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|Date=19 June/1 July 1893<br />
|To=[[Konstantin Koninsky]]<br />
|Place=[[Grankino]]<br />
|Language=Russian<br />
|Autograph=[[Moscow]] (Russia): {{RUS-Mt}}<br />
|Publication={{bibx|1899/27|Русская музыкальная газета}} (1899), No. 1, p. 15–16 (facsimile of music only)<br/>{{bib|1981/80|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XVII}} (1981), p. 117<br />
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==Text and Translation==<br />
{{Lettertext<br />
|Language=Russian<br />
|Translator=Brett Langston<br />
|Original text={{right|''19 июня [18]93 г.''<br/>''Полт[авской] губ[ериии]'',<br/>''Константиногр[адского] уезда''<br/>''почт[овая] ст[анция] Ново-Николаевка''}} <br />
{{centre|Многоуважаемый Константин Мартынович!}}<br />
Я только что вернулся из поездки за границу; этим объясняется, что так поздно отвечаю на письмо Ваше. Так как писем набралось множество, то могу ответить Вам сегодня лишь вкратце.<br />
<br />
Как сборник ''русских песен'' могу Вам рекомендовать сборники ''Прокунина'' и ''Римского-Корсакова''. Направо найдёте ответ на Ваше желание.<br />
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Очень благодарен Вам за добрые чувства.<br />
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Искренно преданный,<br />
{{right|П. Чайковский}}<br />
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|Translated text={{right|''19 June 1893''<br/>''Poltava province''<br/>''Konstantinograd district''<br/>''Novo-Nikolayevka post office''}} <br />
{{centre|Most respected [[Konstantin Koninsky|Konstantin Martynovich!]]}}<br />
I have only just returned from a journey abroad; this is the reason why I am so late in answering your letter <ref name="note1"/>. Since I have a heap of letters accumulating, I can only answer you briefly today.<br />
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As for collections of ''Russian songs'', might I recommend to you the collections by ''[[Prokunin]]'' <ref name="note2"/> and ''[[Rimsky-Korsakov]]''. You will find the response to your request overleaf.<br />
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I am most grateful to you for your kind sentiments.<br />
<br />
Sincerely devoted,<br />
{{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}<br />
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}}<br />
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==Notes and References==<br />
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<ref name="note1">Letter from [[Konstantin Koninsky]] to Tchaikovsky, 1/13 July 1893. "It would be very good of you to agree harmonize this melody...", [[Koninsky]] wrote. "I attempted it, but was truly lacking in 'divine inspiration'. I would have liked to have made such that the theme is repeated in the bass while the soprano line stands out on its own, but failed because I lack the talent and know-how, so is it possible for me to make this single request of you to help with my chorus?".</ref><br />
<ref name="note2">[[Vasily Prokunin]]'s collection of [[65 Russian Folksongs (Prokunin)|65 Russian Folksongs]] was published under Tchaikovsky's editorship in 1872 and 1873.</ref><br />
</references></div>Brett