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{{letterhead
|Date=14/26 March 1892
|To=[[Pyotr Jurgenson]]
|Place=[[Maydanovo]]
|Language=Russian
|Autograph=[[Klin]] (Russia): {{RUS-KLč}} (a{{sup|3}}, No. 2795)
|Publication={{bib|1952/58|П. И. Чайковский. Переписка с П. И. Юргенсоном ; том 2}} (1952), p. 236 {{bib|1979/112|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XVI-Б}} (1979), p. 58–59
}}
==Text and Translation==
{{Lettertext
|Language=Russian
|Translator=Brett Langston
|Original text={{right|''14 марта'' ''Майданово''}}
Душа моя! Я получил из Вержболова уведомление, что водка моя идёт, и чуть не прямо в «''Плин''». Алексей узнает, в чем дело. Сюиту копировать я отдал вот как. Очень меня просила Дирекция подарить им ''рукопись'', и я согласился, а вместо неё мне пришлют на днях копию, которую я помещу в общую партитуру балета. Но ты имеешь полное право воспретить остальные копии, да я и отвечал решительным отказом на все просьбы Главача, Галкина и др[угих], сказав им, что к лету будет готова партитура печатная.

Относительно ''Грасгофа'' скажу, когда проиграю аранжемент. Рукопись 8-ручного «Манфреда» находится у Влад[имира] Александровича ''Брюллова''. О. И. Ю[ргенсон] знает его адрес. Заглавие сюиты должно быть такое:
{{centre|''Suite'' pour grand orchestre tirée de la partition du ballet ''Casse-Noisette'' (Der Nussknacker)}}
: I. Ouverture miniature
:II. Danses caractéristiques: a) Marche; b) Danse de la Fée-Dragée; c) Trépac, danse russe; d) Danse arabe; e) Danse chinoise; f) Danse des mirlitons.
:III. Valse des fleurs.

Конечно, о Дюма не упоминать.

''Корректуру «Иоланты»'' (третью) ''послать мне''.

Танееву я назначил за переложение балета 500 р[ублей]. Эти 500 + 300 за «Иоланту» вычти из пяти тысяч. Танеев может их взять когда угодно.

До свиданья! Я в Москве раньше пасхи не буду.

Умер бедный Христофоров; я в Петербурге энергически хлопотал, чтобы это место дали ''Карлуше'', и знаешь ли, в ком встретил глухое, но сильное противодействие? В Евгении Карловиче. Курьёзная штука.
{{right|Твой, П. Чайковский}}

|Translated text={{right|''14 March'' ''[[Maydanovo]]''}}
My dear chap! I've received notification from Verzhbolov that my vodka is on the move, on the least direct route to "''Plin''" <ref name="note1"/>. [[Aleksey]] knows about the matter. I am giving to you the copy of the suite <ref name="note2"/> that I had made. The Directorate were urging me to give them the ''manuscript'', and I agreed, but I'll send you the copy shortly, which I'll include in the full score of the ballet <ref name="note3"/>. But you have every right to proscribe the remaining copies, and I firmly refused all requests from Hlaváč, Galkin and others <ref name="note4"/>, telling them that the score will be ready to print by the summer <ref name="note5"/>.

With regard to ''Grashof'', I'll tell him that I've lost the arrangement. The manuscript of ''[[Manfred]]'' for 8 hands can be found with Vladimir Aleksandrovich ''Bryullov'' <ref name="note6"/>. [[O. I. Jurgenson]] knows his address. The title of the suite should be thus:
{{centre|''Suite'' for large orchestra taken from the full score of the ballet ''The Nutcracker''}}
: I. Miniature overture
:II. Characteristic Dances: a) March; b) Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy; c) Trepak, Russian dance; d) Arabian Dance; e) Chinese Dance; Dance of the Reed-Pipes.
:III. Waltz of the Flowers.
Certainly, don't mention [[Dumas]] <ref name="note7"/>.

''Send me the proofs of "[[Iolanta]]"'' (third set).

I've appointed [[Taneyev]] to arrange the ballet for 500 rubles. This 500 + 300 for "[[Iolanta]]" is to be deducted from the five thousand. [[Taneyev]] can take them whenever is convenient.

Until we meet! I won't be in [[Moscow]] before Easter.

Poor [[Khristoforov]] has died <ref name="note8"/>; in [[Saint Petersburg]] I vigorously petitioned for his place to be taken by [[Karlusha]]. And do you know from whom I encountered the most stubborn opposition? [[Eugen Albrecht|Yevgeny Karlovich]] <ref name="note9"/>. It's a queer thing.
{{right|Yours, P. Tchaikovsky}}
}}

==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">Two dozen bottles of "the most excellent vodka", sent to Tchaikovsky by [[Bernhard Pollini]], had been held up by the Russian customs office until all duty had been paid (see [[Letter 4641]] to [[Pyotr Jurgenson]], 9/21 March 1892). Tchaikovsky's exasperation was compounded by notification that they were slowly being shipped to "Plin", rather than his home outside "[[Klin]]".</ref>
<ref name="note2">Tchaikovsky's [[The Nutcracker (suite)|Suite]] from the ballet ''[[The Nutcracker]]''.</ref>
<ref name="note3">In the full score of ''[[The Nutcracker]]'', the numbers from the suite are written out by a copyist. The autograph score of the [[The Nutcracker (suite)|Suite]] (now in the [[Klin]] House-Museum) carries the inscription: "To the [[Saint Petersburg]] Conservatory in memory of the concert of 7 March 1892. P. Tchaikovsky".</ref>
<ref name="note4">The conductors Vojtěch Hlaváč (1849–1911) and Nikolay Galkin (1850-1906).</ref>
<ref name="note5">[[Pyotr Jurgenson]] published the full score of the [[The Nutcracker (suite)|Suite]] in June 1892.</ref>
<ref name="note6">Vladimir Bryullov and [[Nikolay Lents]] had arranged Tchaikovsky's ''[[Manfred]]'' symphony for 2 pianos, 8 hands.</ref>
<ref name="note7">In [[Letter 4634]] to [[Pyotr Jurgenson]], 6/18 March 1892, Tchaikovsky had suggested the wording "Story from the fairy-tale by [[Hoffmann]] and [[Dumas]] senior" for the title page of ''[[The Nutcracker]]'' ballet. However, [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] replied on 13/25 March 1892 that this could create copyright difficulties with the heirs of the estate of [[Alexandre Dumas]] (1802-1870).</ref>
<ref name="note8">[[Nikolay Khristoforov]] (1836-1892), former director of the central music library of the Imperial Theatres.</ref>
<ref name="note9">[[Karl Albrecht]] ("Karlusha") was the brother of [[Eugen Albrecht]] ("Yevgeny Karlovich").</ref>
</references>

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