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	\|Autograph=[[Moscow]] (Russia): {{RUS-Mcm}} (ф. 37, No. 31)		\|Autograph=[[Moscow]] (Russia): {{RUS-Mcm}} (ф. 37, No. 31)
	\|Publication={{bibx\|1940/228\|Чайковский на Московской сцене}} (1940), p. 259–260 <br/>{{bib\|1961/38\|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том VI}} (1961), p. 50–51.		\|Publication={{bibx\|1940/228\|Чайковский на Московской сцене}} (1940), p. 259–260 <br/>{{bib\|1961/38\|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том VI}} (1961), p. 50–51
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	I've just arrived at [[Vichy]] and headed straight for the post-office, where amongst several letters I also received yours. I am simply at a loss as to what I should do. I would like to be with you, and yet, on the other hand, I also want to be at the ''first'' performance <ref name="note2"/>. The main thing, though, is that I'm afraid of [[Klindworth]]! Back in [[Moscow]] he did after all say to me that I should also attend the rehearsals <ref name="note3"/>. When I just think that he might get angry with me, my heart simply sinks to my boots!		I've just arrived at [[Vichy]] and headed straight for the post-office, where amongst several letters I also received yours. I am simply at a loss as to what I should do. I would like to be with you, and yet, on the other hand, I also want to be at the ''first'' performance <ref name="note2"/>. The main thing, though, is that I'm afraid of [[Klindworth]]! Back in [[Moscow]] he did after all say to me that I should also attend the rehearsals <ref name="note3"/>. When I just think that he might get angry with me, my heart simply sinks to my boots!

	Already today I started my course of treatment, which will last 21 days, from which it follows that I shall be free on ''5 August/23 July'' <ref name="note4"/>. If I attend the first performance, then I won't have time to do some travelling with you. Golubchik! Please decide and ~~organize~~ this without consulting me, and just write to me what you have decided upon. You can dispose of me as you like, since for the sake of our friendship I am prepared to endure even the wrath of Wotan-[[Klindworth]] <ref name="note5"/>. And so, I shall wait for you to notify me of the following: 1) what performance I should attend, 2) if it isn't the first, then where we are supposed to meet, 3) whether I shall get to see you if we should happen to attend different performances, 4) whether [[Klindworth]] has rented an apartment for [[Nikolay Rubinstein\|Rubinstein]], you, and me <ref name="note6"/>. One factor which speaks in favour of the first performance is that I have to write an article for my newspaper, and for the latter it is important that I should talk about precisely the first performance <ref name="note7"/>.		Already today I started my course of treatment, which will last 21 days, from which it follows that I shall be free on ''5 August/23 July'' <ref name="note4"/>. If I attend the first performance, then I won't have time to do some travelling with you. Golubchik! Please decide and organise this without consulting me, and just write to me what you have decided upon. You can dispose of me as you like, since for the sake of our friendship I am prepared to endure even the wrath of Wotan-[[Klindworth]] <ref name="note5"/>. And so, I shall wait for you to notify me of the following: 1) what performance I should attend, 2) if it isn't the first, then where we are supposed to meet, 3) whether I shall get to see you if we should happen to attend different performances, 4) whether [[Klindworth]] has rented an apartment for [[Nikolay Rubinstein\|Rubinstein]], you, and me <ref name="note6"/>. One factor which speaks in favour of the first performance is that I have to write an article for my newspaper, and for the latter it is important that I should talk about precisely the first performance <ref name="note7"/>.

	Ah, [[Karlusha]]! With what envy I read your letter. What a merry time all of you must be having and what a splendid company you have. I am ''ineffably'' bored here. It is so boring that I could simply weep! Indeed, ever since I crossed the border I have felt bored all the time. The only agreeable things were seeing [[Aleksandra Davydova\|my sister]] in [[Vienna]] and my brother [[Modest]] in [[Lyons]]. Tell [[Aleksandra Hubert\|Batalka]] that I shall write to her. I embrace you. Address your letter to: ''[[Vichy]], Hotel Bellevue'', No. 22.		Ah, [[Karlusha]]! With what envy I read your letter. What a merry time all of you must be having and what splendid company you have. I am ''ineffably'' bored here. It is so boring that I could simply weep! Indeed, ever since I crossed the border I have felt bored all the time. The only agreeable things were seeing [[Aleksandra Davydova\|my sister]] in [[Vienna]] and my brother [[Modest]] in [[Lyons]]. Tell [[Aleksandra Hubert\|Batalka]] that I shall write to her. I embrace you. Address your letter to: ''[[Vichy]], Hotel Bellevue'', No. 22.
	{{right\|P. Tchaikovsky}}		{{right\|P. Tchaikovsky}}
	Regards to everyone.		Regards to everyone.
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	<ref name="note1">Dated to 1876 from the contents.</ref>		<ref name="note1">Dated to 1876 from the contents.</ref>
	<ref name="note2">At the first complete performance of [[Richard Wagner]]'s ''Der Ring des Nibelungen''. The ''Ring'' cycle (the first run of the tetralogy being spread over the following dates: 13, 14, 16, and 17 August 1876 {{NS}} was to inaugurate the new Festival Theatre at [[Bayreuth]].</ref>		<ref name="note2">At the first complete performance of [[Richard Wagner]]'s ''Der Ring des Nibelungen''. The ''Ring'' cycle (the first run of the tetralogy being spread over the following dates: 13, 14, 16, and 17 August 1876 {{NS}}) was to inaugurate the new Festival Theatre at [[Bayreuth]].</ref>
	<ref name="note3">[[Karl Klindworth]], Tchaikovsky's colleague at the [[Moscow]] Conservatory and an admirer of his music, was deeply involved in the run-up to the inaugural ''Ring'' cycle, because Wagner had entrusted him with the task of making piano reductions of all four music dramas in the ''Ring''.</ref>		<ref name="note3">[[Karl Klindworth]], Tchaikovsky's colleague at the [[Moscow]] Conservatory and an admirer of his music, was deeply involved in the run-up to the inaugural ''Ring'' cycle, because Wagner had entrusted him with the task of making piano reductions of all four music dramas in the ''Ring''.</ref>
	<ref name="note4">Tchaikovsky's slip of the pen for "4 August/23 July".</ref>		<ref name="note4">Tchaikovsky's slip of the pen for "4 August/23 July".</ref>
	<ref name="note5">In comparing [[Klindworth]] to Wotan, Tchaikovsky probably had in mind not just his friend's quintessentially Germanic appearance, but may also have been alluding ironically to Wotan's wrath against Brünnhilde when she disobeys his orders in ''Die Walküre''.</ref>		<ref name="note5">In comparing [[Klindworth]] to Wotan, Tchaikovsky probably had in mind not just his friend's quintessentially Germanic appearance, but may also have been alluding ironically to Wotan's wrath against Brünnhilde when she disobeys his orders in ''Die Walküre''.</ref>
	<ref name="note6">During Tchaikovsky's brief stay in [[Bayreuth]] from 12 to 18 August 1876 {{NS}} he shared lodgings with [[Nikolay Rubinstein]], but [[Karl Albrecht]] does not seem to have been with them.</ref>		<ref name="note6">During Tchaikovsky's brief stay in [[Bayreuth]] from 12 to 18 August 1876 {{NS}}, he shared lodgings with [[Nikolay Rubinstein]], but [[Karl Albrecht]] does not seem to have been with them.</ref>
	<ref name="note7">See Tchaikovsky's article ''[[The Bayreuth Music Festival]]'' ([[TH]] 314).</ref>		<ref name="note7">See Tchaikovsky's article ''[[The Bayreuth Music Festival]]'' ([[TH]] 314).</ref>
	</references>		</references>
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{{letterhead
|Date=2/14 July 1876 <ref name="note1"/>
|To=[[Karl Albrecht]]
|Place=[[Vichy]]
|Language=Russian
|Autograph=[[Moscow]] (Russia): {{RUS-Mcm}} (ф. 37, No. 31)
|Publication={{bibx|1940/228|Чайковский на Московской сцене}} (1940), p. 259–260 <br/>{{bib|1961/38|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том VI}} (1961), p. 50–51.
}}

==Text and Translation==
{{Lettertext
|Language=Russian
|Translator=Luis Sundkvist
|Original text={{right|''Виши'', 14/2 июля }}
{{centre|Милый Карлуша!}}
Только что приехал в Виши и сейчас же отправился на почту, где в числе нескольких писем получил и твоё. Я решительно в недоумении, как мне поступить. Хотелось бы и с тобой быть, а с другой стороны, хочется быть на ''первом'' представлении. А главное—боюсь Клиндворта! Он мне ещё в Мосвке говорил, что даже мне следует быть на репетициях. Как подумаю об том, что он на меня разгневается!, — просто душа в пятки уходит.

Я сегодня уже начал леченье, которое продолжится 21 день, из чего следует, что я буду свободен ''5 августа/23 июля''. Если быть на первом представлении, то попутешествовать с тобой я не поспею. Голубчик! реши и устрой это без меня и только напиши мне, как ты решил. Располагай мной как хочешь, ибо из дружбы к тебе я готов даже перенести гнев Вотана—Клиндворта. Итак, буду ждать от тебя извещения: 1) на каком представлении мне быть, 2) если не на первом, то где мы с тобой съедемся, 3) увижусь ли я с тобой в случае, если будем на разных представлениях, 4) нанял ли Клиндворт квартиру для Руб[инштейна], тебя и меня. В пользу 1-го представления говорит то, что я должен написать в своей газете статью, — а для газеты важно, чтобы именно было рассказано про 1-е представление

Ах, Карлуша! С какою завистью я читал твоё письмо. Как у Вас, должно быть, весело и какая славная компания. Мне ''невыразимо'' скучно здесь. Просто до слёз скучно! Вообще с тех пор, как я переехал границу, — всё время скучаю. Только и было приятного, что в Вене видел сестру, а в Лионе брата Модеста. Скажи Баталке, что я ей напишу. Обнимаю тебя. Адресуй: ''Vichy, Hôtel Bellevue'' № 22
{{right|П. Чайковский}}

Всем кланяюсь

|Translated text={{right|''[[Vichy]]'', 14/2 July}}
{{centre|Dear [[Karlusha]]!}}
I've just arrived at [[Vichy]] and headed straight for the post-office, where amongst several letters I also received yours. I am simply at a loss as to what I should do. I would like to be with you, and yet, on the other hand, I also want to be at the ''first'' performance <ref name="note2"/>. The main thing, though, is that I'm afraid of [[Klindworth]]! Back in [[Moscow]] he did after all say to me that I should also attend the rehearsals <ref name="note3"/>. When I just think that he might get angry with me, my heart simply sinks to my boots!

Already today I started my course of treatment, which will last 21 days, from which it follows that I shall be free on ''5 August/23 July'' <ref name="note4"/>. If I attend the first performance, then I won't have time to do some travelling with you. Golubchik! Please decide and organize this without consulting me, and just write to me what you have decided upon. You can dispose of me as you like, since for the sake of our friendship I am prepared to endure even the wrath of Wotan-[[Klindworth]] <ref name="note5"/>. And so, I shall wait for you to notify me of the following: 1) what performance I should attend, 2) if it isn't the first, then where we are supposed to meet, 3) whether I shall get to see you if we should happen to attend different performances, 4) whether [[Klindworth]] has rented an apartment for [[Nikolay Rubinstein|Rubinstein]], you, and me <ref name="note6"/>. One factor which speaks in favour of the first performance is that I have to write an article for my newspaper, and for the latter it is important that I should talk about precisely the first performance <ref name="note7"/>.

Ah, [[Karlusha]]! With what envy I read your letter. What a merry time all of you must be having and what a splendid company you have. I am ''ineffably'' bored here. It is so boring that I could simply weep! Indeed, ever since I crossed the border I have felt bored all the time. The only agreeable things were seeing [[Aleksandra Davydova|my sister]] in [[Vienna]] and my brother [[Modest]] in [[Lyons]]. Tell [[Aleksandra Hubert|Batalka]] that I shall write to her. I embrace you. Address your letter to: ''[[Vichy]], Hotel Bellevue'', No. 22.
{{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}
Regards to everyone.
}}

==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">Dated to 1876 from the contents.</ref>
<ref name="note2">At the first complete performance of [[Richard Wagner]]'s ''Der Ring des Nibelungen''. The ''Ring'' cycle (the first run of the tetralogy being spread over the following dates: 13, 14, 16, and 17 August 1876 {{NS}} was to inaugurate the new Festival Theatre at [[Bayreuth]].</ref>
<ref name="note3">[[Karl Klindworth]], Tchaikovsky's colleague at the [[Moscow]] Conservatory and an admirer of his music, was deeply involved in the run-up to the inaugural ''Ring'' cycle, because Wagner had entrusted him with the task of making piano reductions of all four music dramas in the ''Ring''.</ref>
<ref name="note4">Tchaikovsky's slip of the pen for "4 August/23 July".</ref>
<ref name="note5">In comparing [[Klindworth]] to Wotan, Tchaikovsky probably had in mind not just his friend's quintessentially Germanic appearance, but may also have been alluding ironically to Wotan's wrath against Brünnhilde when she disobeys his orders in ''Die Walküre''.</ref>
<ref name="note6">During Tchaikovsky's brief stay in [[Bayreuth]] from 12 to 18 August 1876 {{NS}} he shared lodgings with [[Nikolay Rubinstein]], but [[Karl Albrecht]] does not seem to have been with them.</ref>
<ref name="note7">See Tchaikovsky's article ''[[The Bayreuth Music Festival]]'' ([[TH]] 314).</ref>
</references>
{{DEFAULTSORT:Letter 0477}}