Letter 614 - Revision history

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	\|Autograph={{locunknown}}		\|Autograph={{locunknown}}
	\|Publication={{bibx\|1901/5\|Московские ведомости}} (28 March 1901)<br/>{{bibx\|1901/4\|Neue freie Presse}} (30 March 1901) (German translation)<br/>{{bib\|1961/38\|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том VI}} (1961), p. 183.		\|Publication={{bibx\|1901/5\|Московские ведомости}} (28 March 1901)<br/>{{bibx\|1901/4\|Neue freie Presse}} (30 March 1901) (German translation)<br/>{{bib\|1961/38\|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том VI}} (1961), p. 183
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	==Text and Translation==		==Text and Translation==
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	\|Translated text={{centre\|Beloved friend!}}		\|Translated text={{centre\|Beloved friend!}}
	I have not answered your letter <ref name="note1"/> for some time, since shortly after receiving it I became seriously ill. My nervous system was shocked to the extent that my brother, following doctors' advice, took me to Switzerland, where I had to spend some time in total solitude. Only now am I beginning to come to my senses, and I hasten to thank you and tell you that I am happy if you like my symphony, and proud of Mr Richter's opinion of it. Oh how joyful it would make me if my symphony were to be performed in [[Vienna]]!<ref name="note2"/>		I have not answered your letter <ref name="note1"/> for some time, since shortly after receiving it I became seriously ill. My nervous system was shocked to the extent that my brother, following doctors' advice, took me to Switzerland, where I had to spend some time in total solitude. Only now am I beginning to come to my senses, and I hasten to thank you and tell you that I am happy if you like my symphony, and proud of Mr Richter's opinion of it. Oh how joyful it would make me if my symphony were to be performed in [[Vienna]]! <ref name="note2"/>

	I am living in a delightful place, with Lake Geneva before my very eyes, framed by wonderful mountains. Nevertheless, I am extremely sad and have lost my appetite for life. I fear that my condition may endure for a long while, and I shall be unable to work.		I am living in a delightful place, with Lake Geneva before my very eyes, framed by wonderful mountains. Nevertheless, I am extremely sad and have lost my appetite for life. I fear that my condition may endure for a long while, and I shall be unable to work.

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{{letterhead
|Date=between 10/22 and 16/28 October 1877
|To=[[Anton Door]]
|Place=[[Clarens]]
|Language=Russian
|Autograph={{locunknown}}
|Publication={{bibx|1901/5|Московские ведомости}} (28 March 1901)<br/>{{bibx|1901/4|Neue freie Presse}} (30 March 1901) (German translation)<br/>{{bib|1961/38|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том VI}} (1961), p. 183.
}}
==Text and Translation==
Based on the 1901 publication of the letter in the ''Moscow Register'', which may contain differences in formatting and content from Tchaikovsky's original letter.
{{Lettertext
|Language=Russian
|Translator=Brett Langston
|Original text={{centre|Любезный друг!}}
Я долго не отвечал на Ваше письмо, так как вскоре после получения его сериозно заболел. Нервная система моя до того была потрясена, что брат мой, по совету врачей, увез меня в Швейцарию, где я должен некоторое время провести в полном уединении. Я только начинаю приходить в себя и спешу благодарить Вас и сказать Вам, что я счастлив, если моя симфония понравилась Вам, и горжусь мнением о ней г. Рихтера. О, какую радость испытал бы я, если бы моя симфония исполнялась в Вене!

Я живу в восхитительном месте, имею пред своими глазами Женевское озеро и обрамляющие его чудные горы. Тем не менее, я весьма печален и потерял вкус к жизни. Боюсь, что такое моё состояние долго продолжится, и мне нельзя будет работать.

Дружески жму Вашу руку.
{{right|П. Чайковский}}

|Translated text={{centre|Beloved friend!}}
I have not answered your letter <ref name="note1"/> for some time, since shortly after receiving it I became seriously ill. My nervous system was shocked to the extent that my brother, following doctors' advice, took me to Switzerland, where I had to spend some time in total solitude. Only now am I beginning to come to my senses, and I hasten to thank you and tell you that I am happy if you like my symphony, and proud of Mr Richter's opinion of it. Oh how joyful it would make me if my symphony were to be performed in [[Vienna]]!<ref name="note2"/>

I am living in a delightful place, with Lake Geneva before my very eyes, framed by wonderful mountains. Nevertheless, I am extremely sad and have lost my appetite for life. I fear that my condition may endure for a long while, and I shall be unable to work.

I shake your hand amiably.
{{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}
}}
==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">This letter from [[Anton Door]] has not survived.</ref>
<ref name="note2">Writing many years later about Tchaikovsky's [[Symphony No. 3]], [[Door]] recalled: "I was fascinated by it and ... hastened to introduce it to [Hans] Richter, who was as delighted as I was, and decided to perform it publicly. Unfortunately, this intention was not fulfilled, because after the rehearsal, the leaders of the [Vienna] Philharmonic Society were afraid that such a difficult work by an unknown composer would not be well received..." — see {{bib|1901/5}} (1901).</ref>
</references>
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