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| {{letterhead | | <includeonly>Театр и музыка</includeonly><noinclude> {{bibitem |id=1879/28 |Title=Театр и музыка |In=Современные известия [Moscow] |Edition=20 March 1879 {{OS}} |Imprint=1879 |Format=Article |Language=Russian |Notes=The first production of the opera [[Yevgeny Onegin]] on 17/29 March 1879 at the Moscow Conservatory. The article is signed "Инкогнито" ("Incognito") }} [[Category:Bibliography (1879)]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Bibliography (1879/028)}}</noinclude> |
| |Date=11/23 March 1887 | |
| |To=[[Mily Balakirev]] | |
| |Place=[[Saint Petersburg]] | |
| |Language=Russian | |
| |Autograph=[[Saint Petersburg]] (Russia): {{RUS-SPsc}} (ф. 834, ед. хр. 12, л. 37, 44)
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| |Publication={{bib|1912/19|Переписка М. А. Балакирева и П. И. Чайковского}} [1912], p. 97<br/>{{bibx|1962/71|Милий Алексеевич Балакирев. Воспоминания и письма}} (1962), p. 183<br/>{{bib|1974/53|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XIV}} (1974), p. 61 | |
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| ==Text and Translation==
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| |Language=Russian | |
| |Translator=Luis Sundkvist | |
| |Original text={{right|11 марта}}
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| {{centre|Дорогой Милий Алексеевич!}}
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| Я не в силах больше терпеть крайнее утомление и нервное расстройство, и сегодня решаюсь уехать в деревню. Очень сокрушаюсь, что не буду свидетелем Вашего торжества. Пожалуйста, голубчик, не сердитесь. Ей-Богу, сил больше нет...
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| {{right|Ваш П. Чайковский}}
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| |Translated text={{right|11 March}}
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| {{centre|Dear [[Mily Alekseyevich]]!}}
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| I am no longer physically capable of enduring this state of extreme exhaustion and frayed nerves, and today I intend to leave for the country <ref name="note1"/>. I am very sorry that I won't be a witness to your triumph <ref name="note2"/>. Please don't be angry, golubchik. My God, I have no more strength...
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| {{right|Yours, P. Tchaikovsky }}
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| ==Notes and References==
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| <ref name="note1">Tchaikovsky had been in [[Saint Petersburg]] since 23 February/7 March 1887 to prepare for the Philharmonic Society concert on 5/17 March at which he conducted a concert of his works, including the first performance in the imperial capital of his [[Suite No. 2]]. The rehearsals for this concert, as well as for his opera ''[[The Enchantress]]'' at the Mariinsky Theatre, had proven very taxing for Tchaikovsky, as he was effectively making his début as a conductor. On the day that the above brief letter was written he left for [[Maydanovo]].</ref>
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| <ref name="note2">On 12/24 March 1887 a concert conducted by [[Balakirev]] was held to mark the 25th anniversary of the foundation of the Free Music School, in which he had played such a decisive role.</ref>
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