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==Notes and References==
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<ref name="note1">Tchaikovsky is referring to the arrangement for voices and piano of his opera ''[[Vakula the Smith]]'', which would be published by [[Jurgenson]] in April 1876, with the cover title given in Russian, French and German.</ref>
<ref name="note1">Tchaikovsky is referring to the arrangement for voices and piano of his opera [[Vakula the Smith]], which would be published by [[Jurgenson]] in April 1876, with the cover title given in Russian, French and German.</ref>
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Latest revision as of 13:52, 21 March 2024

Date 22 March/3 April 1876
Addressed to Pyotr Jurgenson
Where written Moscow
Language Russian
Autograph Location Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 2143)
Publication П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том VI (1961), p. 32–33

Text and Translation

Russian text
(original)
English translation
By Brett Langston
Пётр Иванович!

Нужно 1) выставить на одной из обёрток французское заглавие, 2) исправить опечатки и потщательнее поставить запятые и точки, 3) пересмотреть нумерацию сцен и отдельных нумеров.

Я тебе принёс партитуру третьей симфонии.

П. Чайковский

Когда мне нужно, — тебя никогда дома нет. Делаю строжайший выговор.

I need 1) to put a French title on one of the cover pages, 2) to correct typographical errors and to carefully insert commas and full stops, 3) to review the numbering of scenes and individual numbers [1].

I've sent you the score of the Third Symphony.

P. Tchaikovsky

Whenever I need you, you're never at home. I'm issuing you with the harshest reprimand.

Notes and References

  1. Tchaikovsky is referring to the arrangement for voices and piano of his opera Vakula the Smith, which would be published by Jurgenson in April 1876, with the cover title given in Russian, French and German.