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{{letterhead
|Date=13/25 September 1889
|To=[[Willy Burmester]]
|Place=[[Moscow]]
|Language=German
|Autograph={{locunknown}}
|Publication={{bibx|1926/2|Fünfzig Jahre Künstlerleben}} (1926), p. 66 (dated to "1888")<br/>{{bibx|1962/32|Музыкальное наследство}}, том 1 (1962), p. 369 ("1888"; with Russian translation)<br/>{{bib|1976/64|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XV–А}} (1976), p. 180<br/>{{bibx|1998/46|Čajkovskijs Homosexualität und sein Tod. Legenden und Wirklichkeit}} (1998), p. 286 }}

==Text and Translation==
Based on its 1926 publication in {{bibx|1926/2|Fünfzig Jahre Künstlerleben}}, which may contain differences in formatting and content from Tchaikovsky's original letter.
{{Lettertext
|Language=German
|Translator=Luis Sundkvist
|Original text={{right|13/25 September}}
{{centre|Lieber Freund!}}
Es ist leider ganz unmöglich, dass Sie in dieser Saison in Moskau spielen. Erdmannsdoerfer ist fort, und da wir keinen anderen hatten, so hat die Direktion für jedes Konzert einen besonderen {{sic|Dirigent|Dirigenten}} engagiert! Die Programme und Einladungen hängen nicht von uns ab, sondern von sämtlichen Herren Dirigenten, und es war mir unmöglich, für Ihnen Platz zu finden. Wollen wir hoffen, dass Sie im nächsten Jahre nach Moskau kommen werden! Bitte sich nicht {{sic|gegen|über}} mich zu ärgern! Auf Wiedersehen.
{{right|P. Tschaikowsky}}
Grüßen Sie Ihre Eltern und Fräulein Burmester.

|Translated text={{right|13/25 September}}
{{centre|Dear friend!}}
It is unfortunately quite impossible for you to play in [[Moscow]] during this season <ref name="note1"/>. [[Erdmannsdörfer]] has gone <ref name="note2"/>, and since we had no one else, the board of directors has engaged a separate conductor for each concert! The programmes and invitations do not depend on us but in each case on the respective conductors, and it was impossible for me to find a slot for you. Let us hope that you can come to [[Moscow]] next year! Please do not be angry with me! Farewell.
{{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}
Please give my regards to your parents and Miss Burmester <ref name="note3"/>.
}}

==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">Tchaikovsky is replying here to a letter from [[Willy Burmester]], dated [[Hamburg]], 17 September 1889 {{NS}}. In this letter, which has been published in {{bib|1998/46}} (1998), p. 284–285, the young violinist had again asked Tchaikovsky if he could use his influence to secure an invitation for him to perform in [[Moscow]] during the coming winter.</ref>
<ref name="note2">[[Max Erdmannsdörfer]] had laid down his baton as principal conductor of the symphonic concerts of the [[Moscow]] branch of the Russian Musical Society earlier that year and gone to Bremen, where from 1889 to 1895 he directed the concerts of the city's Philharmonic Society and ''Singakademie''. He did return to Russia in later years, conducting RMS concerts in [[Saint Petersburg]] in the winters of 1895/96 and 1896/97.</ref>
<ref name="note3">Burmester's sister, Johanna.</ref>
</references>

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