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Tony: Text replacement - "Pola" to "Polya" for consistency

2024-01-06T11:54:30Z

Text replacement - "Pola" to "Polya" for consistency

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	\|Translated text={{centre\|My dear Mademoiselle [[Fanny]]! <ref name="note3"/> }}		\|Translated text={{centre\|My dear Mademoiselle [[Fanny]]! <ref name="note3"/> }}
	I ask you very much to forgive me for not having written to you for such a long time. But since you know that I do not lie, it is my laziness which is the reason for this, not forgetfulness, because I love you always as I had loved you before. [[Nikolay]] is learning very well. In application he has received the mark 12 with a star. ''Yesterday Caroline arrived from Zlatoust'' <ref name="note4"/>, and she sends you greetings. My aunt [[Yelizaveta Schobert\|Lise]] has lost her husband, she was staying with us and yesterday she left <ref name="note5"/>. My cousin is with us <ref name="note6"/>. Today [[Papa]] is ill with fever. [[~~Pola~~]] kisses you with all his heart. Farewell.		I ask you very much to forgive me for not having written to you for such a long time. But since you know that I do not lie, it is my laziness which is the reason for this, not forgetfulness, because I love you always as I had loved you before. [[Nikolay]] is learning very well. In application he has received the mark 12 with a star. ''Yesterday Caroline arrived from Zlatoust'' <ref name="note4"/>, and she sends you greetings. My aunt [[Yelizaveta Schobert\|Lise]] has lost her husband, she was staying with us and yesterday she left <ref name="note5"/>. My cousin is with us <ref name="note6"/>. Today [[Papa]] is ill with fever. [[Polya]] kisses you with all his heart. Farewell.

	Your grateful pupil,		Your grateful pupil,

Tony at 14:47, 3 January 2024

2024-01-03T14:47:24Z

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	<ref name="note1">Dated by a letter written at the same time by the composer's cousin Lidiya Tchaikovskaya (1836–1892).</ref>		<ref name="note1">Dated by a letter written at the same time by the composer's cousin Lidiya Tchaikovskaya (1836–1892).</ref>
	<ref name="note2">Young Pyotr has tried to render the Russian word балл (''ball'' = "mark, grade") directly into French by simply transcribing the Cyrillic letters.</ref>		<ref name="note2">Young Pyotr has tried to render the Russian word балл (''ball'' = "mark, grade") directly into French by simply transcribing the Cyrillic letters.</ref>
	<ref name="note3">In May 1849 [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]] had moved to [[Alapayevsk]] in the Ural mountains to take up his new post as manager of a metallurgical factory, and he brought his whole family with him (except for [[Nikolay]], who was left in a boarding-school in [[Saint Petersburg]]). Young Pyotr was not as happy in [[Alapayevsk]] as in [[Votkinsk]], and this was reflected in the poor progress he made in his lessons (he was now being taught by his half-sister [[Zinayda]]) and in his capricious behaviour. His elder brother [[Nikolay]] far away in [[Saint Petersburg]] was often held up to him as a model of industriousness.</ref>}		<ref name="note3">In May 1849, [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]] had moved to [[Alapayevsk]] in the Ural mountains to take up his new post as manager of a metallurgical factory, and he brought his whole family with him (except for [[Nikolay]], who was left in a boarding-school in [[Saint Petersburg]]). Young Pyotr was not as happy in [[Alapayevsk]] as in [[Votkinsk]], and this was reflected in the poor progress he made in his lessons (he was now being taught by his half-sister [[Zinayda]]) and in his capricious behaviour. His elder brother [[Nikolay]] far away in [[Saint Petersburg]] was often held up to him as a model of industriousness.</ref>}
	<ref name="note4">Caroline (or in Russian spelling, ''Karolina'') was the nanny in charge of the composer's younger siblings [[Aleksandra Davydova\|Aleksandra]] and [[Ippolit]].</ref>		<ref name="note4">Caroline (or in Russian spelling, ''Karolina'') was the nanny in charge of the composer's younger siblings [[Aleksandra Davydova\|Aleksandra]] and [[Ippolit]].</ref>
	<ref name="note5">After losing her husband, [[Yelizaveta Schobert]] would move to [[Alapayevsk]] to live with her sister [[Aleksandra Tchaikovskaya]] (the composer's mother). It is not clear in which month in 1849 [[Vasily Schobert]] died, but from this letter it is likely that it happened while his wife and children were on a visit to the Tchaikovskys, and that on receiving this sad news [[Yelizaveta Schobert]] returned home to settle her late husband's affairs, but left her children behind in [[Alapayevsk]].</ref>		<ref name="note5">After losing her husband, [[Yelizaveta Schobert]] would move to [[Alapayevsk]] to live with her sister [[Aleksandra Tchaikovskaya]] (the composer's mother). It is not clear in which month in 1849 [[Vasily Schobert]] died, but from this letter it is likely that it happened while his wife and children were on a visit to the Tchaikovskys, and that on receiving this sad news [[Yelizaveta Schobert]] returned home to settle her late husband's affairs, but left her children behind in [[Alapayevsk]].</ref>

Brett: Text replacement - "Shobert" to "Schobert"

2023-08-28T12:37:04Z

Text replacement - "Shobert" to "Schobert"

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	\|Translated text={{centre\|My dear Mademoiselle [[Fanny]]! <ref name="note3"/> }}		\|Translated text={{centre\|My dear Mademoiselle [[Fanny]]! <ref name="note3"/> }}
	I ask you very much to forgive me for not having written to you for such a long time. But since you know that I do not lie, it is my laziness which is the reason for this, not forgetfulness, because I love you always as I had loved you before. [[Nikolay]] is learning very well. In application he has received the mark 12 with a star. ''Yesterday Caroline arrived from Zlatoust'' <ref name="note4"/>, and she sends you greetings. My aunt [[Yelizaveta ~~Shobert~~\|Lise]] has lost her husband, she was staying with us and yesterday she left <ref name="note5"/>. My cousin is with us <ref name="note6"/>. Today [[Papa]] is ill with fever. [[Pola]] kisses you with all his heart. Farewell.		I ask you very much to forgive me for not having written to you for such a long time. But since you know that I do not lie, it is my laziness which is the reason for this, not forgetfulness, because I love you always as I had loved you before. [[Nikolay]] is learning very well. In application he has received the mark 12 with a star. ''Yesterday Caroline arrived from Zlatoust'' <ref name="note4"/>, and she sends you greetings. My aunt [[Yelizaveta Schobert\|Lise]] has lost her husband, she was staying with us and yesterday she left <ref name="note5"/>. My cousin is with us <ref name="note6"/>. Today [[Papa]] is ill with fever. [[Pola]] kisses you with all his heart. Farewell.

	Your grateful pupil,		Your grateful pupil,
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	<ref name="note3">In May 1849 [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]] had moved to [[Alapayevsk]] in the Ural mountains to take up his new post as manager of a metallurgical factory, and he brought his whole family with him (except for [[Nikolay]], who was left in a boarding-school in [[Saint Petersburg]]). Young Pyotr was not as happy in [[Alapayevsk]] as in [[Votkinsk]], and this was reflected in the poor progress he made in his lessons (he was now being taught by his half-sister [[Zinayda]]) and in his capricious behaviour. His elder brother [[Nikolay]] far away in [[Saint Petersburg]] was often held up to him as a model of industriousness.</ref>}		<ref name="note3">In May 1849 [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]] had moved to [[Alapayevsk]] in the Ural mountains to take up his new post as manager of a metallurgical factory, and he brought his whole family with him (except for [[Nikolay]], who was left in a boarding-school in [[Saint Petersburg]]). Young Pyotr was not as happy in [[Alapayevsk]] as in [[Votkinsk]], and this was reflected in the poor progress he made in his lessons (he was now being taught by his half-sister [[Zinayda]]) and in his capricious behaviour. His elder brother [[Nikolay]] far away in [[Saint Petersburg]] was often held up to him as a model of industriousness.</ref>}
	<ref name="note4">Caroline (or in Russian spelling, ''Karolina'') was the nanny in charge of the composer's younger siblings [[Aleksandra Davydova\|Aleksandra]] and [[Ippolit]].</ref>		<ref name="note4">Caroline (or in Russian spelling, ''Karolina'') was the nanny in charge of the composer's younger siblings [[Aleksandra Davydova\|Aleksandra]] and [[Ippolit]].</ref>
	<ref name="note5">After losing her husband, [[Yelizaveta ~~Shobert~~]] would move to [[Alapayevsk]] to live with her sister [[Aleksandra Tchaikovskaya]] (the composer's mother). It is not clear in which month in 1849 [[Vasily ~~Shobert~~]] died, but from this letter it is likely that it happened while his wife and children were on a visit to the Tchaikovskys, and that on receiving this sad news [[Yelizaveta ~~Shobert~~]] returned home to settle her late husband's affairs, but left her children behind in [[Alapayevsk]].</ref>		<ref name="note5">After losing her husband, [[Yelizaveta Schobert]] would move to [[Alapayevsk]] to live with her sister [[Aleksandra Tchaikovskaya]] (the composer's mother). It is not clear in which month in 1849 [[Vasily Schobert]] died, but from this letter it is likely that it happened while his wife and children were on a visit to the Tchaikovskys, and that on receiving this sad news [[Yelizaveta Schobert]] returned home to settle her late husband's affairs, but left her children behind in [[Alapayevsk]].</ref>
	<ref name="note6">The composer's cousin [[Amaliya ~~Shobert~~]], who was almost the same age as him, became one of his favourite playmates during his time in [[Alapayevsk]]. [[Amaliya Litke\|Countess Litke]] (as she became after marrying) later recalled how young Pyotr had devised some very imaginative games, such as 'sacrificing' carrots, cucumbers and peas to various deities, and how she and his sister [[Aleksandra Davydova\|Aleksandra]] had invariably followed his lead. See [[Modest Tchaikovsky]], 1997 (1997), p. 52.</ref>		<ref name="note6">The composer's cousin [[Amaliya Schobert]], who was almost the same age as him, became one of his favourite playmates during his time in [[Alapayevsk]]. [[Amaliya Litke\|Countess Litke]] (as she became after marrying) later recalled how young Pyotr had devised some very imaginative games, such as 'sacrificing' carrots, cucumbers and peas to various deities, and how she and his sister [[Aleksandra Davydova\|Aleksandra]] had invariably followed his lead. See [[Modest Tchaikovsky]], 1997 (1997), p. 52.</ref>
	</references>		</references>
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Brett at 14:07, 3 December 2019

2019-12-03T14:07:51Z

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{{letterhead
|Date=7/19 June 1849 <ref name="note1"/>
|To=[[Fanny Dürbach]]
|Place=[[Alapayevsk]]
|Language=French
|Autograph={{locunknown}}
|Publication={{bib|1900/35|Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского ; том 1}} (1900), p. 51 (abridged) <br/>{{bib|1959/50|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том V}} (1959), p. 6 (French text with Russian translation)<br/>{{bibx|1995/134|П. И. Чайковский. Забытое и новое}} (1995), p. 45 (Russian translation)
|Notes=Manuscript copy in: [[Klin]] (Russia): {{RUS-KLč}}
}}

==Text and Translation==
Based on a manuscript copy in the [[Klin]] House-Museum Archive made by [[Modest Tchaikovsky]], who also supplied the date of the letter. Spelling and punctuation errors in the French text have not been indicated.
{{Lettertext
|Language=French
|Translator=Luis Sundkvist
|Original text={{centre|Ma chère Mademoiselle Fanny! }}
Je vous prie Beaucoup de me pardonner que je ne vous ai écrit si longtemps. Mais comme vous savez que je ne ment pas c'est ma paresse qui en est cause, mais ce n'est pas l'oublie, parceque je vous aime toujours comme je vous aimais avant. Nicolas apprend très bien il a dans la diligense le bal <ref name="note2"/> 12 avec une étoile. ''Caroline est venu hier de Zlataoust'' et elle vous salue. Ma tante Lise a perdu son mari, elle a été chez nous et hier elle s'est en allé. Ma cousine est chez nous. Aujourd'hui papa est malade de la fièvre. Pola vous baize de tou son coeur. Adieu.

Votre reconnaissant élève
{{right|Pierr[e] de Tschaikowsky}}

|Translated text={{centre|My dear Mademoiselle [[Fanny]]! <ref name="note3"/> }}
I ask you very much to forgive me for not having written to you for such a long time. But since you know that I do not lie, it is my laziness which is the reason for this, not forgetfulness, because I love you always as I had loved you before. [[Nikolay]] is learning very well. In application he has received the mark 12 with a star. ''Yesterday Caroline arrived from Zlatoust'' <ref name="note4"/>, and she sends you greetings. My aunt [[Yelizaveta Shobert|Lise]] has lost her husband, she was staying with us and yesterday she left <ref name="note5"/>. My cousin is with us <ref name="note6"/>. Today [[Papa]] is ill with fever. [[Pola]] kisses you with all his heart. Farewell.

Your grateful pupil,
{{right|Pyotr Tchaikovsky}}
}}

==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">Dated by a letter written at the same time by the composer's cousin Lidiya Tchaikovskaya (1836–1892).</ref>
<ref name="note2">Young Pyotr has tried to render the Russian word балл (''ball'' = "mark, grade") directly into French by simply transcribing the Cyrillic letters.</ref>
<ref name="note3">In May 1849 [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]] had moved to [[Alapayevsk]] in the Ural mountains to take up his new post as manager of a metallurgical factory, and he brought his whole family with him (except for [[Nikolay]], who was left in a boarding-school in [[Saint Petersburg]]). Young Pyotr was not as happy in [[Alapayevsk]] as in [[Votkinsk]], and this was reflected in the poor progress he made in his lessons (he was now being taught by his half-sister [[Zinayda]]) and in his capricious behaviour. His elder brother [[Nikolay]] far away in [[Saint Petersburg]] was often held up to him as a model of industriousness.</ref>}
<ref name="note4">Caroline (or in Russian spelling, ''Karolina'') was the nanny in charge of the composer's younger siblings [[Aleksandra Davydova|Aleksandra]] and [[Ippolit]].</ref>
<ref name="note5">After losing her husband, [[Yelizaveta Shobert]] would move to [[Alapayevsk]] to live with her sister [[Aleksandra Tchaikovskaya]] (the composer's mother). It is not clear in which month in 1849 [[Vasily Shobert]] died, but from this letter it is likely that it happened while his wife and children were on a visit to the Tchaikovskys, and that on receiving this sad news [[Yelizaveta Shobert]] returned home to settle her late husband's affairs, but left her children behind in [[Alapayevsk]].</ref>
<ref name="note6">The composer's cousin [[Amaliya Shobert]], who was almost the same age as him, became one of his favourite playmates during his time in [[Alapayevsk]]. [[Amaliya Litke|Countess Litke]] (as she became after marrying) later recalled how young Pyotr had devised some very imaginative games, such as 'sacrificing' carrots, cucumbers and peas to various deities, and how she and his sister [[Aleksandra Davydova|Aleksandra]] had invariably followed his lead. See [[Modest Tchaikovsky]], 1997 (1997), p. 52.</ref>
</references>
{{DEFAULTSORT:Letter 0004}}