Letter 439 - Revision history

Tony: "I've also staying" to "I've also stayed" for clarity of meaning

2024-03-18T15:13:57Z

"I've also staying" to "I've also stayed" for clarity of meaning

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	\|Translated text={{right\|''[[Saint Petersburg]]''<br/>20 January 1876<br/>''{{sic\|Monday\|Tuesday}}''}}		\|Translated text={{right\|''[[Saint Petersburg]]''<br/>20 January 1876<br/>''{{sic\|Monday\|Tuesday}}''}}
	Dear [[Modya]]! I came to [[Piter]] on Wednesday last week, and I'm still stuck in Kanonerskaya. This is because my symphony will be performed this week, and I consider it essential to attend the rehearsals; and since it wasn't worth going to [[Moscow]] and coming back again, I decided to stay here. On the day I left [[Berlin]], I saw from an advertisement that ''Bilse'' would be playing the ''Andante'' from my quartet, and I set off there; but as I should have expected, Bilse was taken ill and the whole programme was cancelled. It was only in [[Piter]], finding myself amongst my own people, that my melancholy ceased, otherwise I was awfully miserable after parting with you. If you want to know how I spend my time, here's a short account: 1) on ''Wednesday evening'': my arrival, the bathhouse, tea and supper with [[Papasha]] and [[Lizaveta Mikhaylovna]]; at night: I met with [[Tolya]], who returned late from a ball. 2) ''Thursday'': various business visits, dinner and tea with Meshchersky. 3) ''Friday'': business visits, dinner at ''Dussault''{{'}}s with [[Tolya]] and [[Laroche]], the opera ("Huguenots"), the bathhouse (with [[Kondratyev]]), tea at [[Kondratyev]]'s with Shakh. 4) ''Saturday'': business visits, including with ''[[Nápravník]]'', vacillating over whether to stay or go, dinner with ''[[Mikhail Azanchevsky\|Azanchevsky]]'', to the circus with [[Kondratyev]] and Meshchersky, to [[Apukhtin]]'s in the evening. 5) ''Sunday'': various visits in the morning, wandering along the Nevsky with [[Laroche]], dinner at home, a visit to the Porokhovshchikovs, the opera ("Tannhäuser"), supper at a tavern. 6) ''Monday'': various visits, dinner with Adamov, the opera ("Rogneda"), tea at home. Today, I have this morning: a rehearsal of "''Angelo''", dinner with ''Meshchersky'', off to the quartet in the evening (my [[String Quartet No. 2\|2nd Quartet]]) and a soirée at Madame Davydova's. In short, you'll see that it's an awful lot of commotion. I'll be staying here until Sunday. Now my time in [[Piter]] has reached the point where I'm starting to be pulled in all directions, so that I don't know where to hide from the mass of demands and invitations. As well as needing to be here for rehearsals, I've also ~~staying~~ here for various negotiations to do with the production of "''[[Vakula]]''", which will be happening at the start of the next season. I really don't know who to give the role of ''Solokha'' to. [[Kadmina]] won't be there. [[Kamenka]] is unsuitable. [[Krutikova]] has completely died; in short, there's absolutely nobody in sight. Yesterday I had a serious discussion with [[Mikhail Azanchevsky\|Azanchevsky]] about my going abroad for two years. It may very well be that this business will be settled next year. For me it's both desirable and terrifying, because I'm still ''awfully'' in love with our sainted Lady ''Rus'', and I'm afraid I'll miss her.		Dear [[Modya]]! I came to [[Piter]] on Wednesday last week, and I'm still stuck in Kanonerskaya. This is because my symphony will be performed this week, and I consider it essential to attend the rehearsals; and since it wasn't worth going to [[Moscow]] and coming back again, I decided to stay here. On the day I left [[Berlin]], I saw from an advertisement that ''Bilse'' would be playing the ''Andante'' from my quartet, and I set off there; but as I should have expected, Bilse was taken ill and the whole programme was cancelled. It was only in [[Piter]], finding myself amongst my own people, that my melancholy ceased, otherwise I was awfully miserable after parting with you. If you want to know how I spend my time, here's a short account: 1) on ''Wednesday evening'': my arrival, the bathhouse, tea and supper with [[Papasha]] and [[Lizaveta Mikhaylovna]]; at night: I met with [[Tolya]], who returned late from a ball. 2) ''Thursday'': various business visits, dinner and tea with Meshchersky. 3) ''Friday'': business visits, dinner at ''Dussault''{{'}}s with [[Tolya]] and [[Laroche]], the opera ("Huguenots"), the bathhouse (with [[Kondratyev]]), tea at [[Kondratyev]]'s with Shakh. 4) ''Saturday'': business visits, including with ''[[Nápravník]]'', vacillating over whether to stay or go, dinner with ''[[Mikhail Azanchevsky\|Azanchevsky]]'', to the circus with [[Kondratyev]] and Meshchersky, to [[Apukhtin]]'s in the evening. 5) ''Sunday'': various visits in the morning, wandering along the Nevsky with [[Laroche]], dinner at home, a visit to the Porokhovshchikovs, the opera ("Tannhäuser"), supper at a tavern. 6) ''Monday'': various visits, dinner with Adamov, the opera ("Rogneda"), tea at home. Today, I have this morning: a rehearsal of "''Angelo''", dinner with ''Meshchersky'', off to the quartet in the evening (my [[String Quartet No. 2\|2nd Quartet]]) and a soirée at Madame Davydova's. In short, you'll see that it's an awful lot of commotion. I'll be staying here until Sunday. Now my time in [[Piter]] has reached the point where I'm starting to be pulled in all directions, so that I don't know where to hide from the mass of demands and invitations. As well as needing to be here for rehearsals, I've also stayed here for various negotiations to do with the production of "''[[Vakula]]''", which will be happening at the start of the next season. I really don't know who to give the role of ''Solokha'' to. [[Kadmina]] won't be there. [[Kamenka]] is unsuitable. [[Krutikova]] has completely died; in short, there's absolutely nobody in sight. Yesterday I had a serious discussion with [[Mikhail Azanchevsky\|Azanchevsky]] about my going abroad for two years. It may very well be that this business will be settled next year. For me it's both desirable and terrifying, because I'm still ''awfully'' in love with our sainted Lady ''Rus'', and I'm afraid I'll miss her.

	We talk a lot about you here, and all of us, i.e. the gunners, consider that you ought to have no hesitation in sticking with your firm decision to stay with Konradi. Remember that according to the terms you must spend only 4 hours with the boy, and that you'll have the chance to do as you please the rest of the time. Difficulties are inevitable in any sort of business. I hope that I'll find a letter from you when I arrive in [[Moscow]]. Everyone at home is delighted with your gifts and mine. [[Kondratyev]]'s gloves turned out to be too small, and I divided them between [[Tolya]] and [[Laroche]].		We talk a lot about you here, and all of us, i.e. the gunners, consider that you ought to have no hesitation in sticking with your firm decision to stay with Konradi. Remember that according to the terms you must spend only 4 hours with the boy, and that you'll have the chance to do as you please the rest of the time. Difficulties are inevitable in any sort of business. I hope that I'll find a letter from you when I arrive in [[Moscow]]. Everyone at home is delighted with your gifts and mine. [[Kondratyev]]'s gloves turned out to be too small, and I divided them between [[Tolya]] and [[Laroche]].

Tony: Text replacement - "Meshchersvky" to "Meshchersky"

2024-03-16T15:16:50Z

Text replacement - "Meshchersvky" to "Meshchersky"

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	\|Translated text={{right\|''[[Saint Petersburg]]''<br/>20 January 1876<br/>''{{sic\|Monday\|Tuesday}}''}}		\|Translated text={{right\|''[[Saint Petersburg]]''<br/>20 January 1876<br/>''{{sic\|Monday\|Tuesday}}''}}
	Dear [[Modya]]! I came to [[Piter]] on Wednesday last week, and I'm still stuck in Kanonerskaya. This is because my symphony will be performed this week, and I consider it essential to attend the rehearsals; and since it wasn't worth going to [[Moscow]] and coming back again, I decided to stay here. On the day I left [[Berlin]], I saw from an advertisement that ''Bilse'' would be playing the ''Andante'' from my quartet, and I set off there; but as I should have expected, Bilse was taken ill and the whole programme was cancelled. It was only in [[Piter]], finding myself amongst my own people, that my melancholy ceased, otherwise I was awfully miserable after parting with you. If you want to know how I spend my time, here's a short account: 1) on ''Wednesday evening'': my arrival, the bathhouse, tea and supper with [[Papasha]] and [[Lizaveta Mikhaylovna]]; at night: I met with [[Tolya]], who returned late from a ball. 2) ''Thursday'': various business visits, dinner and tea with Meshchersky. 3) ''Friday'': business visits, dinner at ''Dussault''{{'}}s with [[Tolya]] and [[Laroche]], the opera ("Huguenots"), the bathhouse (with [[Kondratyev]]), tea at [[Kondratyev]]'s with Shakh. 4) ''Saturday'': business visits, including with ''[[Nápravník]]'', vacillating over whether to stay or go, dinner with ''[[Mikhail Azanchevsky\|Azanchevsky]]'', to the circus with [[Kondratyev]] and ~~Meshchersvky~~, to [[Apukhtin]]'s in the evening. 5) ''Sunday'': various visits in the morning, wandering along the Nevsky with [[Laroche]], dinner at home, a visit to the Porokhovshchikovs, the opera ("Tannhäuser"), supper at a tavern. 6) ''Monday'': various visits, dinner with Adamov, the opera ("Rogneda"), tea at home. Today, I have this morning: a rehearsal of "''Angelo''", dinner with ''Meshchersky'', off to the quartet in the evening (my [[String Quartet No. 2\|2nd Quartet]]) and a soirée at Madame Davydova's. In short, you'll see that it's an awful lot of commotion. I'll be staying here until Sunday. Now my time in [[Piter]] has reached the point where I'm starting to be pulled in all directions, so that I don't know where to hide from the mass of demands and invitations. As well as needing to be here for rehearsals, I've also staying here for various negotiations to do with the production of "''[[Vakula]]''", which will be happening at the start of the next season. I really don't know who to give the role of ''Solokha'' to. [[Kadmina]] won't be there. [[Kamenka]] is unsuitable. [[Krutikova]] has completely died; in short, there's absolutely nobody in sight. Yesterday I had a serious discussion with [[Mikhail Azanchevsky\|Azanchevsky]] about my going abroad for two years. It may very well be that this business will be settled next year. For me it's both desirable and terrifying, because I'm still ''awfully'' in love with our sainted Lady ''Rus'', and I'm afraid I'll miss her.		Dear [[Modya]]! I came to [[Piter]] on Wednesday last week, and I'm still stuck in Kanonerskaya. This is because my symphony will be performed this week, and I consider it essential to attend the rehearsals; and since it wasn't worth going to [[Moscow]] and coming back again, I decided to stay here. On the day I left [[Berlin]], I saw from an advertisement that ''Bilse'' would be playing the ''Andante'' from my quartet, and I set off there; but as I should have expected, Bilse was taken ill and the whole programme was cancelled. It was only in [[Piter]], finding myself amongst my own people, that my melancholy ceased, otherwise I was awfully miserable after parting with you. If you want to know how I spend my time, here's a short account: 1) on ''Wednesday evening'': my arrival, the bathhouse, tea and supper with [[Papasha]] and [[Lizaveta Mikhaylovna]]; at night: I met with [[Tolya]], who returned late from a ball. 2) ''Thursday'': various business visits, dinner and tea with Meshchersky. 3) ''Friday'': business visits, dinner at ''Dussault''{{'}}s with [[Tolya]] and [[Laroche]], the opera ("Huguenots"), the bathhouse (with [[Kondratyev]]), tea at [[Kondratyev]]'s with Shakh. 4) ''Saturday'': business visits, including with ''[[Nápravník]]'', vacillating over whether to stay or go, dinner with ''[[Mikhail Azanchevsky\|Azanchevsky]]'', to the circus with [[Kondratyev]] and Meshchersky, to [[Apukhtin]]'s in the evening. 5) ''Sunday'': various visits in the morning, wandering along the Nevsky with [[Laroche]], dinner at home, a visit to the Porokhovshchikovs, the opera ("Tannhäuser"), supper at a tavern. 6) ''Monday'': various visits, dinner with Adamov, the opera ("Rogneda"), tea at home. Today, I have this morning: a rehearsal of "''Angelo''", dinner with ''Meshchersky'', off to the quartet in the evening (my [[String Quartet No. 2\|2nd Quartet]]) and a soirée at Madame Davydova's. In short, you'll see that it's an awful lot of commotion. I'll be staying here until Sunday. Now my time in [[Piter]] has reached the point where I'm starting to be pulled in all directions, so that I don't know where to hide from the mass of demands and invitations. As well as needing to be here for rehearsals, I've also staying here for various negotiations to do with the production of "''[[Vakula]]''", which will be happening at the start of the next season. I really don't know who to give the role of ''Solokha'' to. [[Kadmina]] won't be there. [[Kamenka]] is unsuitable. [[Krutikova]] has completely died; in short, there's absolutely nobody in sight. Yesterday I had a serious discussion with [[Mikhail Azanchevsky\|Azanchevsky]] about my going abroad for two years. It may very well be that this business will be settled next year. For me it's both desirable and terrifying, because I'm still ''awfully'' in love with our sainted Lady ''Rus'', and I'm afraid I'll miss her.

	We talk a lot about you here, and all of us, i.e. the gunners, consider that you ought to have no hesitation in sticking with your firm decision to stay with Konradi. Remember that according to the terms you must spend only 4 hours with the boy, and that you'll have the chance to do as you please the rest of the time. Difficulties are inevitable in any sort of business. I hope that I'll find a letter from you when I arrive in [[Moscow]]. Everyone at home is delighted with your gifts and mine. [[Kondratyev]]'s gloves turned out to be too small, and I divided them between [[Tolya]] and [[Laroche]].		We talk a lot about you here, and all of us, i.e. the gunners, consider that you ought to have no hesitation in sticking with your firm decision to stay with Konradi. Remember that according to the terms you must spend only 4 hours with the boy, and that you'll have the chance to do as you please the rest of the time. Difficulties are inevitable in any sort of business. I hope that I'll find a letter from you when I arrive in [[Moscow]]. Everyone at home is delighted with your gifts and mine. [[Kondratyev]]'s gloves turned out to be too small, and I divided them between [[Tolya]] and [[Laroche]].

Brett at 16:17, 4 February 2024

2024-02-04T16:17:42Z

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	\|Translated text={{right\|''[[Saint Petersburg]]''<br/>20 January 1876<br/>''{{sic\|Monday\|Tuesday}}''}}		\|Translated text={{right\|''[[Saint Petersburg]]''<br/>20 January 1876<br/>''{{sic\|Monday\|Tuesday}}''}}
	Dear [[Modya]]! I came to [[Piter]] on Wednesday last week, and I'm still stuck in Kanonerskaya. This is because my symphony will be performed this week, and I consider it essential to attend the rehearsals; and since it wasn't worth going to [[Moscow]] and coming back again, I decided to stay here. On the day I left [[Berlin]], I saw from an advertisement that ''Bilse'' would be playing the ''Andante'' from my quartet, and I set off there; but as I should have expected, Bilse was taken ill and the whole programme was cancelled. It was only in [[Piter]], finding myself amongst my own people, that my melancholy ceased, otherwise I was awfully miserable after parting with you. If you want to know how I spend my time, here's a short account: 1) on ''Wednesday evening'': my arrival, the bathhouse, tea and supper with [[Papasha]] and [[Lizaveta Mikhaylovna]]; at night: I met with [[Tolya]], who returned late from a ball. 2) ''Thursday'': various business visits, dinner and tea with Meshchersky. 3) ''Friday'': business visits, dinner at ''Dussault''{{'}}s with [[Tolya]] and [[Laroche]], the opera ("Huguenots"), the bathhouse (with [[Kondratyev]]), tea at [[Kondratyev]]'s with Shakh. 4) ''Saturday'': business visits, including with ''[[Nápravník]]'', vacillating over whether to stay or go, dinner with ''[[Mikhail Azanchevsky\|Azanchevsky]]'', to the circus with [[Kondratyev]] and Meshchersvky, to [[Apukhtin]]'s in the evening. 5) ''Sunday'': various visits in the morning, wandering along the Nevsky with [[Laroche]], dinner at home, a visit to the Porokhovshchikovs, the opera ("Tannhäuser"), supper at a tavern. 6) ''Monday'': various visits, dinner with Adamov, the opera ("Rogneda"), tea at home. Today, I have this morning: a rehearsal of "''Angelo''", dinner with ''Meshchersky'', off to the quartet in the evening (my [[String Quartet No. 2\|2nd Quartet]]) and a soirée at Madame Davydova's. In short, you'll see that it's an awful lot of commotion. I'll be staying here until Sunday. Now my time in [[Piter]] has reached the point where I'm starting to be pulled in all directions, so that I don't know where to hide from the mass of demands and invitations. As well as needing to be here for rehearsals, I've also staying here for various negotiations to do with the production of "''[[Vakula]]''", which will be happening at the start of the next season. I really don't know who to give the role of ''Solokha'' to. [[Kadmina]] won't be there. [[~~Kamenska~~]] is unsuitable. [[Krutikova]] has completely died; in short, there's absolutely nobody in sight. Yesterday I had a serious discussion with [[Mikhail Azanchevsky\|Azanchevsky]] about my going abroad for two years. It may very well be that this business will be settled next year. For me it's both desirable and terrifying, because I'm still ''awfully'' in love with our sainted Lady ''Rus'', and I'm afraid I'll miss her.		Dear [[Modya]]! I came to [[Piter]] on Wednesday last week, and I'm still stuck in Kanonerskaya. This is because my symphony will be performed this week, and I consider it essential to attend the rehearsals; and since it wasn't worth going to [[Moscow]] and coming back again, I decided to stay here. On the day I left [[Berlin]], I saw from an advertisement that ''Bilse'' would be playing the ''Andante'' from my quartet, and I set off there; but as I should have expected, Bilse was taken ill and the whole programme was cancelled. It was only in [[Piter]], finding myself amongst my own people, that my melancholy ceased, otherwise I was awfully miserable after parting with you. If you want to know how I spend my time, here's a short account: 1) on ''Wednesday evening'': my arrival, the bathhouse, tea and supper with [[Papasha]] and [[Lizaveta Mikhaylovna]]; at night: I met with [[Tolya]], who returned late from a ball. 2) ''Thursday'': various business visits, dinner and tea with Meshchersky. 3) ''Friday'': business visits, dinner at ''Dussault''{{'}}s with [[Tolya]] and [[Laroche]], the opera ("Huguenots"), the bathhouse (with [[Kondratyev]]), tea at [[Kondratyev]]'s with Shakh. 4) ''Saturday'': business visits, including with ''[[Nápravník]]'', vacillating over whether to stay or go, dinner with ''[[Mikhail Azanchevsky\|Azanchevsky]]'', to the circus with [[Kondratyev]] and Meshchersvky, to [[Apukhtin]]'s in the evening. 5) ''Sunday'': various visits in the morning, wandering along the Nevsky with [[Laroche]], dinner at home, a visit to the Porokhovshchikovs, the opera ("Tannhäuser"), supper at a tavern. 6) ''Monday'': various visits, dinner with Adamov, the opera ("Rogneda"), tea at home. Today, I have this morning: a rehearsal of "''Angelo''", dinner with ''Meshchersky'', off to the quartet in the evening (my [[String Quartet No. 2\|2nd Quartet]]) and a soirée at Madame Davydova's. In short, you'll see that it's an awful lot of commotion. I'll be staying here until Sunday. Now my time in [[Piter]] has reached the point where I'm starting to be pulled in all directions, so that I don't know where to hide from the mass of demands and invitations. As well as needing to be here for rehearsals, I've also staying here for various negotiations to do with the production of "''[[Vakula]]''", which will be happening at the start of the next season. I really don't know who to give the role of ''Solokha'' to. [[Kadmina]] won't be there. [[Kamenka]] is unsuitable. [[Krutikova]] has completely died; in short, there's absolutely nobody in sight. Yesterday I had a serious discussion with [[Mikhail Azanchevsky\|Azanchevsky]] about my going abroad for two years. It may very well be that this business will be settled next year. For me it's both desirable and terrifying, because I'm still ''awfully'' in love with our sainted Lady ''Rus'', and I'm afraid I'll miss her.

	We talk a lot about you here, and all of us, i.e. the gunners, consider that you ought to have no hesitation in sticking with your firm decision to stay with Konradi. Remember that according to the terms you must spend only 4 hours with the boy, and that you'll have the chance to do as you please the rest of the time. Difficulties are inevitable in any sort of business. I hope that I'll find a letter from you when I arrive in [[Moscow]]. Everyone at home is delighted with your gifts and mine. [[Kondratyev]]'s gloves turned out to be too small, and I divided them between [[Tolya]] and [[Laroche]].		We talk a lot about you here, and all of us, i.e. the gunners, consider that you ought to have no hesitation in sticking with your firm decision to stay with Konradi. Remember that according to the terms you must spend only 4 hours with the boy, and that you'll have the chance to do as you please the rest of the time. Difficulties are inevitable in any sort of business. I hope that I'll find a letter from you when I arrive in [[Moscow]]. Everyone at home is delighted with your gifts and mine. [[Kondratyev]]'s gloves turned out to be too small, and I divided them between [[Tolya]] and [[Laroche]].

Brett at 13:51, 1 February 2024

2024-02-01T13:51:31Z

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	\|Translated text={{right\|''[[Saint Petersburg]]''<br/>20 January 1876<br/>''{{sic\|Monday\|Tuesday}}''}}		\|Translated text={{right\|''[[Saint Petersburg]]''<br/>20 January 1876<br/>''{{sic\|Monday\|Tuesday}}''}}
	Dear [[Modya]]! I came to [[Piter]] on Wednesday last week, and I'm still stuck in Kanonerskaya. This is because my symphony will be performed this week, and I consider it essential to attend the rehearsals; and since it wasn't worth going to [[Moscow]] and coming back again, I decided to stay here. On the day I left [[Berlin]], I saw from an advertisement that ''Bilse'' would be playing the ''Andante'' from my quartet, and I set off there; but as I should have expected, Bilse was taken ill and the whole programme was cancelled. It was only in [[Piter]], finding myself amongst my own people, that my melancholy ceased, otherwise I was awfully miserable after parting with you. If you want to know how I spend my time, here's a short account: 1) on ''Wednesday evening'': my arrival, the bathhouse, tea and supper with [[Papasha]] and [[Lizaveta Mikhaylovna]]; at night: I met with [[Tolya]], who returned late from a ball. 2) ''Thursday'': various business visits, dinner and tea with Meshchersky. 3) ''Friday'': business visits, dinner at ''Dussault''{{'}}s with [[Tolya]] and [[Laroche]], the opera ("Huguenots"), the bathhouse (with [[Kondratyev]]), tea at [[Kondratyev]]'s with Shakh. 4) ''Saturday'': business visits, including with ''[[Nápravník]]'', vacillating over whether to stay or go, dinner with ''[[Mikhail Azanchevsky\|Azanchevsky]]'', to the circus with [[Kondratyev]] and Meshchersvky, to [[Apukhtin]]'s in the evening. 5) ''Sunday'': various visits in the morning, wandering along the Nevsky with [[Laroche]], dinner at home, a visit to the Porokhovshchikovs, the opera ("Tannhäuser"), supper at a tavern. 6) ''Monday'': various visits, dinner with Adamov, the opera ("Rogneda"), tea at home. Today, I have this morning: a rehearsal of "''Angelo''", dinner with ''Meshchersky'', off to the quartet in the evening (my [[String Quartet No. 2\|2nd Quartet]]) and a soirée at Madame Davydova's. In short, you'll see that it's an awful lot of commotion. I'll be staying here until Sunday. Now my time in [[Piter]] has reached the point where I'm starting to be pulled in all directions, so that I don't know where to hide from the mass of demands and invitations. As well as needing to be here for rehearsals, I've also staying here for various negotiations to do with the production of "''[[Vakula]]''", which will be happening at the start of the next season. I really don't know who to give the role of ''Solokha'' to. [[Kadmina]] won't be there. [[Kamenska]] is unsuitable. [[Krutikova]] has completely died; in short, there's absolutely nobody in sight. Yesterday I had a serious discussion with [[Mikhail Azanchevsky\|Azanchevsky]] about my going abroad for two years. It may very well be that this business will be settled next year. For me it's both desirable and terrifying, because I'm still ''awfully'' in love with our sainted ''Rus'', and I'm afraid I'll miss her.		Dear [[Modya]]! I came to [[Piter]] on Wednesday last week, and I'm still stuck in Kanonerskaya. This is because my symphony will be performed this week, and I consider it essential to attend the rehearsals; and since it wasn't worth going to [[Moscow]] and coming back again, I decided to stay here. On the day I left [[Berlin]], I saw from an advertisement that ''Bilse'' would be playing the ''Andante'' from my quartet, and I set off there; but as I should have expected, Bilse was taken ill and the whole programme was cancelled. It was only in [[Piter]], finding myself amongst my own people, that my melancholy ceased, otherwise I was awfully miserable after parting with you. If you want to know how I spend my time, here's a short account: 1) on ''Wednesday evening'': my arrival, the bathhouse, tea and supper with [[Papasha]] and [[Lizaveta Mikhaylovna]]; at night: I met with [[Tolya]], who returned late from a ball. 2) ''Thursday'': various business visits, dinner and tea with Meshchersky. 3) ''Friday'': business visits, dinner at ''Dussault''{{'}}s with [[Tolya]] and [[Laroche]], the opera ("Huguenots"), the bathhouse (with [[Kondratyev]]), tea at [[Kondratyev]]'s with Shakh. 4) ''Saturday'': business visits, including with ''[[Nápravník]]'', vacillating over whether to stay or go, dinner with ''[[Mikhail Azanchevsky\|Azanchevsky]]'', to the circus with [[Kondratyev]] and Meshchersvky, to [[Apukhtin]]'s in the evening. 5) ''Sunday'': various visits in the morning, wandering along the Nevsky with [[Laroche]], dinner at home, a visit to the Porokhovshchikovs, the opera ("Tannhäuser"), supper at a tavern. 6) ''Monday'': various visits, dinner with Adamov, the opera ("Rogneda"), tea at home. Today, I have this morning: a rehearsal of "''Angelo''", dinner with ''Meshchersky'', off to the quartet in the evening (my [[String Quartet No. 2\|2nd Quartet]]) and a soirée at Madame Davydova's. In short, you'll see that it's an awful lot of commotion. I'll be staying here until Sunday. Now my time in [[Piter]] has reached the point where I'm starting to be pulled in all directions, so that I don't know where to hide from the mass of demands and invitations. As well as needing to be here for rehearsals, I've also staying here for various negotiations to do with the production of "''[[Vakula]]''", which will be happening at the start of the next season. I really don't know who to give the role of ''Solokha'' to. [[Kadmina]] won't be there. [[Kamenska]] is unsuitable. [[Krutikova]] has completely died; in short, there's absolutely nobody in sight. Yesterday I had a serious discussion with [[Mikhail Azanchevsky\|Azanchevsky]] about my going abroad for two years. It may very well be that this business will be settled next year. For me it's both desirable and terrifying, because I'm still ''awfully'' in love with our sainted Lady ''Rus'', and I'm afraid I'll miss her.

	We talk a lot about you here, and all of us, i.e. the gunners, consider that you ought to have no hesitation in sticking with your firm decision to stay with Konradi. Remember that according to the terms you must spend only 4 hours with the boy, and that you'll have the chance to do as you please the rest of the time. Difficulties are inevitable in any sort of business. I hope that I'll find a letter from you when I arrive in [[Moscow]]. Everyone at home is delighted with your gifts and mine. [[Kondratyev]]'s gloves turned out to be too small, and I divided them between [[Tolya]] and [[Laroche]].		We talk a lot about you here, and all of us, i.e. the gunners, consider that you ought to have no hesitation in sticking with your firm decision to stay with Konradi. Remember that according to the terms you must spend only 4 hours with the boy, and that you'll have the chance to do as you please the rest of the time. Difficulties are inevitable in any sort of business. I hope that I'll find a letter from you when I arrive in [[Moscow]]. Everyone at home is delighted with your gifts and mine. [[Kondratyev]]'s gloves turned out to be too small, and I divided them between [[Tolya]] and [[Laroche]].

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	\|Language=Russian		\|Language=Russian
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	\|Original text={{right\|''С[анкт]-Петербург''<br/>20 янв[аря] 1876 г[ода]<br/>''{{sic\|Понед[ельник]\|вторник}}''}}		\|Original text={{right\|''С[анкт]-Петербург''<br/>20 янв[аря] 1876 г[ода]<br/>''{{sic\|Понед[ельник]\|вторник}}''}}
	Милый Модя! Я приехал в Питер на прошлой неделе в среду и до сих пор сижу на Канонерской. Это произошло от того, что на текущей неделе будет исполняться моя симфония и я считаю необходимым присутствовать на репетициях; а так как ехать в Москву и снова возвращаться не стоило, то я и решился побыть здесь. В день моего отъезда из Берлина я прочёл на столбах, что у ''Бильзе'' будет играться ''andante'' из моего квартета, и отправился; но как и следовало ожидать, Бильзе захворал и вся программа была отменена. В Питере только, очутившись среди своих, я перестал меланхольничать, а то, расставшись с тобою, я ужасно тосковал. Если хочешь знать, как я провожу время, то вот тебе краткий отчёт: 1) в ''среду вечером'': приезд, баня, чай и ужин с Пап[ашей] и Л[изаветой] М[ихайловной]; ночью: свидание с Толей, к[ото]рый поздно возвратился с балу. 2) ''Четверг'': разные деловые посещения, обед и чай у Мещёрского. 3) ''Пятница'': деловые посещения, обед у ''Дюссо'' с Толей и Ларошем, опера («Гугеноты»), баня (с Кондр[атьевым]), чай у Кондр[атьева] с Шахом. 4) ''Суббота'': деловые посещения, в том числе у ''Направника'', колебания оставаться или ехать, обед у ''Азанчевского'', цирк с Кондр[атьевым] и Мещерским, вечер у Апухтина. 5) ''Воскресенье'': разные визиты утром, шляние по Невскому с Ларошем, обед дома, посещение Пороховщиковых, опера («Тангейзер»), ужин в трактире. 6) ''Понед[ельник]'': разные визиты, обед у Адамова, опера («Рогнеда»), чай дома. Сегодня предстоит утром: репетиция «''Анджело''», обед у ''Мещёрского'', вечером в квартете (мой 2-ой кв[артет]) и вечер у M[ada]me Давыдовой. Словом, ты видишь, что суетни ужасно много. Я останусь здесь до воскресенья. Теперь уже наступил тот момент пребывания в Питере, когда меня начинают теребить во все стороны, так что не знаешь, куда спрятаться от массы приглашений и требовании. Кроме необходимости быть на репетициях, я ещё остался здесь для различных переговоров об постановке «''Вакулы''», которая состоится в начале будущего сезона. Решительно не знаю, кому отдать роль ''Солохи''. Кадминой не будет, Каменская не годится, Крутикова совсем погибает, словом, решительно никого нет в виду. Вчера я имел серьёзный разговор с Азанчевским относительно отправления меня на два года за границу. Весьма может статься, что это дело устроится с будущего года. Оно для меня и желательно и страшно, ибо я всё-таки ''ужасно'' люблю святую ''Русьи'' боюсь по ней стосковаться.		Милый Модя! Я приехал в Питер на прошлой неделе в среду и до сих пор сижу на Канонерской. Это произошло от того, что на текущей неделе будет исполняться моя симфония и я считаю необходимым присутствовать на репетициях; а так как ехать в Москву и снова возвращаться не стоило, то я и решился побыть здесь. В день моего отъезда из Берлина я прочёл на столбах, что у ''Бильзе'' будет играться ''andante'' из моего квартета, и отправился; но как и следовало ожидать, Бильзе захворал и вся программа была отменена. В Питере только, очутившись среди своих, я перестал меланхольничать, а то, расставшись с тобою, я ужасно тосковал. Если хочешь знать, как я провожу время, то вот тебе краткий отчёт: 1) в ''среду вечером'': приезд, баня, чай и ужин с Пап[ашей] и Л[изаветой] М[ихайловной]; ночью: свидание с Толей, к[ото]рый поздно возвратился с балу. 2) ''Четверг'': разные деловые посещения, обед и чай у Мещёрского. 3) ''Пятница'': деловые посещения, обед у ''Дюссо'' с Толей и Ларошем, опера («Гугеноты»), баня (с Кондр[атьевым]), чай у Кондр[атьева] с Шахом. 4) ''Суббота'': деловые посещения, в том числе у ''Направника'', колебания оставаться или ехать, обед у ''Азанчевского'', цирк с Кондр[атьевым] и Мещерским, вечер у Апухтина. 5) ''Воскресенье'': разные визиты утром, шляние по Невскому с Ларошем, обед дома, посещение Пороховщиковых, опера («Тангейзер»), ужин в трактире. 6) ''Понед[ельник]'': разные визиты, обед у Адамова, опера («Рогнеда»), чай дома. Сегодня предстоит утром: репетиция «''Анджело''», обед у ''Мещёрского'', вечером в квартете (мой 2-ой кв[артет]) и вечер у M[ada]me Давыдовой. Словом, ты видишь, что суетни ужасно много. Я останусь здесь до воскресенья. Теперь уже наступил тот момент пребывания в Питере, когда меня начинают теребить во все стороны, так что не знаешь, куда спрятаться от массы приглашений и требовании. Кроме необходимости быть на репетициях, я ещё остался здесь для различных переговоров об постановке «''Вакулы''», которая состоится в начале будущего сезона. Решительно не знаю, кому отдать роль ''Солохи''. Кадминой не будет, Каменская не годится, Крутикова совсем погибает, словом, решительно никого нет в виду. Вчера я имел серьёзный разговор с Азанчевским относительно отправления меня на два года за границу. Весьма может статься, что это дело устроится с будущего года. Оно для меня и желательно и страшно, ибо я всё-таки ''ужасно'' люблю святую ''Русьи'' боюсь по ней стосковаться.
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	Много здесь говорим про тебя и все, т. е. мы, канонерские, находим, что тебе следует не колеблясь оставаться при твёрдом намерении быть у Конради. Вспомни, что ты по условию только 4 часа должен проводить с мальчиком, что ты будешь иметь время заниматься в остальное время чем захочешь. Трудности во всяком деле неизбежны. Надеюсь, приехавши в Москву, найти от тебя письмо. Дома все в восторге от твоих и моих подарков. Перчатки Кондр[атьеву] оказались малы, и я их разделил между Толей и Ларошей.		Много здесь говорим про тебя и все, т. е. мы, канонерские, находим, что тебе следует не колеблясь оставаться при твёрдом намерении быть у Конради. Вспомни, что ты по условию только 4 часа должен проводить с мальчиком, что ты будешь иметь время заниматься в остальное время чем захочешь. Трудности во всяком деле неизбежны. Надеюсь, приехавши в Москву, найти от тебя письмо. Дома все в восторге от твоих и моих подарков. Перчатки Кондр[атьеву] оказались малы, и я их разделил между Толей и Ларошей.

	Милый Модя, крепко тебя целую и умоляю не скучать и не слабеть духом;		Милый Модя, крепко тебя целую и умоляю не скучать и не слабеть духом.
	{{right\|П. Чайковский}}		{{right\|П. Чайковский}}
	Нечего и говорить, что тебе все кланяются и целуют.		Нечего и говорить, что тебе все кланяются и целуют.

	\|Translated text=		\|Translated text={{right\|''[[Saint Petersburg]]''<br/>20 January 1876<br/>''{{sic\|Monday\|Tuesday}}''}}
			Dear [[Modya]]! I came to [[Piter]] on Wednesday last week, and I'm still stuck in Kanonerskaya. This is because my symphony will be performed this week, and I consider it essential to attend the rehearsals; and since it wasn't worth going to [[Moscow]] and coming back again, I decided to stay here. On the day I left [[Berlin]], I saw from an advertisement that ''Bilse'' would be playing the ''Andante'' from my quartet, and I set off there; but as I should have expected, Bilse was taken ill and the whole programme was cancelled. It was only in [[Piter]], finding myself amongst my own people, that my melancholy ceased, otherwise I was awfully miserable after parting with you. If you want to know how I spend my time, here's a short account: 1) on ''Wednesday evening'': my arrival, the bathhouse, tea and supper with [[Papasha]] and [[Lizaveta Mikhaylovna]]; at night: I met with [[Tolya]], who returned late from a ball. 2) ''Thursday'': various business visits, dinner and tea with Meshchersky. 3) ''Friday'': business visits, dinner at ''Dussault''{{'}}s with [[Tolya]] and [[Laroche]], the opera ("Huguenots"), the bathhouse (with [[Kondratyev]]), tea at [[Kondratyev]]'s with Shakh. 4) ''Saturday'': business visits, including with ''[[Nápravník]]'', vacillating over whether to stay or go, dinner with ''[[Mikhail Azanchevsky\|Azanchevsky]]'', to the circus with [[Kondratyev]] and Meshchersvky, to [[Apukhtin]]'s in the evening. 5) ''Sunday'': various visits in the morning, wandering along the Nevsky with [[Laroche]], dinner at home, a visit to the Porokhovshchikovs, the opera ("Tannhäuser"), supper at a tavern. 6) ''Monday'': various visits, dinner with Adamov, the opera ("Rogneda"), tea at home. Today, I have this morning: a rehearsal of "''Angelo''", dinner with ''Meshchersky'', off to the quartet in the evening (my [[String Quartet No. 2\|2nd Quartet]]) and a soirée at Madame Davydova's. In short, you'll see that it's an awful lot of commotion. I'll be staying here until Sunday. Now my time in [[Piter]] has reached the point where I'm starting to be pulled in all directions, so that I don't know where to hide from the mass of demands and invitations. As well as needing to be here for rehearsals, I've also staying here for various negotiations to do with the production of "''[[Vakula]]''", which will be happening at the start of the next season. I really don't know who to give the role of ''Solokha'' to. [[Kadmina]] won't be there. [[Kamenska]] is unsuitable. [[Krutikova]] has completely died; in short, there's absolutely nobody in sight. Yesterday I had a serious discussion with [[Mikhail Azanchevsky\|Azanchevsky]] about my going abroad for two years. It may very well be that this business will be settled next year. For me it's both desirable and terrifying, because I'm still ''awfully'' in love with our sainted ''Rus'', and I'm afraid I'll miss her.

			We talk a lot about you here, and all of us, i.e. the gunners, consider that you ought to have no hesitation in sticking with your firm decision to stay with Konradi. Remember that according to the terms you must spend only 4 hours with the boy, and that you'll have the chance to do as you please the rest of the time. Difficulties are inevitable in any sort of business. I hope that I'll find a letter from you when I arrive in [[Moscow]]. Everyone at home is delighted with your gifts and mine. [[Kondratyev]]'s gloves turned out to be too small, and I divided them between [[Tolya]] and [[Laroche]].

			Dear [[Modya]], I kiss you hard and urge you not to be fed up and not to lose heart.
			{{right\|P. Tchaikovsky}}
			It goes without saying that everyone sends their regards and kisses.
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{{letterhead
|Date=20 January/1 February 1876
|To=[[Modest Tchaikovsky]]
|Place=[[Saint Petersburg]]
|Language=Russian
|Autograph=[[Klin]] (Russia): {{RUS-KLč}} (a{{sup|3}}, No. 1445)
|Publication={{bib|1900/35|Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского ; том 1}} (1900), p. 481 (abridged) {{bib|1940/210|П. И. Чайковский. Письма к родным ; том 1}} (1940), p. 227–228 {{bib|1955/37|П. И. Чайковский. Письма к близким}} (1955), p. 102–103 (abridged) {{bib|1961/38|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том VI}} (1961), p. 17–18 ''{{bib|1981/81| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Letters to his family. An autobiography}}'' (1981), p. 101–102 (English translation; abridged)
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==Text==
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|Original text={{right|''С[анкт]-Петербург'' 20 янв[аря] 1876 г[ода] ''{{sic|Понед[ельник]|вторник}}''}}
Милый Модя! Я приехал в Питер на прошлой неделе в среду и до сих пор сижу на Канонерской. Это произошло от того, что на текущей неделе будет исполняться моя симфония и я считаю необходимым присутствовать на репетициях; а так как ехать в Москву и снова возвращаться не стоило, то я и решился побыть здесь. В день моего отъезда из Берлина я прочёл на столбах, что у ''Бильзе'' будет играться ''andante'' из моего квартета, и отправился; но как и следовало ожидать, Бильзе захворал и вся программа была отменена. В Питере только, очутившись среди своих, я перестал меланхольничать, а то, расставшись с тобою, я ужасно тосковал. Если хочешь знать, как я провожу время, то вот тебе краткий отчёт: 1) в ''среду вечером'': приезд, баня, чай и ужин с Пап[ашей] и Л[изаветой] М[ихайловной]; ночью: свидание с Толей, к[ото]рый поздно возвратился с балу. 2) ''Четверг'': разные деловые посещения, обед и чай у Мещёрского. 3) ''Пятница'': деловые посещения, обед у ''Дюссо'' с Толей и Ларошем, опера («Гугеноты»), баня (с Кондр[атьевым]), чай у Кондр[атьева] с Шахом. 4) ''Суббота'': деловые посещения, в том числе у ''Направника'', колебания оставаться или ехать, обед у ''Азанчевского'', цирк с Кондр[атьевым] и Мещерским, вечер у Апухтина. 5) ''Воскресенье'': разные визиты утром, шляние по Невскому с Ларошем, обед дома, посещение Пороховщиковых, опера («Тангейзер»), ужин в трактире. 6) ''Понед[ельник]'': разные визиты, обед у Адамова, опера («Рогнеда»), чай дома. Сегодня предстоит утром: репетиция «''Анджело''», обед у ''Мещёрского'', вечером в квартете (мой 2-ой кв[артет]) и вечер у M[ada]me Давыдовой. Словом, ты видишь, что суетни ужасно много. Я останусь здесь до воскресенья. Теперь уже наступил тот момент пребывания в Питере, когда меня начинают теребить во все стороны, так что не знаешь, куда спрятаться от массы приглашений и требовании. Кроме необходимости быть на репетициях, я ещё остался здесь для различных переговоров об постановке «''Вакулы''», которая состоится в начале будущего сезона. Решительно не знаю, кому отдать роль ''Солохи''. Кадминой не будет, Каменская не годится, Крутикова совсем погибает, словом, решительно никого нет в виду. Вчера я имел серьёзный разговор с Азанчевским относительно отправления меня на два года за границу. Весьма может статься, что это дело устроится с будущего года. Оно для меня и желательно и страшно, ибо я всё-таки ''ужасно'' люблю святую ''Русьи'' боюсь по ней стосковаться.

Много здесь говорим про тебя и все, т. е. мы, канонерские, находим, что тебе следует не колеблясь оставаться при твёрдом намерении быть у Конради. Вспомни, что ты по условию только 4 часа должен проводить с мальчиком, что ты будешь иметь время заниматься в остальное время чем захочешь. Трудности во всяком деле неизбежны. Надеюсь, приехавши в Москву, найти от тебя письмо. Дома все в восторге от твоих и моих подарков. Перчатки Кондр[атьеву] оказались малы, и я их разделил между Толей и Ларошей.

Милый Модя, крепко тебя целую и умоляю не скучать и не слабеть духом;
{{right|П. Чайковский}}
Нечего и говорить, что тебе все кланяются и целуют.

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