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I don't know whether you would like to put me in another boarding-school or leave me in this one, because there is still one year left of the preparatory class but now it would be with a different tutor <ref name="note4"/>. | I don't know whether you would like to put me in another boarding-school or leave me in this one, because there is still one year left of the preparatory class but now it would be with a different tutor <ref name="note4"/>. | ||
I am awaiting you impatiently so that you can take care of me, and secondly, there wishes to smother you with kisses | I am awaiting you impatiently so that you can take care of me, and secondly, there wishes to smother you with kisses. | ||
{{right|Popka <ref name="note5"/>}} | {{right|Popka <ref name="note5"/>}} | ||
That is what [[Mama]] used to call me. | That is what [[Mama]] used to call me. | ||
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==Notes and References== | ==Notes and References== | ||
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<ref name="note1">[[Ilya Tchaikovsky]] had already promised his two sons, Pyotr and [[Nikolay]], who were at boarding-schools in [[Saint Petersburg]], that he would visit them earlier that year, in February, but he had failed to keep that promise. In September, [[Ilya]] was able to make the long journey from [[Alapayevsk]] and he spent three weeks in the | <ref name="note1">[[Ilya Tchaikovsky]] had already promised his two sons, Pyotr and [[Nikolay]], who were at boarding-schools in [[Saint Petersburg]], that he would visit them earlier that year, in February, but he had failed to keep that promise. In September, [[Ilya]] was able to make the long journey from [[Alapayevsk]] and he spent three weeks in the Imperial capital with his sons.</ref> | ||
<ref name="note2">Pyotr had spent about two months of his summer holidays that year on a country estate not far from [[Saint Petersburg]] which belonged to the mother of Mariya Petrovna Vakar (née Markova), the wife of his guardian Platon Alekseyevich Vakar (1826-1899).</ref> | <ref name="note2">Pyotr had spent about two months of his summer holidays that year on a country estate not far from [[Saint Petersburg]] which belonged to the mother of Mariya Petrovna Vakar (née Markova), the wife of his guardian Platon Alekseyevich Vakar (1826-1899).</ref> | ||
<ref name="note3">Joseph Bérard (known in Russia as Iosif Iosifovich Berar; 1800-1883) taught literature and French at the School of Jurisprudence, including in the preparatory class which Pyotr was attending at the time. He was the latter's favourite teacher — see {{bib|2009/16|Пётр Чайковский. Биография ; том 1}} (2009), p. 46.</ref> | <ref name="note3">Joseph Bérard (known in Russia as Iosif Iosifovich Berar; 1800-1883) taught literature and French at the School of Jurisprudence, including in the preparatory class which Pyotr was attending at the time. He was the latter's favourite teacher — see {{bib|2009/16|Пётр Чайковский. Биография ; том 1}} (2009), p. 46.</ref> | ||
<ref name="note4">Tchaikovsky had joined the preparatory class of the School of Jurisprudence in September 1850. Pupils who made sufficient progress in their studies moved up into the "first section" of the former and from there they could take the entrance exams into the school proper. Tchaikovsky would pass these exams in May 1852 and in September he entered the | <ref name="note4">Tchaikovsky had joined the preparatory class of the School of Jurisprudence in September 1850. Pupils who made sufficient progress in their studies moved up into the "first section" of the former and from there they could take the entrance exams into the school proper. Tchaikovsky would pass these exams in May 1852 and in September he entered the school's junior form. For more information on the School of Jurisprudence and the years which Tchaikovsky spent in it, see {{bib|1993/186|Tchaikovsky. The quest for the inner man}} (1993), chapters 2-3, and {{bib|2009/16|Пётр Чайковский. Биография ; vol. 1}} (2009), chapters 2-3.</ref> | ||
<ref name="note5">Literally "parrot; Polly".</ref> | <ref name="note5">Literally "parrot; Polly".</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 14:01, 12 January 2024
| Date | 17/29 July 1851 |
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| Addressed to | Ilya Tchaikovsky |
| Where written | Saint Petersburg |
| Language | Russian |
| Autograph Location | Saint Petersburg (Russia): National Library of Russia (ф. 834, ед. хр. 33, л. 43–44) |
| Publication | П. И. Чайковский. Письма к родным (1940), p. 31 П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том V (1959), p. 35 |
Text and Translation
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| Russian text (original) |
English translation By Luis Sundkvist |
Милый мой Папаша
Вчера я получил ваше прекрасное письмо, которое меня много обрадовало. Весть что вы скоро приедите меня очень обрадовала. Вчера я только что приехал с дачи как получил ваше Ангельское письмо. Сегодня добрейший Платон Алексеевич сказал мне что в газетах уже печатано, что г. Берард выходит из нашего пансиона. Я не знаю как вам угодно отдать меня в другой пансион или оставить оттого что приготовительный класс ещё остаётся год но уже с другим воспитателем. Жду с нетерпением вас, что бы вы похлопотали обо мне, а во вто[рых] вас хочет расцеловать Попка Так звала меня прежде мама. Ещё раз, Попка П. Ч. 17 июля 1851 года. |
My dear Papasha
Yesterday I received your wonderful letter, which gladdened me a lot. The news that you are coming soon has made me very happy [1]. Yesterday I had only just returned from the country-house [2] when I received your Angelic letter. Today ever so kind Platon Alekseyevich told me that in the newspapers it has already been announced that Mr Bérard [3] is leaving our boarding-school. I don't know whether you would like to put me in another boarding-school or leave me in this one, because there is still one year left of the preparatory class but now it would be with a different tutor [4]. I am awaiting you impatiently so that you can take care of me, and secondly, there wishes to smother you with kisses. Popka [5] That is what Mama used to call me. Once again, Popka P. T. 17 July 1851. |
Notes and References
- ↑ Ilya Tchaikovsky had already promised his two sons, Pyotr and Nikolay, who were at boarding-schools in Saint Petersburg, that he would visit them earlier that year, in February, but he had failed to keep that promise. In September, Ilya was able to make the long journey from Alapayevsk and he spent three weeks in the Imperial capital with his sons.
- ↑ Pyotr had spent about two months of his summer holidays that year on a country estate not far from Saint Petersburg which belonged to the mother of Mariya Petrovna Vakar (née Markova), the wife of his guardian Platon Alekseyevich Vakar (1826-1899).
- ↑ Joseph Bérard (known in Russia as Iosif Iosifovich Berar; 1800-1883) taught literature and French at the School of Jurisprudence, including in the preparatory class which Pyotr was attending at the time. He was the latter's favourite teacher — see Пётр Чайковский. Биография, том I (2009), p. 46.
- ↑ Tchaikovsky had joined the preparatory class of the School of Jurisprudence in September 1850. Pupils who made sufficient progress in their studies moved up into the "first section" of the former and from there they could take the entrance exams into the school proper. Tchaikovsky would pass these exams in May 1852 and in September he entered the school's junior form. For more information on the School of Jurisprudence and the years which Tchaikovsky spent in it, see Tchaikovsky. The quest for the inner man (1993), chapters 2-3, and Пётр Чайковский. Биография, том I (2009), chapters 2-3.
- ↑ Literally "parrot; Polly".
