Letter 3517 - Revision history

Brett: Text replacement - "Hugs, kisses." to "Hugs and kisses."

2024-05-08T19:43:00Z

Text replacement - "Hugs, kisses." to "Hugs and kisses."

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	[[Modya]]! Yesterday morning I left [[Paris]] in a terrible blizzard. I arrived in ''Calais'' 2 hours later. The channel crossing was awful!!! Besides me, there wasn't a single person who couldn't help vomiting. I'm now firmly convinced that I'm not prone to sea sickness. I arrived in [[London]] at 12 midnight instead of 7, with masses of snow everywhere, like we have in January. I've not seen anybody yet. There are rehearsals tomorrow and the day after, followed by the concert in the evening; on Friday 23/11 I'm leaving more or less directly for [[Tiflis]]. You will understand that I can't now go to [[Petersburg]] — I'll be held up there, just as in [[Moscow]]. On the other hand, [[Tolya]] is pressing me so hard, and I want so much to go to [[Tiflis]] that I'm travelling there, although I still don't know how. I want to go to Italy and by sea from [[Naples]], but I'm afraid of the March storms. In any case it won't be via [[Paris]], where I can't now show my nose without letting myself be torn to pieces, especially by various gentleman demanding that I arrange concerts for them. It was very difficult to escape from [[Paris]]. Had I remained there just one more day, then I should have been tormented out of my mind.		[[Modya]]! Yesterday morning I left [[Paris]] in a terrible blizzard. I arrived in ''Calais'' 2 hours later. The channel crossing was awful!!! Besides me, there wasn't a single person who couldn't help vomiting. I'm now firmly convinced that I'm not prone to sea sickness. I arrived in [[London]] at 12 midnight instead of 7, with masses of snow everywhere, like we have in January. I've not seen anybody yet. There are rehearsals tomorrow and the day after, followed by the concert in the evening; on Friday 23/11 I'm leaving more or less directly for [[Tiflis]]. You will understand that I can't now go to [[Petersburg]] — I'll be held up there, just as in [[Moscow]]. On the other hand, [[Tolya]] is pressing me so hard, and I want so much to go to [[Tiflis]] that I'm travelling there, although I still don't know how. I want to go to Italy and by sea from [[Naples]], but I'm afraid of the March storms. In any case it won't be via [[Paris]], where I can't now show my nose without letting myself be torn to pieces, especially by various gentleman demanding that I arrange concerts for them. It was very difficult to escape from [[Paris]]. Had I remained there just one more day, then I should have been tormented out of my mind.

	Write now to ''[[Tiflis]]''. Hugs, kisses.		Write now to ''[[Tiflis]]''. Hugs and kisses.
	{{right\|P. Tchaikovsky}}		{{right\|P. Tchaikovsky}}
	}}		}}

Brett: Text replacement - "any event" to "any case"

2024-02-29T09:24:40Z

Text replacement - "any event" to "any case"

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	\|Translated text={{right\|''[[London]]''<br/>8/20 March}}		\|Translated text={{right\|''[[London]]''<br/>8/20 March}}
	[[Modya]]! Yesterday morning I left [[Paris]] in a terrible blizzard. I arrived in ''Calais'' 2 hours later. The channel crossing was awful!!! Besides me, there wasn't a single person who couldn't help vomiting. I'm now firmly convinced that I'm not prone to sea sickness. I arrived in [[London]] at 12 midnight instead of 7, with masses of snow everywhere, like we have in January. I've not seen anybody yet. There are rehearsals tomorrow and the day after, followed by the concert in the evening; on Friday 23/11 I'm leaving more or less directly for [[Tiflis]]. You will understand that I can't now go to [[Petersburg]] — I'll be held up there, just as in [[Moscow]]. On the other hand, [[Tolya]] is pressing me so hard, and I want so much to go to [[Tiflis]] that I'm travelling there, although I still don't know how. I want to go to Italy and by sea from [[Naples]], but I'm afraid of the March storms. In any ~~event~~ it won't be via [[Paris]], where I can't now show my nose without letting myself be torn to pieces, especially by various gentleman demanding that I arrange concerts for them. It was very difficult to escape from [[Paris]]. Had I remained there just one more day, then I should have been tormented out of my mind.		[[Modya]]! Yesterday morning I left [[Paris]] in a terrible blizzard. I arrived in ''Calais'' 2 hours later. The channel crossing was awful!!! Besides me, there wasn't a single person who couldn't help vomiting. I'm now firmly convinced that I'm not prone to sea sickness. I arrived in [[London]] at 12 midnight instead of 7, with masses of snow everywhere, like we have in January. I've not seen anybody yet. There are rehearsals tomorrow and the day after, followed by the concert in the evening; on Friday 23/11 I'm leaving more or less directly for [[Tiflis]]. You will understand that I can't now go to [[Petersburg]] — I'll be held up there, just as in [[Moscow]]. On the other hand, [[Tolya]] is pressing me so hard, and I want so much to go to [[Tiflis]] that I'm travelling there, although I still don't know how. I want to go to Italy and by sea from [[Naples]], but I'm afraid of the March storms. In any case it won't be via [[Paris]], where I can't now show my nose without letting myself be torn to pieces, especially by various gentleman demanding that I arrange concerts for them. It was very difficult to escape from [[Paris]]. Had I remained there just one more day, then I should have been tormented out of my mind.

	Write now to ''[[Tiflis]]''. Hugs, kisses.		Write now to ''[[Tiflis]]''. Hugs, kisses.
	{{right\|P. Tchaikovsky}}		{{right\|P. Tchaikovsky}}
	}}		}}

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Brett at 09:26, 23 April 2020

2020-04-23T09:26:18Z

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{{letterhead
|Date=8/20 March 1888
|To=[[Modest Tchaikovsky]]
|Place=[[London]]
|Language=Russian
|Autograph=[[Klin]] (Russia): {{RUS-KLč}} (a{{sup|3}}, No. 1881)
|Publication={{bib|1955/37|П. И. Чайковский. Письма к близким}} (1955), p. 397–398<br/>{{bib|1974/53|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XIV}} (1974), p. 384<br/>{{bib|1981/81|Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Letters to his family. An autobiography}} (1981), p. 396–397 (English translation; abridged)
}}
==Text and Translation==
{{Lettertext
|Language=Russian
|Translator=Brett Langston
|Original text={{right|''Лондон''<br/>8/20 марта}}
Модя! Вчера утром выехал из Парижа в страшную метель. В ''Calais'' приехали 2 часами позже. Переезд через пролив был ужасен!!! Кроме меня, не было ни одного человека, который бы не блевал. Я убедился окончательно, что не подвержен морской болезни. Приехал в Лондон в 12 ч[асов] ночи вместо 7, везде снегу массы, как у нас в январе. Никого ещё не видел. Завтра репетиция, послезавтра репетиция, и вечером концерт; в пятницу 23/11 уезжаю более или менее прямо в Тифлис. Ты поймёшь, что я не могу теперь ехать в Петербург, меня там затормошат, так же как и в Москве. С другой стороны, Толя так усиленно зовёт меня и мне так хочется в Тифлис, что я еду туда, но каким путём — ещё не знаю. Хочется в Италию и из Неаполя морем, но боюсь мартовских бурь. Во всяком случае не через Париж, куда мне носу нельзя теперь показать, если не отдать себя на растерзание, особенно разным господам, требующим, чтобы я концерты для них устраивал. Очень было трудно отделаться от Парижа. Если бы я ещё день там остался, то сошёл бы с ума, до того меня замучили.

Пиши теперь в ''Тифлис''. Целую, обнимаю.
{{right|П. Чайковский}}

|Translated text={{right|''[[London]]''<br/>8/20 March}}
[[Modya]]! Yesterday morning I left [[Paris]] in a terrible blizzard. I arrived in ''Calais'' 2 hours later. The channel crossing was awful!!! Besides me, there wasn't a single person who couldn't help vomiting. I'm now firmly convinced that I'm not prone to sea sickness. I arrived in [[London]] at 12 midnight instead of 7, with masses of snow everywhere, like we have in January. I've not seen anybody yet. There are rehearsals tomorrow and the day after, followed by the concert in the evening; on Friday 23/11 I'm leaving more or less directly for [[Tiflis]]. You will understand that I can't now go to [[Petersburg]] — I'll be held up there, just as in [[Moscow]]. On the other hand, [[Tolya]] is pressing me so hard, and I want so much to go to [[Tiflis]] that I'm travelling there, although I still don't know how. I want to go to Italy and by sea from [[Naples]], but I'm afraid of the March storms. In any event it won't be via [[Paris]], where I can't now show my nose without letting myself be torn to pieces, especially by various gentleman demanding that I arrange concerts for them. It was very difficult to escape from [[Paris]]. Had I remained there just one more day, then I should have been tormented out of my mind.

Write now to ''[[Tiflis]]''. Hugs, kisses.
{{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}
}}