantinople]] he sailed to [[Marseilles]], arriving at the French port on 11/23 May. Four days later he boarded a train to [[Paris]].</ref>
</references>