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Date | 28 April/10 May 1887 |
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Addressed to | Bogomir Korsov |
Where written | Maydanovo |
Language | French |
Autograph Location | Moscow (Russia): Russian National Museum of Music (Ф. 88, No. 184) |
Publication | Советская музыка (1959), No. 1, p. 76 ("26 April" [O.S.]) (Russian translation) П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XIV (1974), p. 102–103 |
Text and Translation
French text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
28 Avril Cher ami!
Jе viens d'expédier la lettre au Ministre. Malheureusement, je crois qu'on exagère l'influence qu'un mot de moi peut avoir sur ce potentat. Il n'a été que correct vis à vis de moi; pas l'ombre de simpathie ou de considération quelque peu prononcée. Enfin, nous verrons! Que le diable emporte ce Maikow et toute sa boutique, Kaschperoff en tête! А Vous de cœur, Р. Тchaïkovsky |
28 April Dear friend!
I have just sent the letter to the Minister [1]. Unfortunately, I think you over-estimate the influence that a word from me can have on this potentate. He was merely polite to me; not a shadow of sympathy or of any particular consideration. We shall see eventually! To hell with Maykov [2] and all his cronies, with Kashperov [3] at the head! Affectionately yours, P. Tchaikovsky |
Notes and References
- ↑ See Letter 3244 to Illarion Vorontsov-Dashkov, 28 April/10 May 1887.
- ↑ Apollon Aleksandrovich Maykov (1826-1902), who had been appointed director of the Imperial Theatres in Moscow in 1886.
- ↑ Vladimir Nikitich Kashperov (1826-1894), Russian composer and vocal tutor.