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|Date=31 January/12 February 1891<br />
|To=[[Félix Mackar]]<br />
|Place=[[Saint Petersburg]]<br />
|Language=French<br />
|Autograph=[[Klin]] (Russia): {{RUS-KLč}} (a{{sup|3}}, No. 3366) <ref name="note1"/><br />
|Publication={{bibx|1999/54|Tschaikowsky-Gesellschaft Mitteilungen}}, Heft 6 (1999), p. 12 (abridged)<br />
}}<br />
==Text and Translation==<br />
{{Lettertext<br />
|Language=French<br />
|Translator=Brett Langston<br />
|Original text={{right|31 Janvier/12 {{sic|Fevrier|Février}} 1891<br/>''S[ain]t Petersbourg''}}<br />
{{centre|Mon cher ami !}}<br />
Je ne puis remplir ton désir quant {{sic|au|aux}} ''Rescké''. Ces messieurs sont obligés par leur {{sic|contract|contrat}} de refuser de chanter dans des salles de {{sic|concerts|concert}} ; je sais d'avance qu'ils refuseront et ne veux pas souffrir de l'humiliation d'un refus. Sache, mon cher ami que je ne prends pas sur moi d'inviter qui que ce soit. Ce n'est pas mon affaire. La mienne c'est de prendre en main le {{sic|baton|bâton}} et de conduire l'orchestre. Je promets aussi de subvenir {{sic|au|aux}} frais de l'arrangement du concert dans la mesure de mes moyens, c'est à dire : je {{sic|donnera|donnerai}} 1000 roubles. Tout le reste des soucis, — il faut que tu en portes le {{sic|poid|poids}}! Pardon, mais je ne {{sic|pui|puis}} faire autrement. Invite qui tu veux; tâche d'obtenir des artistes capables d'attirer le public.<br />
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Je pourrai venir à Paris à la fin de ''Mars''.<br />
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Je t'embrasse. Pardon d'écrire peu et mal, mais je suis très pressé.<br />
{{right|P. Tchaïkovsky}}<br />
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|Translated text={{right|31 January/12 February 1891<br/>''Saint Petersburg''}}<br />
{{centre|My dear friend!}}<br />
I cannot fulfil you wish regarding ''Rescké''. These gentlemen are obliged by their contract to refuse to sing in concert halls; I know in advance that they will refuse, and do not want to suffer the humiliation of a refusal. Be aware, my dear friend, that I have not taken it upon myself to invite anyone. This is none of my business. Mine is to take my baton in hand and to conduct the orchestra. I also undertake to subsidise the costs of the concert to the extent of my means, that is to say: I am giving 1000 rubles. As for all other concerns — you have to bear the brunt! Forgive me for not doing anything else. Invite whoever you wish; the trick is to obtain artists capable of attracting the public.<br />
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I could come to [[Paris]] at the end of ''March''.<br />
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I embrace you. Excuse me for writing so little, but I'm very rushed.<br />
{{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}<br />
}}<br />
==Notes and References==<br />
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<ref name="note1">This letter was acquired in 1998 by Elisabeth Bender of the Tschaikowsky-Gesellschaft who enabled it to be published for the first time the following year. It was held in her private collection in Würzburg (Germany) for a number of years. The autograph was subsequently been acquired by the Tchaikovsky House-Museum in [[Klin]] [http://www.interfax-russia.ru/Center/citynews.asp?id=463194&sec=1669]</ref><br />
</references></div>Brett