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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{letterhead&lt;br /&gt;
|Date=15/27 January 1893&lt;br /&gt;
|To=[[Vladimir Nápravník]]&lt;br /&gt;
|Place=[[Odessa]]&lt;br /&gt;
|Language=Russian&lt;br /&gt;
|Autograph={{locunknown}}&lt;br /&gt;
|Publication={{bibx|1959/21|Е. Ф. Направник. Автобиографические, творческие материалы, документы, письма}} (1959), p. 201&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;{{bib|1981/80|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XVII}} (1981), p. 20–21&lt;br /&gt;
|Notes=Typed copy in [[Klin]] (Russia): {{RUS-KLč}}&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
==Text and Translation==&lt;br /&gt;
Based on a typed copy in the [[Klin]] House-Museum Archive, which may contain differences in formatting and content from Tchaikovsky&amp;#039;s original letter.&lt;br /&gt;
{{Lettertext&lt;br /&gt;
|Language=Russian&lt;br /&gt;
|Translator=Brett Langston&lt;br /&gt;
|Original text={{right|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Одесса&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;15 янв[аря]}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{centre|Голубчик Володя!}}&lt;br /&gt;
Горячее спасибо за письмо твоё. Твоя мысль быть когда-нибудь моим спутником очень улыбается мне: от души желаю, чтобы она осуществилась. Голубчик, скажи &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Папе&amp;#039;&amp;#039; следующее. Он желал, чтобы в Москве на концертах Дирекции театров я дирижировал сюитой из «&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Щелкунчика&amp;#039;&amp;#039;». Но эту сюиту будут играть и в Музыкальном обществе, и у Шостаковского, и воспрепятствовать этому я не могу. Не лучше ли, если я сыграю не сюиту, а просто целое &amp;#039;&amp;#039;первое действие «Щелкунчика»&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, хотя бы и с выпуском нескольких нумеров? А то все &amp;#039;&amp;#039;сюита&amp;#039;&amp;#039; да &amp;#039;&amp;#039;сюита&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Мне-то легче дирижировать сюитой, но интереса будет больше, если что-нибудь другое, Москве неизвестное. Но в таком случае нужно будет ноты привезти из Петербурга. Предоставляю это на его волю.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Моя &amp;#039;&amp;#039;тоска&amp;#039;&amp;#039; прошла, но тем не менее я жду не дождусь, когда кончится это путешествие. Здесь меня всячески честят, — но до того раздирают на клочки, что я устаю до умопомрачения. Оркестр ничего себе. Были две репетиции, завтра третья и первый концерт; через неделю второй, а там я вольный казак. Поручение твоё исполнил, но так не особенно много было денег, то я купил тебе прибор несколько менее дорогой, чем у Сани. Конечно, это будет дар старого твоего друга и о взимании с тебя денег прошу и речи не заводить. Всем нашим передавай мои поклоны, а твоим родителям и сестрам (а также Котьке) тысячу нежностей. Обнимаю тебя, голубчик.&lt;br /&gt;
{{right|Твой [П. Чайковский]}}&lt;br /&gt;
Прости, что скверно написано, — очень устал.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|Translated text={{right|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Odessa]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;15 January}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{centre|Golubchik [[Vladimir Nápravník|Volodya]]!}}&lt;br /&gt;
Warmest thanks for your letter &amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;note1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;. Your idea that one day you might be my travelling companion made me smile a great deal &amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;note2&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;: I sincerely wish that this could happen. Golubchik, tell your [[Eduard Nápravník|Papa]] the following. He wanted me to conduct the [[The Nutcracker (suite)|suite]] from &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Nutcracker]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; at a concert for the Theatre Directorate in [[Moscow]]. But this suite is to be played in the Musical Society, by Shostakovsky &amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;note3&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;, and there&amp;#039;s nothing I can do to prevent this. Would it not be better if, instead of the [[The Nutcracker (suite)|suite]], I played the whole &amp;#039;&amp;#039;first act of &amp;quot;[[The Nutcracker]]&amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, albeit with the omission of some numbers? It&amp;#039;s one &amp;#039;&amp;#039;suite&amp;#039;&amp;#039; for another &amp;#039;&amp;#039;suite&amp;#039;&amp;#039; all the same. For myself it&amp;#039;s easier to conduct the [[The Nutcracker (suite)|suite]], but if anything, there will be more interest in something that&amp;#039;s unknown in [[Moscow]]. But in that event I shall have to fetch the music from [[Petersburg]]. I leave it up to him &amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;note4&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
My &amp;#039;&amp;#039;melancholy&amp;#039;&amp;#039; has passed, but nevertheless I still cannot wait for this journey to end. Here I&amp;#039;m lauded in every possible way, but between being torn to shreds, I&amp;#039;m exhausted to the point of madness. The orchestra itself is passable. There have been two rehearsals, a third tomorrow before the first concert; the second is a week later, and then I&amp;#039;m a free Cossack &amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;note5&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;. Your order has been fulfilled, but without all that much money I bought you something that was rather less expensive than [[Sanya]]&amp;#039;s. Of course this is a gift from your old friend, and the question of your paying for it does not arise. Convey my respects to everyone, and a thousand tender greetings to your parents and sisters (and Kotka too). I embrace you, golubchik.&lt;br /&gt;
{{right|Yours [P. Tchaikovsky]}}&lt;br /&gt;
Forgive me for the scrappy writing — I&amp;#039;m very tired.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
==Notes and Translation==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;references&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;note1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This letter from [[Vladimir Nápravník]] to the composer has not been preserved.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;note2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;In his previous [[Letter 4842]] to [[Vladimir Nápravník]], 4/16 January 1893, the composer had expressed his dislike of travelling alone.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;note3&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Pyotr Adamovich Shostakovsky (1857-1919), pianist, teacher and conductor.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;note4&amp;quot;&amp;gt;On 7/19 March 1893 Tchaikovsky conducted his [[The Nutcracker|suite]] from &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Nutcracker]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; ballet at the first symphony concert organised by the Directorate of the Imperial Theatres.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;note5&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Tchaikovsky actually had five concerts in [[Odessa]]: the first was on 16/28 January, and the rest were on consecutive days from 21 January/2 February to 24 January/5 February 1893.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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