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|Date=9/21 September 1887<br />
|To=[[Paul Pabst]]<br />
|Place=[[Maydanovo]]<br />
|Language=French<br />
|Autograph=[[Klin]] (Russia): {{RUS-KLč}} (a{{sup|3}}, No. 3350)<br />
|Publication={{bib|1974/53|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XIV}} (1974), p. 209–210<br />
}}<br />
==Text and Translation==<br />
{{Lettertext<br />
|Language=French<br />
|Translator=Brett Langston<br />
|Original text={{right|''Maidanowo''<br/>9 Septembre 1887}}<br />
{{centre|Mon cher ami!}}<br />
Cette lettre Vous sera remise par ''M[ada]me Alexandrowna-Lewenson'', ех-élève du Conservatoire. Elle cherche Votre protection pour obtenir une place de maitresse de piano а l'institut ''Tscherniavsky''.<br />
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Je puis Vous recommander M[ada]me Alexandrowa aussi chaudement que possible. C'est une bonne musicienne, aimant beaucoup son art et capable de donner de très bonnes leçons de piano, comme j'ai eu l'occasion de le constater. Je V[ou]s prie de faire pour elle tout ce qui est possible; ce sera un vrai bienfait, si grâce à Votre protection elle obtient la place qu'elle ambitionne.<br />
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Je vous prie instamment de lui accorder un quart d'heure d'entretienet de lui dire, si elle peut espérer l'accomplissement de son vif désir.<br />
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Je V[ou]s remercie d'avance pour ce que V[ou]s pourrez faire. Mille choses à ''Александра Петровна''<br />
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Votre tout dévoué,<br />
{{right|Р. Tschaïkovsky}}<br />
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|Translated text={{right|''[[Maydanovo]]''<br/>9 September 1887}}<br />
{{centre|My dear friend!}}<br />
The bearer of this letter is ''Madame [[Anna Aleksandrova-Levenson|Aleksandrovna-Levenson]]'' <ref name="note1"/>, a former pupil of the Conservatory. She is seeking your patronage to obtain the position of music mistress at the ''Chernyavskoy'' Institute <ref name="note2"/>.<br />
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I can most warmly recommend Madame [[Anna Aleksandrova-Levenson|Aleksandrovna]] to you. She is a good musician, who loves her art and is capable of giving very good piano lessons, as I have had occasion to witness. I ask you to do everything possible for her; it would be a truly good deed, if thanks to your patronage, she achieves the position she aspires to.<br />
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I urge you to spare her a quarter of an hour to tell her whether her most ardent desire may be fulfilled.<br />
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I thank you in advance for everything you can do. A thousand greetings to ''Aleksandra Petrovna'' <ref name="note3"/>.<br />
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Your most devoted,<br />
{{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}<br />
}}<br />
==Notes and References==<br />
<references><br />
<ref name="note1">[[Anna Aleksandrova-Levenson]] (1856-1930), Russian pianist and tutor who graduated from Tchaikovsky's harmony and instrumentation classes at the [[Moscow]] Conservatory in 1878.</ref><br />
<ref name="note2">The Chernyavksoy Institue (Чернявской институт) was a private school for girls in [[Moscow]].</ref><br />
<ref name="note3">Aleksandra Petrovna Pabst (b. Gelnik), wife of [[Paul Pabst]].</ref><br />
</references></div>Brett