Letter 975 - Revision history

Tony: "to" to "for" for ease of reading

2024-06-21T11:22:07Z

"to" to "for" for ease of reading

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	\|Translated text={{right\|''Thursday'' morning}}		\|Translated text={{right\|''Thursday'' morning}}
	Please, dear friend, do nщt worry about my work with [[Władysław Pachulski\|Pachulski]]. He is so much the musician that it is not at all tiresome to me to converse with him. Next time I shall request that he do some improvising <ref name="note1"/>, but I sense already that he will feel too inhibited in my presence to do any, and in that respect I do not know him as well as you do. It is necessary to know someone fully and extremely well to avoid feeling too inhibited when improvising. I am still undecided as to my future plans, but it is hardly likely I shall go to Russia for the holidays. In my next letter I shall explain why. I rather fancy paying a visit just now to [[Naples]], though not for long, and, maybe, shortly after you have gone I shall have made my mind up to undertake an excursion there. However I shall write to you about that another time. But as for now, things are so good for me here that I have no wish to dwell on the thought of departing.		Please, dear friend, do nщt worry about my work with [[Władysław Pachulski\|Pachulski]]. He is so much the musician that it is not at all tiresome for me to converse with him. Next time I shall request that he do some improvising <ref name="note1"/>, but I sense already that he will feel too inhibited in my presence to do any, and in that respect I do not know him as well as you do. It is necessary to know someone fully and extremely well to avoid feeling too inhibited when improvising. I am still undecided as to my future plans, but it is hardly likely I shall go to Russia for the holidays. In my next letter I shall explain why. I rather fancy paying a visit just now to [[Naples]], though not for long, and, maybe, shortly after you have gone I shall have made my mind up to undertake an excursion there. However, I shall write to you about that another time. But as for now, things are so good for me here that I have no wish to dwell on the thought of departing.

	Thank you for the ticket <ref name="note2"/>. I will certainly use it.		Thank you for the ticket <ref name="note2"/>. I will certainly use it.

	They are feeding me excellently. In general I am very satisfied with being waited upon by Signor ''Ettore'' <ref name="note3"/>. He is very nice and attentive. Thank you again for the letter and the ticket.		They are feeding me excellently. In general, I am very satisfied with being waited upon by Signor ''Ettore'' <ref name="note3"/>. He is very nice and attentive. Thank you again for the letter and the ticket.

	I am returning the books and newspapers to you tomorrow. Keep well, my dear. How it distresses me that you receive such sombre news from Russia <ref name="note4"/>!		I am returning the books and newspapers to you tomorrow. Keep well, my dear. How it distresses me that you receive such sombre news from Russia <ref name="note4"/>!

Brett: Text replacement - "Moscow Gazette" to "Moscow Register"

2024-05-27T09:29:21Z

Text replacement - "Moscow Gazette" to "Moscow Register"

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	<ref name="note2">Tchaikovsky's ticket from [[Nadezhda von Meck]] admitted him to the highly revered opera house, the Teatro della Pergola (see [[Letter 988]] of 28 November/10 December 1878, for his account to her of the performances he experienced there).</ref>		<ref name="note2">Tchaikovsky's ticket from [[Nadezhda von Meck]] admitted him to the highly revered opera house, the Teatro della Pergola (see [[Letter 988]] of 28 November/10 December 1878, for his account to her of the performances he experienced there).</ref>
	<ref name="note3">The Italian name "Ettore" is equivalent to "Hector", which Tchaikovsky renders in the traditional Russian way with a "g": "Gektor" (the Russians have no exact equivalent to our letter "h", hence they would also refer to "Gamlet" as the title of Shakespeare's play or, indeed, Tchaikovsky's [[Hamlet (overture-fantasia)\|overture-fantasia]] on that subject).</ref>		<ref name="note3">The Italian name "Ettore" is equivalent to "Hector", which Tchaikovsky renders in the traditional Russian way with a "g": "Gektor" (the Russians have no exact equivalent to our letter "h", hence they would also refer to "Gamlet" as the title of Shakespeare's play or, indeed, Tchaikovsky's [[Hamlet (overture-fantasia)\|overture-fantasia]] on that subject).</ref>
	<ref name="note4">[[Nadezhda von Meck]] had been upset "to the depths of my heart" by reading the details of a murder trial in the ''Moscow ~~Gazette~~'', particularly as she felt the acquittal of the defendant was wrong (see p. 490 in her letter cited in note 1, above).</ref>		<ref name="note4">[[Nadezhda von Meck]] had been upset "to the depths of my heart" by reading the details of a murder trial in the ''Moscow Register'', particularly as she felt the acquittal of the defendant was wrong (see p. 490 in her letter cited in note 1, above).</ref>
	</references>		</references>
	{{DEFAULTSORT:Letter 0975}}		{{DEFAULTSORT:Letter 0975}}

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Brett at 21:51, 16 January 2020

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{{letterhead
|Date=23 November/5 December 1878
|To=[[Nadezhda von Meck]]
|Place=[[Florence]]
|Language=Russian
|Autograph=[[Klin]] (Russia): {{RUS-KLč}} (a{{sup|3}}, No. 2894)
|Publication={{bib|1934/36|П. И. Чайковский. Переписка с Н. Ф. фон-Мекк ; том 1}} (1934), p. 490–491<br/>{{bib|1962/102|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том VII}} (1962), p. 470–471
}}
==Text and Translation==
{{Lettertext
|Language=Russian
|Translator=Henry Zajaczkowski
|Original text={{right|''Четверг'' утром}}
Пожалуйста, дорогой друг, не беспокойтесь насчёт моих занятий с Пахульским. Он настолько музыкант, что мне вовсе не утомительно с ним беседовать. В следующий раз я попрошу его пофантазировать, но заранее чувствую, что он будет при мне стесняться, и с этой стороны я не узнаю его так хорошо, как Вы. Нужно очень большое и интимное знакомство для того, чтобы не стесняться при фантазировании. Я ещё ничего не знаю относительно своих предположений на будущее, но вряд ли на праздники поеду в Россию. В следующем письме объясню почему. Мне очень хочется побывать в этот раз в Неаполе, хотя не надолго, и, может быть, вскоре после Вашего отъезда я бы решился предпринять туда поездку. Впрочем, об этом напишу Вам в другой раз. А пока мне здесь так хорошо, что и не хочется думать об отъезде.

Благодарю за билет. Непременно воспользуюсь им.

Кормят меня отлично. Вообще я очень доволен прислуживающим мне синьором ''Гектором''. Он очень мил и предупредителен. Благодарю ещё раз за письмо и билет.

Книги и газеты я возвращу Вам завтра. Будьте здоровы, дорогая моя. Как меня огорчает, что Вы получаете невесёлые известия из России!
{{right|П. Ч.}}
Папирос у меня покамест вполне достаточно.

|Translated text={{right|''Thursday'' morning}}
Please, dear friend, do nщt worry about my work with [[Władysław Pachulski|Pachulski]]. He is so much the musician that it is not at all tiresome to me to converse with him. Next time I shall request that he do some improvising <ref name="note1"/>, but I sense already that he will feel too inhibited in my presence to do any, and in that respect I do not know him as well as you do. It is necessary to know someone fully and extremely well to avoid feeling too inhibited when improvising. I am still undecided as to my future plans, but it is hardly likely I shall go to Russia for the holidays. In my next letter I shall explain why. I rather fancy paying a visit just now to [[Naples]], though not for long, and, maybe, shortly after you have gone I shall have made my mind up to undertake an excursion there. However I shall write to you about that another time. But as for now, things are so good for me here that I have no wish to dwell on the thought of departing.

Thank you for the ticket <ref name="note2"/>. I will certainly use it.

They are feeding me excellently. In general I am very satisfied with being waited upon by Signor ''Ettore'' <ref name="note3"/>. He is very nice and attentive. Thank you again for the letter and the ticket.

I am returning the books and newspapers to you tomorrow. Keep well, my dear. How it distresses me that you receive such sombre news from Russia <ref name="note4"/>!
{{right|P. T.}}
I have quite enough cigarettes for now.
}}
==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">Tchaikovsky is, therefore, about to add another strand to his composition-tutoring of his benefactress's employee. [[Nadezhda von Meck]] had specifically indicated she would be very glad if [[Władysław Pachulski|Pachulski]] "would venture to play for you his improvisations on the piano", as she felt these showed much creativity (see her letter of 23 November/5 December 1878, printed in {{bib|1934/36}} (1934), p. 487).</ref>
<ref name="note2">Tchaikovsky's ticket from [[Nadezhda von Meck]] admitted him to the highly revered opera house, the Teatro della Pergola (see [[Letter 988]] of 28 November/10 December 1878, for his account to her of the performances he experienced there).</ref>
<ref name="note3">The Italian name "Ettore" is equivalent to "Hector", which Tchaikovsky renders in the traditional Russian way with a "g": "Gektor" (the Russians have no exact equivalent to our letter "h", hence they would also refer to "Gamlet" as the title of Shakespeare's play or, indeed, Tchaikovsky's [[Hamlet (overture-fantasia)|overture-fantasia]] on that subject).</ref>
<ref name="note4">[[Nadezhda von Meck]] had been upset "to the depths of my heart" by reading the details of a murder trial in the ''Moscow Gazette'', particularly as she felt the acquittal of the defendant was wrong (see p. 490 in her letter cited in note 1, above).</ref>
</references>
{{DEFAULTSORT:Letter 0975}}