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In October 1878, Ieronim Alferyev <ref name="note1"/> sent Tchaikovsky a libretto of the first act of a projected opera ([[ČW]] 457) <ref name="note2"/> on the subject of [[Nikolay Gogol]]'s historical epic '''''Taras Bulba''''' (Тарас Бульба). It is apparent from the accompanying letter that it was Tchaikovsky himself who had proposed the subject of the opera, and had asked Alferyev to be his librettist. The composer's reply has not survived, but ultimately the idea came to nothing <ref name="note3"/>.
|Date=8/20 September 1891
|To=[[Aleksandr Ziloti]]
|Place=[[Maydanovo]]
|Language=Russian
|Autograph=[[Klin]] (Russia): {{RUS-KLč}} (a{{sup|3}}, No. 3031)
|Publication={{bibx|1963/33|Александр Ильич Зилоти, 1863–1945. Воспоминания и письма}} (1963), p. 127–128<br/>{{bib|1978/54|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XVI–А}} (1976), p. 207
}}
==Text and Translation==
{{Lettertext
|Language=Russian
|Translator=Brett Langston
|Original text={{right|''8 сент[ября] [18]91''<br/>''Майданово''}}
{{centre|Милый друг Саша!}}
Посылаю тебе ответное письмо ''Петерссена''. Я буду всё-таки приставать, чтобы тебя пригласили. Когда примешь окончательное решение насчёт ''заграницы''—уведомь меня.


Крепко обнимаю.
{{right|Твой П. Чайковский}}
Целую ручку Веры.
|Translated text={{right|''8 September 1891''<br/>''[[Maydanovo]]''}}
{{centre|My dear [[Aleksandr Ziloti|Sasha]]!}}
I'm sending you ''[[Peterssen]]''{{'}}s letter of response <ref name="note1"/>. I'll still be pestering for you to be invited. Inform me when you've come to a final decision regarding ''abroad''.
I hug you warmly.
{{right|Yours P. Tchaikovsky}}
I kiss [[Vera Ziloti|Vera]]'s hands.
}}
==Notes and References==
==Notes and References==
<references>
<references>
<ref name="note1">This letter from [[Pavel Peterssen]] to Tchaikovsky (in reply to [[Letter 4464]], 2/14 September 1891) has not survived.</ref>
<ref name="note1">Ieronim Vasilyevich Alferyev (Alferov) (1849-1886), Russian writer, poet and journalist.</ref>
<ref name="note2">Not included in [[TH]].</ref>
<ref name="note3">See [[ČW]], p. 816. Alferyev's autograph libretto is preserved in the [[Klin]] House Museum Archive.</ref>
</references>
</references>
[[Category:Projected Works]]
[[Category:Operas]]

Latest revision as of 20:24, 4 March 2023

In October 1878, Ieronim Alferyev [1] sent Tchaikovsky a libretto of the first act of a projected opera (ČW 457) [2] on the subject of Nikolay Gogol's historical epic Taras Bulba (Тарас Бульба). It is apparent from the accompanying letter that it was Tchaikovsky himself who had proposed the subject of the opera, and had asked Alferyev to be his librettist. The composer's reply has not survived, but ultimately the idea came to nothing [3].

Notes and References

  1. Ieronim Vasilyevich Alferyev (Alferov) (1849-1886), Russian writer, poet and journalist.
  2. Not included in TH.
  3. See ČW, p. 816. Alferyev's autograph libretto is preserved in the Klin House Museum Archive.