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Date | 15/27 July 1892 |
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Addressed to | Pyotr Jurgenson |
Where written | Klin |
Language | Russian |
Autograph Location | Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 2814) |
Publication | П. И. Чайковский. Переписка с П. И. Юргенсоном, том 2 (1952), p. 249 П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XVI-Б (1979), p. 131 |
Text and Translation
Russian text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
15 июля Посылаю тебе лангеровское переложение. Ей-Богу, я не виноват, что мне не показали эту пакость в рукописи, — тогда бы не пришлось гравёрам вдвойне работать. Честное слово, я просил не гравировать, пока я не просмотрю. Ну, делать нечего; если ты рассердишься на множество моих поправок, то в утешение узнай, что 40000 Юргенсонов так не будут сердиться на меня, как я на Лангера. Ей-Богу же, подлец! Ну, положим, что я в отношении переложения придирчив, но корректура какова? «Исправить немногие ошибки и печатать!» А ошибок, как блох на собаке! Ах, чтоб ему поперхнуться!!! Получил сейчас начало рукописи балета. П. Ч. |
15 July I'm sending you Langer's arrangement [1]. My God, it's not my fault that I didn't see this rubbish in manuscript — then the engravers wouldn't have to do the job twice [2]. On my word of honour, I asked that it should not be engraved until I'd looked over it. Well, there's nothing to be done; if you are upset that I've made so many corrections, then it's some consolation to know that 40,000 Jurgensons could be no less angry with me than I am with Langer. My God, what a scoundrel he is! Well, let's suppose that I'm fussy when it comes to arrangements, but what is the proofreading for? "To correct a few printing errors!". But errors like a dog has fleas! Ha, let him choke on them!!! I've now received the opening of the full score of the ballet [3]. P. T. |
Notes and References
- ↑ Eduard Langer's solo piano arrangement of the opera Iolanta.
- ↑ Tchaikovsky did not see Langer's original manuscript of the arrangement, only the printed proofs which were riddled with errors.
- ↑ The manuscript full score of The Nutcracker, which Tchaikovsky had been imploring Jurgenson to send as a matter of urgency.