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|Date= | |Date=15/27 December 1876 | ||
|To=[[ | |To=[[Eduard Nápravník]] | ||
|Place=[[Moscow]] | |Place=[[Moscow]] | ||
|Language=Russian | |Language=Russian | ||
|Autograph=[[ | |Autograph=[[Saint Petersburg]] (Russia): {{RUS-SPtm}} (Гик. 17195/11) | ||
|Publication={{bibx|1924/2|Чайковский. Воспоминания и письма}} (1924), p. 118–119<br/>{{bib|1959/20|Е. Ф. Направник. Автобиографические, творческие материалы, документы, письма}} (1959), p. 102 <br/>{{bib|1961/38|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том VI}} (1961), p. 94 | |||
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==Text and Translation== | ==Text and Translation== | ||
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|Translator=Brett Langston | |Translator=Brett Langston | ||
|Original text={{centre| | |Original text={{right|''Москва''<br/>15 декабря}} | ||
{{centre|Многоуважаемый Эдуард Францевич!}} | |||
Сейчас я получил письмо от Краснокутского, который пишет, что Вы хотите посмотреть ''Сербский марш''. Потрудитесь приказать доставить его Вам из Консерватории, куда он дня два тому назад послан. Между прочим, считаю не из лишним сказать Вам, что в этом ''Марше'', кроме двух труб, ''два пистона'' B и, кроме двух больших флейт, два ''пикколо''. | |||
|Translated text={{centre|[[ | Крепко жму Вашу руку. | ||
{{right|Ваш П. Чайковский}} | |||
{{right|Yours | |||
|Translated text={{right|''[[Moscow]]''<br/>15 December}} | |||
{{centre|Most respected [[Eduard Nápravník|Eduard Frantsevich]]!}} | |||
I have just received a letter from Krasnokutsky <ref name="note1"/>, who writes that you want to look over the ''[[Serbian March]]''. Could you take the trouble to order it from the Conservatory, where it was sent two days ago? By the way, I think it would be remiss of me not to inform you that this ''March'', besides two trumpets, requires ''two cornets'' in B-flat and, besides two large flutes, two ''piccolos'' <ref name="note2"/>. | |||
I shake your hand firmly. | |||
{{right|Yours P. Tchaikovsky}} | |||
}} | }} | ||
==Notes and References== | ==Notes and References== | ||
<references> | <references> | ||
<ref name="note1"> | <ref name="note1">Pyotr Artsemyevich Krasnokutsky (1849-1900), violinist, concertmaster of the [[Saint Petersburg]] Theatres opera orchestra, and professor at the [[Saint Petersburg]] Conservatory from 1873 to 1900. His letter to Tchaikovsky has not survived.</ref> | ||
<ref name="note2">The [[Slavonic March]] — referred to here by Tchaikovsky as the "Serbian March" — was conducted by [[Eduard Nápravník]] at a charity concert at the Mariinsky Theatre in [[Saint Petersburg]] on 26 December 1876/7 January 1877.</ref> | |||
</references> | </references> | ||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Letter | {{DEFAULTSORT:Letter 0521}} |
Latest revision as of 12:28, 28 March 2024
Date | 15/27 December 1876 |
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Addressed to | Eduard Nápravník |
Where written | Moscow |
Language | Russian |
Autograph Location | Saint Petersburg (Russia): Saint Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music (Гик. 17195/11) |
Publication | Чайковский. Воспоминания и письма (1924), p. 118–119 Переписка Е. Ф. Направника с П. И. Чайковским (1959), p. 102 П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том VI (1961), p. 94 |
Text and Translation
Russian text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
Москва 15 декабря Многоуважаемый Эдуард Францевич!
Сейчас я получил письмо от Краснокутского, который пишет, что Вы хотите посмотреть Сербский марш. Потрудитесь приказать доставить его Вам из Консерватории, куда он дня два тому назад послан. Между прочим, считаю не из лишним сказать Вам, что в этом Марше, кроме двух труб, два пистона B и, кроме двух больших флейт, два пикколо. Крепко жму Вашу руку. Ваш П. Чайковский |
Moscow 15 December Most respected Eduard Frantsevich!
I have just received a letter from Krasnokutsky [1], who writes that you want to look over the Serbian March. Could you take the trouble to order it from the Conservatory, where it was sent two days ago? By the way, I think it would be remiss of me not to inform you that this March, besides two trumpets, requires two cornets in B-flat and, besides two large flutes, two piccolos [2]. I shake your hand firmly. Yours P. Tchaikovsky |
Notes and References
- ↑ Pyotr Artsemyevich Krasnokutsky (1849-1900), violinist, concertmaster of the Saint Petersburg Theatres opera orchestra, and professor at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory from 1873 to 1900. His letter to Tchaikovsky has not survived.
- ↑ The Slavonic March — referred to here by Tchaikovsky as the "Serbian March" — was conducted by Eduard Nápravník at a charity concert at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg on 26 December 1876/7 January 1877.