Letter 466 - Revision history

Brett: Text replacement - "Cherkassky" to "Cherkassy"

2024-03-30T13:41:33Z

Text replacement - "Cherkassky" to "Cherkassy"

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	Ach, wie die Natur überhaupt {{sic\|shön\|schön}} ist!!!! Ach! Ach! Ach!		Ach, wie die Natur überhaupt {{sic\|shön\|schön}} ist!!!! Ach! Ach! Ach!

	\|Translated text=I find myself today in the aforementioned old capital, staying here just for a few hours and leaving tomorrow morning. I am going directly to my sister's, and will probably stay with her for three weeks. I beg you, please, immediately after receiving this letter from me, 1st) to write a few lines, in which I want to have all the news from you and our friends, and 2nd) at the same time also send me the booklet which mentions the ''Nibelungen Ring''. Send your letter to this address: ''[[Kiev]] province, ~~Cherkassky~~ district, village of Smela, and thence to [[Kamenka]], to [[Lev Davydov\|Lev Vasilyevich Davydov]] for delivery to P. I. T.'' This damned Russian language! The trouble it has taken me to write this address.		\|Translated text=I find myself today in the aforementioned old capital, staying here just for a few hours and leaving tomorrow morning. I am going directly to my sister's, and will probably stay with her for three weeks. I beg you, please, immediately after receiving this letter from me, 1st) to write a few lines, in which I want to have all the news from you and our friends, and 2nd) at the same time also send me the booklet which mentions the ''Nibelungen Ring''. Send your letter to this address: ''[[Kiev]] province, Cherkassy district, village of Smela, and thence to [[Kamenka]], to [[Lev Davydov\|Lev Vasilyevich Davydov]] for delivery to P. I. T.'' This damned Russian language! The trouble it has taken me to write this address.

	Write to me whether, God willing, you have finally rented a dacha. When were you thinking of leaving for our beloved Fatherland? I ask you to inform me of everything concerning you and yours.		Write to me whether, God willing, you have finally rented a dacha. When were you thinking of leaving for our beloved Fatherland? I ask you to inform me of everything concerning you and yours.

Tony: Text replacement - "still" to "truly" for accuracy of meaning

2024-03-21T13:39:26Z

Text replacement - "still" to "truly" for accuracy of meaning

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	I kiss you, your wife and your children.		I kiss you, your wife and your children.

	Ah, how beautiful nature ~~still~~ is!!! Ah! Ah! Ah!		Ah, how truly beautiful nature is!!! Ah! Ah! Ah!
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Brett at 13:42, 9 November 2019

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{{letterhead
|Date=2/14 June 1876
|To=[[Karl Albrecht]]
|Place=[[Kiev]]
|Language=German
|Autograph=[[Moscow]] (Russia): {{RUS-Mcm}} (ф. 37, No. 19)
|Publication={{bib|1961/38|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том VI}} (1961), p. 41–42
}}
==Text and Translation==
{{Lettertext
|Language=German
|Translator=Brett Langston
|Original text=Ich befinde mich heute in der {{sic|obergenannte|ober genannter}} {{sic|alte|alter}} Hauptstadt, um hier nur einige {{sic|Stunde|Stunden}} zu bleiben und morgen früh {{sic|fortzuziehn|fortzuziehen}}. Ich gehe jetzt gerade zu meiner Schwester und werde {{sic|warscheinlich|wahrscheinlich}} bei ihr drei Wochen bleiben. Ich bitte dich {{sic|gefalligst|gefälligst}}, gleich nach dem Empfange dieses ''Briefes'' mir 1-mo) einige Zeilen [zu] schreiben, in welchen ich ganz genaue Nachrichten von dir und von {{sic|unsere|unseren}} {{sic|Freunde|Freunden}} bekommen möchte, und 2-do) gleichzeitig mir das Büchlein hinzuschicken, wo von dem ''{{sic|Niebelungenring|Nibelungen Ring}}'' die Rede ist. Schicke deinen Brief und die Zusendung nach dieser {{sic|adresse|Adresse}}: ''Киевской губернии, Черкасского уезда, в местечко Смелу, а оттуда в Каменку, Льву Васильевичу Давыдову, для передачи П. И. Ч.'' Diese verfluchte russische Sprache! Welche Mühe habe ich mir gegeben, um diese {{sic|adresse|Adresse}} zu schreiben!!!

{{sic|Schreib|Schreibe}} mir, um {{sic|Gotteswillen|Gottes willen}}, ob du endlich eine ''Datscha'' gemietet hast! Das {{sic|interessirt|interessiert}} mich höchst. Wann glaubst du nach {{sic|unsere|unserem}} {{sic|beliebte|beliebten}} Vaterland {{sic|abzureisen|abzureißen}}? Ich bitte dich sehr alles, was dich und die {{sic|deinigen|Deinigen}} betrifft, mir mitzuteilen.

Adieu, lieber Landsmann, schreibe mir so rasch wie {{sic|mögleich|möglich}}. Dein bester Freund, dich hochachtend und liebend.
{{right|Peter von Tschaikovsky}}
Ich küsse dich, deine Frau und deine Kinder.

Ach, wie die Natur überhaupt {{sic|shön|schön}} ist!!!! Ach! Ach! Ach!

|Translated text=I find myself today in the aforementioned old capital, staying here just for a few hours and leaving tomorrow morning. I am going directly to my sister's, and will probably stay with her for three weeks. I beg you, please, immediately after receiving this letter from me, 1st) to write a few lines, in which I want to have all the news from you and our friends, and 2nd) at the same time also send me the booklet which mentions the ''Nibelungen Ring''. Send your letter to this address: ''[[Kiev]] province, Cherkassky district, village of Smela, and thence to [[Kamenka]], to [[Lev Davydov|Lev Vasilyevich Davydov]] for delivery to P. I. T.'' This damned Russian language! The trouble it has taken me to write this address.

Write to me whether, God willing, you have finally rented a dacha. When were you thinking of leaving for our beloved Fatherland? I ask you to inform me of everything concerning you and yours.

Adieu, dear compatriot, write to me as soon as possible. Your best friend, who respects and loves you.
{{right|Peter von Tschaikovsky}}
I kiss you, your wife and your children.

Ah, how beautiful nature still is!!! Ah! Ah! Ah!
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Letter 0466}}