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|Date=9/21 September 1890&lt;br /&gt;
|To=[[Léonce Détroyat]]&lt;br /&gt;
|Place=[[Tiflis]]&lt;br /&gt;
|Language=French&lt;br /&gt;
|Autograph={{locunknown}} &amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;note1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|Publication={{bib|2011/14|Tchaikovsky Research Bulletin No. 2}} (April 2011), p. 39-40 (with English translation, p. 40-41)&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;{{bibx|2013/36|Чайковский. Новые материалы к творческой биографии}} (2013), p. 380-381 (with Russian translation, p. 381-383)&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Text and Translation==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Lettertext&lt;br /&gt;
|Language=French&lt;br /&gt;
|Translator=Luis Sundkvist&lt;br /&gt;
|Original text={{right|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Tiflis&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Caucase&amp;#039;&amp;#039;)&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;9/21 &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Septembre&amp;#039;&amp;#039; 1890}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{centre|Cher et bon Monsieur!}}&lt;br /&gt;
Je viens d&amp;#039;arriver ici et y trouve Votre lettre du 5 Sept[embre] / 23 Août, à laquelle je m&amp;#039;empresse de répondre tout en m&amp;#039;excusant du grand retard de la réponse occasionné par la grande traversée que je viens de faire.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Je crois que j&amp;#039;ai commis une grande faute en fixant la dâte vers laquelle la partition de &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sadia&amp;#039;&amp;#039; pourrait {{sic|ètre|être}} {{sic|prète|prête}}. Mon excuse est que je ne pouvais {{sic|prèvoir|prévoir}} ni que ma santé serait compromise au point que pendant plusieurs mois j&amp;#039;ai dû renoncer au travail, ni que la Direction Impériale de {{sic|Petersbourg|Pétersbourg}} m&amp;#039;offrirait d&amp;#039;{{sic|ecrire|écrire}} au plus vite une partition pour la saison prochaine. Enfin, quoiqu&amp;#039;il en soit, je confesse ma faute et Vous adresse ainsi qu&amp;#039;à Mr Gallet mes plus humbles excuses. Mais je ne retomberai plus dans la {{sic|même|même}} faute et ne Vous comblerai pas comme il y a un an de promesses, que {{sic|peut-etre|peut-être}} je ne pourrai tenir. Ce que je puis promettre, c&amp;#039;est que, comme je Vous l&amp;#039;ai {{sic|deja|déjà}} annoncé, j&amp;#039;ai la ferme intention de composer la musique de &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sadia&amp;#039;&amp;#039; et que, certes, je la composerai si le bon Dieu me {{sic|prète|prête}} vie et santé. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Je crois&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;je désire&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;je me berce de l&amp;#039;espoir&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;que la partition sera {{sic|prète|prête}} dans un an&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Si cela ne suffit pas pour conjurer Votre juste mécontentement, j&amp;#039;ose Vous prier, cher et bon M[onsieu]r Detroyat, de me châtier en retirant ce que je possède {{sic|deja|déjà}} du livret de &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sadia&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Si, au contraire, Vous me conservez Votre bienveillance et continuez à vouloir que je sois Votre collaborateur – veuillez prendre en {{sic|consideration|considération}} {{sic|toute|toutess}} les raisons qui m&amp;#039;ont {{sic|empéché|empêché}} d&amp;#039;{{sic|ètre|être}} exact et attendre encore un peu. Il ne s&amp;#039;agit pas de faire une musique quelconque, il s&amp;#039;agit d&amp;#039;en faire une très bonne, – et pour cela il faut du temps. Si M[onsieur] Gallet voulait bien m&amp;#039;envoyer les autres actes, j&amp;#039;en serai charmé. Il est bon avant de commencer, de {{sic|possèder|posséder}} tout le texte du poème qu&amp;#039;on va mettre en musique. Je réitère mes excuses, je promets encore une fois de me mettre à l&amp;#039;œuvre dès que je le pourrai, j&amp;#039;exprime encore une fois l&amp;#039;espoir de pouvoir {{sic|ètre|être}} {{sic|prèt|prêt}} dans un an et tout en Vous suppliant de me pardonner, je signe&lt;br /&gt;
P. Tschaïkovsky&lt;br /&gt;
----&lt;br /&gt;
Je resterai ici encore six semains; si Vous m&amp;#039;{{sic|ecrivez|écrivez}}, veuillez adresser &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Russie, Tiflis, P. Tschaikovsky, chez M[onsieu]r le vice-Gouverneur&amp;#039;&amp;#039; de Tiflis. &lt;br /&gt;
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|Translated text={{right|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Tiflis]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Caucasus&amp;#039;&amp;#039;)&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;9/21 &amp;#039;&amp;#039;September&amp;#039;&amp;#039; 1890}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{centre|Dear and kind Monsieur!}}&lt;br /&gt;
I have just arrived here and found waiting for me your letter of 5 September/23 August, to which I hasten to reply whilst at the same time apologizing for the long delay in my reply, which was due to the long journey I have just made.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I think that I made a big mistake when I specified the date by which the score of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Sadia]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; might be ready. My excuse is that there was no way I could foresee both that my health would be undermined to the extent that during several months I have had to abstain from work, and that the Imperial [Theatres&amp;#039;] Directorate in [[Petersburg]] would propose that I should as quickly as possible write a score for the next season. Anyway, however that may be, I acknowledge my mistake and offer my most humble apologies to you, as well as to Monsieur [[Gallet]]. However, I shall not relapse into the same mistake again, and shall not, as was the case last year, overwhelm you with various promises that perhaps I may not be able to keep. What I can promise is that, as I have already announced to you, I firmly intend to compose the music of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Sadia]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, and that I will indeed compose it if the good Lord grants me life and health. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;I believe&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;I desire&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;I nourish the hope that the score will be ready in a year&amp;#039;s time&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. If that is not enough to dispel your justified displeasure, I would venture to ask you, dear and kind Monsieur [[Détroyat]], to punish me by taking back from me what I already have of the libretto of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Sadia]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. If, on the contrary, you remain well-disposed towards me and continue to wish that I should be your collaborator, could you please take into consideration all the reasons which have prevented me from being punctual and wait a little longer. It is not a question of writing any music whatever, but, rather, of writing some very good music – and that is something which takes time. If Monsieur [[Gallet]] would be so kind as to send me the other acts, I would be delighted. Before making a start it is good to have the whole text of the work which one is going to set to music. I reiterate my apologies, I promise once again to set to work as soon as I can, I express once again my hope of being able to have finished it in a year&amp;#039;s time, and while begging you to forgive me, I sign myself.&lt;br /&gt;
{{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}&lt;br /&gt;
----&lt;br /&gt;
I shall remain here for six more weeks; if you want to write to me, could you please use this address: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Russia&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Tiflis]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;P. Tchaikovsky&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;at the house of the Deputy Governor&amp;#039;&amp;#039; of [[Tiflis]] &amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;note3&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Notes and References==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;references&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;note1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The autograph was auctioned in 1992 in [[Paris]] in 1992 — see &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Vente à Paris – Drouot-Richelieu. Mercredi 8 avril 1992, salle no. 7&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (Paris, 1992), lot no. 135. A photocopy of the original letter was kindly provided to us by Thierry Bodin, the manuscript expert consulted when the letter was auctioned.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;note3&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This sentence was written upside down at the top of the first page.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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