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{{letterhead
|Date=23 March/4 April 1890
|To=[[Modest Tchaikovsky]]
|Place=[[Florence]]
|Language=Russian
|Autograph=[[Klin]] (Russia): {{RUS-KLč}} (a{{sup|3}}, No. 1937)
|Publication={{bib|1955/37|П. И. Чайковский. Письма к близким}} (1955), p. 452<br/>{{bib|1977/40|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XV-Б}} (1977), p. 108<br/>{{bib|1981/81|Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Letters to his family. An autobiography}} (1981), p. 452–453 (English translation)
}}
==Text and Translation==
{{Lettertext
|Language=Russian
|Translator=Brett Langston
|Original text={{right|4 апр[еля]/23 марта [18]90 г[ода]}}
{{centre|Милый Модя!}}
Ох, измучен я этим клавираусцугом! Но скоро конец! Куда уеду, до сих пор не знаю; дам знать телеграммой.

Радуюсь, что «''Симфония''» пристроена! Попытка ''Горевой'' купить её послужила тебе в пользу, ибо теперь Пчельников позаботится о пиэсе. Конечно, в конце концов так лучше. Не можешь себе представить, как мне приятны слова ''Чехова'' обо мне. Я ему напишу, когда немножко войду в норму.

Я здоров, но легко утомляюсь и больших писем писать решительно не могу. Деньги получил, и весьма кстати.
{{right|Твой П. Чайковский}}

|Translated text={{right|4 April/23 March 1890}}
{{centre|Dear [[Modya]]!}}
Oh this piano reduction is exhausting!<ref name="note1"/> But it will soon be finished! I still don't know where I'm going; I'll let you know by telegram.

I'm glad that "''The Symphony''" is all set!<ref name="note2"/> Trying to sell it to ''Goreva'' <ref name="note3"/> worked in your favour, because now [[Pchelnikov]] will be taking the play on. Of course, all's well that ends well. You can't imagine how welcome ''[[Chekhov]]'s'' words about me are <ref name="note4"/>. I'll write to him when things are a little more back to normal <ref name="note5"/>.

I'm well, but tiring easily, and categorically can't write long letters. I've received the money, which was extremely helpful.
{{right|Yours, P. Tchaikovsky}}
}}
==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">The vocal-piano reduction of the opera ''[[The Queen of Spades]]''.</ref>
<ref name="note2">In his letter to the composer dated 17/29 March 1890, [[Modest]] reported that his play ''The Symphony'' had been accepted for performance at the Maly Theate in [[Moscow]] in November 1890.</ref>
<ref name="note3">Yelizaveta Nikolayevna Goreva (1859=1917). dramatic actress and impresario.</ref>
<ref name="note4">[[Modest]] had received a letter from [[Anton Chekhov]], which included the words: "I am prepared to stand day and night as a guard of honour at the porch of the house where Peter Ilyich lives — such is the extent of my respect for him. If we were to talk of ranks, then in Russian art he now occupies second place after [[Lev Tolstoy]], who has already long been seated in the first.</ref>
<ref name="note5">This letter to [[Anton Chekhov]] (if written) has not survived.</ref>
</references>

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