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|Date=6/18 August 1869 <br />
|To=[[Pavel Fyodorov]] <br />
|Place=[[Moscow]] <br />
|Language=Russian <br />
|Autograph=[[Saint Petersburg]] (Russia): {{RUS-SPia}} (ф. 497, оп. 2, д. 22000) <br />
|Publication={{bibx|1935/36|Гатобовец}} (25 March 1935)<br/>{{bib|1959/50|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том V}} (1959), p. 167<br />
}}<br />
==Text and Translation==<br />
{{Lettertext<br />
|Language=Russian<br />
|Translator=Brett Langston<br />
|Original text={{centre|Ваше превосходительства!<br/>Милостивый государь<br/>Павел Степанович!}}<br />
В апреле месяце текущего года я имел честь сообщить господину директору императорских театров, что мною в то время вчерне была окончена трёхактная опера «''Ундина''». Я просил его превосходительство почтить меня уведомлением о том, может ли эта опера быть поставлена в течение предстоящего сезона на сцене Мариинского театра, обещаясь в случае утвердительного ответа представить к 1-му октябрю 1869 г. партитуру. На письмо это Степан Александрович удостоил меня чрез посредства князя Назарова ответом, что он не может ни связывать себя какими-либо положительными обещаниями, ни приступать к постановке оперы, так как может случиться, что я почему-либо не окончу к назначенному сроку оркестровку, и тогда время, употреблённое на репетиции, было бы потрачено даром. Но если, писал мне князь Назаров, партитура будет мною доставлена в сентябре, то не далее, как в ноябре нынешнего года «Ундина» будет поставлена на сцену Мариинского театра.<br />
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Вследствие столь положительно формулированного условия принятия моей оперы к исполнению, я совсем возможным рвением тогда же приступил к её оркестровке, и в настоящее время мною окончена вся партитура.<br />
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Препровождая при сем к Вашему превосходительству партитуру и либретто оперы «Ундина», я имею честь покорнейше просить Вас, милостивый государь, оказать Ваше содействие к постановке означенной оперы, почтительнейше докладывая, что если присутствие моё в Петербурге при репетициях окажется нужно, я нахожусь в сем отношении в полнейшем распоряжении Вашего превосходительства.<br />
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С истинным почтением и таковою же преданностью имею честь быть Вашего превосходительства покорнейшим слугою,<br />
{{right|П. Чайковский}}<br />
Москва, 6 августа 1869 г[ода].<br />
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На ''Воздвиженке, в Консерватории'', дом бар[онессы] Черкасовой.<br />
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|Translated text={{centre|Your Excellency!<br/>Gracious Sir<br/>[[Pavel Fyodorov|Pavel Stepanovich]]!}}<br />
In the month of April of the present year I had the honour to inform Mr Director of the Imperial Theatres that I had then completed the draft of a three-act opera "''[[Undina]]''". I asked His Excellency to honour me with a decision whether this opera could be produced during the forthcoming season on the stage of the Mariinsky Theatre, and undertaking, in the event of an affirmative reply to present the full score by the 1st of October 1869. [[Stepan Gedeonov|Stepan Aleksandrovich]] conveyed his response to this letter through Prince Nazarov, that he could neither bind himself with any positive undertakings, nor initiate the staging of an opera, as it may happen that for some reason I did not finish the orchestration by the appointed date, and then the time appropriated for rehearsals would have been wasted. However, Prince Nazarov wrote to me that if I were to deliver the the full score in September, or by November of this year at the latest, then "[[Undina]]" would be produced on the stage of the Mariinsky Theatre.<br />
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As a consequence of such positively formulated terms for the acceptance of my opera for performance, I then proceeded to orchestrate it with all possible enthusiasm, and at the present time I have completed the whole score.<br />
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I am sending herewith to Your Excellency the full score and libretto of the opera "[[Undina]]", and I have the honour to humbly request you, gracious Sir, to offer your assistance in producing the said opera, and I most respectfully declare that if my presence is required in [[Petersburg]] during rehearsals, I find myself in this respect at the complete disposal of Your Excellency.<br />
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With sincere respect and the same devotion I have the honour to be Your Excellency's most humble servant,<br />
{{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}<br />
[[Moscow]], 6 August 1869.<br />
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On ''Vozdivenka, at the Conservatory'', house of Baroness Cherkasova.<br />
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