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|Date=3/15 February 1892<br />
|To=[[Ivan Vsevolozhsky]]<br />
|Place=[[Maydanovo]]<br />
|Language=Russian<br />
|Autograph=[[Saint Petersburg]] (Russia): {{RUS-SPia}} (ф. 652, оп. 1, д. 608, л. 48)<br />
|Publication={{bib|1979/112|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XVI-Б}} (1979), p. 34–35<br />
}}<br />
==Text and Translation==<br />
Based on a typed copy, which may contain differences in formatting and content from Tchaikovsky's original letter. <br />
{{Lettertext<br />
|Language=Russian<br />
|Translator=Brett Langston<br />
|Original text={{right|3 февраля 1892 г[ода]<br/>г[ород] Клин, Моск[овской) губ[ернии]}}<br />
{{centre|Многоуважаемый, дорогой Иван Александрович!}}<br />
Дочь арфиста Цабеля (фамилию её по мужу я позабыл) явится к Вам с просьбой принять её на императорскую сцену и просит предварительно замолвить о ней словечко. Я слышал её пение зимой в частной опере, в Москве, в роли королевы в «Гугенотах». Она обладает хорошей колоратурой, при весьма небольшом голосе и наружности..., но Вы её увидите. Вот и всё, что могу сказать. Простите, что беспокою, — но должен исполнить просьбу дочери артиста, которого высоко уважаю.<br />
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Усердно работаю над инструментовкой балета, отрывки коего Вы услышите в концерте, ....... если полюбопытствуете. Страшно буду рад, если Вам понравится.<br />
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До свиданья, будьте здоровы!<br />
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Преданный и глубоко уважающий Вас,<br />
{{right|П. Чайковский}}<br />
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|Translated text={{right|3 February 1892<br/>Town of [[Klin]], [[Moscow]] province}}<br />
{{centre|Most respected, dear [[Ivan Vsevolozhsky|Ivan Aleksandrovich]]!}}<br />
A daughter of the harpist Zabel (I forget her married surname) will be appearing before you with a request to take her onto the Imperial stage, and has asked me to put in a good word for her beforehand. I heard her singing in the winter in a private opera in [[Moscow]], in the role of the queen in "Les Hugenots". She has good coloratura, with a very small voice and appearance... <ref name="note1"/>, but you will see. That is all I can say. I am sorry to bother you, but I had to comply with the request from the daughter of an artist who is so highly respected <ref name="note2"/>.<br />
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I am working diligently on the instrumentation of the ballet, extracts from which you will hear in the concert, ....... <ref name="note3"/> if you have the opportunity to enjoy it.<br />
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Until we meet, keep well!<br />
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Your devoted and deeply respectful,<br />
{{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}<br />
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==Notes and References==<br />
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<ref name="note1">The ellipses are reproduced as given in the typed copy of this letter.</ref><br />
<ref name="note2">Albert Zabel (1834-1910), a German-born harpist, composer and music professor, who was a soloist in the Maryinsky Theatre orchestra; On 29 October/10 November 1891 Tchaikovsky heard a certain "E. A. Zabel-Rashat" perform the role of the queen in a [[Moscow]] production of [[Meyerbeer]]'s opera ''Les Hugenots'', given by [[Mikhail Lentovsky]]'s opera company.</ref><br />
<ref name="note3">The ellipses are reproduced as given in the typed copy of this letter. Tchaikovsky was orchestrating eight numbers to create a [[The Nutcracker (suite)|Suite]] from the ballet ''[[The Nutcracker]]'', which he was to conduct at the ninth symphony concert of the [[Saint Petersburg]] branch of the Russian Musical Society on 7/19 March 1892.</ref><br />
</references></div>Brett