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{{letterhead
{{letterhead
|Date=1/13 October 1889
|Date=27 October/8 November 1891
|To=[[Modest Tchaikovsky]]
|To=[[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]]
|Place=[[Moscow]]
|Place=[[Moscow]]
|Language=Russian
|Language=Russian
|Autograph=[[Klin]] (Russia): {{RUS-KLč}} (a{{sup|3}}, No. 1916)
|Autograph=[[Klin]] (Russia): {{RUS-KLč}} (a{{sup|3}}, No. 1432)
|Publication={{bib|1976/64|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XV–А}} (1976), p. 189
|Publication={{bib|1902/25|Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского ; том 3}} (1902), p. 509–510 (dated "31 October" {{OS}}) (abridged)<br/>{{bib|1955/37|П. И. Чайковский. Письма к близким}} (1955), p. 503<br/>{{bib|1978/54|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XVI–А}} (1976), p. 253<br/>{{bib|1981/81|Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Letters to his family. An autobiography}} (1981), p. 503 (English translation)
}}
}}
==Text and Translation==
==Text and Translation==
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|Language=Russian
|Language=Russian
|Translator=Brett Langston
|Translator=Brett Langston
|Original text={{right|''1 октября''<br/>''Пречистенка, Троицкий пер[еулок] № 6''}}
|Original text={{right|''Москва''<br/>27 окт[ября]}}
{{centre|Милый Модя!}}
Милый Толя! Очень трудно мне писать письма. Происходит обычная при постановках оперы суета, от которой голова кругом ходит. Репетиции идут хорошо. Лизу поёт ''Сионицкая'' (по-моему, лучше Медеи); Герман — ''Медведев'' будет, конечно, похуже Фигнера. Остальное все на том же уровне. Постановка беднее, — но недурна.
Посылаю 300 р[ублей] сер[ебром]. Из них 100 — Наре, 100 — на шинель Боба, 100 — тебе.


Вчера был Танеевский обед в «Эрмитаже».
Концерт мой в Петербурге состоится не 23 ноября, а 14 декабря. Поэтому я изменила свои прожекты. 7-го ноября я еду в Петербург, а 9 или 10-го приеду к вам дня на 3, чтобы повидаться, — уж очень хочется повидаться с вами. Ради Бога, устрой мне {{und2|проклятый инкогнито}}, по крайней мере насколько это ввиду приличия возможно. Затем поеду в деревню работать недели на 3, а потом опять увидимся.


Квартирка моя прелестна, но немножко слишком мала. Феклуша едва двигается, очень похудела ещё. Печально смотреть на неё.
Крепко обнимаю, не пишу больше, ибо бегу на репетицию.
{{right|П. Чайковский}}


Писать некогда! Целую.
|Translated text={{right|''[[Moscow]]''<br/>27 October}}
{{right|Твой, П. Чайковский}}
Dear [[Tolya]]! It's very hard for me to write letters. There's all the usual fuss that goes with the staging of an opera, from which my head is spinning. Rehearsals are going well <ref name="note1"/>. ''Sionitskaya'' <ref name="note2"/> is singing Liza (in my opinion, better than Medea <ref name="note3"/>); ''Medvedev'' <ref name="note4"/> is Herman, certainly worse than [[Figner]]. The rest are of a similar standard. The staging is poorer, but not too bad.


|Translated text={{right|''1 October''<br/>''Prechistenka, Troitsky Lane No. 6''}}
My concert in [[Petersburg]] will take place on 14 December, rather than 23 November. Consequently I've altered my plans. On 7th November I'm going to [[Petersburg]], and on 9th or 20th I'll come to you for 3 days in order to see you—I very much want to see you. For God's sake, make sure I'm {{und2|damned well incognito}}, at least so far as as respectably possible. Then I'll return to the country to work for 3 weeks, and then we'll see each other again.
{{centre|Dear [[Modya]]!}}
I'm sending 300 silver rubles, of which 100 are for Nara <ref name="note1"/>, 100 for [[Bob]]'s overcoat, and 100 for you.


The [[Taneyev]] dinner at the "Hermitage" was yesterday <ref name="note2"/>
I hug you tightly. I'm not writing any more because I'm rushing to a rehearsal.
 
{{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}
My apartment is lovely, but somewhat too small. Feklusha <ref name="note3"/> hardly moves, yet she's losing weight. She's a pitiful sight.
 
No more time to write! I kiss you.
{{right|Yours, P. Tchaikovsky}}
}}
}}
==Notes and References==
==Notes and References==
<references>
<references>
<ref name="note1">Apollinaire Skvortsova, the grandmother of [[Modest]]'s ward [[Nikolay Konradi]].</ref>
<ref name="note1">Tchaikovsky was attending rehearsals for a new production of ''[[The Queen of Spades]]'' at the Bolshoi Theatre in [[Moscow]].</ref>
<ref name="note2">[[Sergey Taneyev]]'s brother Vladimir was the organiser of a monthly dinner attended by notable scientists and figures from the arts. Tchaikovsky missed this particular occasion, as he arrived in [[Moscow]] too late.</ref>  
<ref name="note2">Mariya Adrianovna Deysha-Sionitskaya (1859-1932), soprano at the Mariinsky Theatre in [[Saint Petersburg]] from 1883 to 1891, and at the [[Moscow]] Bolshoi Theatre from 1891 to 1908.</ref>
<ref name="note3">The wife of Tchaikovsky's manservant [[Aleksey Sofronov]].</ref>
<ref name="note3">Medea Ivanovna Figner (b. Mey, 1859-1952), soprano with the Imperial Theatres in [[Saint Petersburg]] from 1887 to 1912, who had premiered the role of Liza in ''[[The Queen of Spades]]''.</ref>
<ref name="note4">Mikhail Yefimovich Figner (b. Bernstein, 1852-1925), tenor serving with various opera companies throughout Russia.</ref>
</references>
</references>

Revision as of 12:27, 7 April 2020

Date 27 October/8 November 1891
Addressed to Anatoly Tchaikovsky
Where written Moscow
Language Russian
Autograph Location Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 1432)
Publication Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского, том 3 (1902), p. 509–510 (dated "31 October" [O.S.]) (abridged)
П. И. Чайковский. Письма к близким. Избранное (1955), p. 503
П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XVI-А (1976), p. 253
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Letters to his family. An autobiography (1981), p. 503 (English translation)

Text and Translation

Russian text
(original) 		English translation
By Brett Langston
Москва
27 окт[ября]

Милый Толя! Очень трудно мне писать письма. Происходит обычная при постановках оперы суета, от которой голова кругом ходит. Репетиции идут хорошо. Лизу поёт Сионицкая (по-моему, лучше Медеи); Герман — Медведев будет, конечно, похуже Фигнера. Остальное все на том же уровне. Постановка беднее, — но недурна.

Концерт мой в Петербурге состоится не 23 ноября, а 14 декабря. Поэтому я изменила свои прожекты. 7-го ноября я еду в Петербург, а 9 или 10-го приеду к вам дня на 3, чтобы повидаться, — уж очень хочется повидаться с вами. Ради Бога, устрой мне проклятый инкогнито, по крайней мере насколько это ввиду приличия возможно. Затем поеду в деревню работать недели на 3, а потом опять увидимся.

Крепко обнимаю, не пишу больше, ибо бегу на репетицию.

П. Чайковский
Moscow
27 October

Dear Tolya! It's very hard for me to write letters. There's all the usual fuss that goes with the staging of an opera, from which my head is spinning. Rehearsals are going well [1]. Sionitskaya [2] is singing Liza (in my opinion, better than Medea [3]); Medvedev [4] is Herman, certainly worse than Figner. The rest are of a similar standard. The staging is poorer, but not too bad.

My concert in Petersburg will take place on 14 December, rather than 23 November. Consequently I've altered my plans. On 7th November I'm going to Petersburg, and on 9th or 20th I'll come to you for 3 days in order to see you—I very much want to see you. For God's sake, make sure I'm damned well incognito, at least so far as as respectably possible. Then I'll return to the country to work for 3 weeks, and then we'll see each other again.

I hug you tightly. I'm not writing any more because I'm rushing to a rehearsal.

P. Tchaikovsky

Notes and References

  1. ↑ Tchaikovsky was attending rehearsals for a new production of The Queen of Spades at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
  2. ↑ Mariya Adrianovna Deysha-Sionitskaya (1859-1932), soprano at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg from 1883 to 1891, and at the Moscow Bolshoi Theatre from 1891 to 1908.
  3. ↑ Medea Ivanovna Figner (b. Mey, 1859-1952), soprano with the Imperial Theatres in Saint Petersburg from 1887 to 1912, who had premiered the role of Liza in The Queen of Spades.
  4. ↑ Mikhail Yefimovich Figner (b. Bernstein, 1852-1925), tenor serving with various opera companies throughout Russia.
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