https://en.tchaikovsky-research.net/index.php?title=Letter_472&feed=atom&action=historyLetter 472 - Revision history2024-03-28T16:35:35ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.38.2https://en.tchaikovsky-research.net/index.php?title=Letter_472&diff=66027&oldid=prevTony at 15:01, 21 March 20242024-03-21T15:01:24Z<p></p>
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|Date=14/26 June 1876 <br />
|To=[[Sergey Taneyev]] <br />
|Place=[[Kamenka]] <br />
|Language=Russian <br />
|Autograph=[[Moscow]]: {{RUS-Mcl}} (ф. 880) <br />
|Publication={{bib|1951/48|П. И. Чайковский. С. И. Танеев. Письма}} (1951), p. 6–7 <br/>{{bib|1961/38|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том VI}} (1961), p. 46–47<br />
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==Text and Translation==<br />
{{Lettertext<br />
|Language=Russian<br />
|Translator=Luis Sundkvist<br />
|Original text={{right|''Каменка''<br/>14 июня 1876 г[ода]}}<br />
{{centre|Сергей Иванович!}}<br />
Верный своему слову, открываю мою корреспонденцию с Вами, но, конечно, ввиду того, что Вы меня поддержите и станете отвечать, в противном случае я Вам при первом удобном случае страшно напакощу, например, очерню Вас в глазах Софьи Васильевны, или что-нибудь подобное.<br />
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Выехал я из Москвы 27 мая, пробыл три дня в деревне в Харьковской губернии, а затем приехал сюда, т. е. в местечко Каменку, Киевской губ[ернии], Черкасского уезда. Явился я сюда в надежде повидаться с сестрой, долженствовавшей вернуться сюда из-за границы, но ошибся в расчёте. Сестра ещё не скоро вернётся. По этой причине я через четыре дня отправлюсь за границу, прямо в Виши, где намерен выдержать курс лечения, а в конце июля потеку в ''Байрейт''. Извольте по получении сей моей цидулы засесть и написать мне письмо с обстоятельным изложением всего, что с Вами со времени отъезда из Москвы случилось. Адресуйте так: France, Vichy, poste restante, M[onsieur] Pierre de Tschaïkovsky. Частичка ''de'' стоит у меня в паспорте, и потому, для поддержания моего аристократического достоинства, не пропускайте её.<br />
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Единственное, что я могу сказать про себя, это, что я до сих пор не могу отделаться от лихорадки, которая пристала ко мне ещё в Москве. Здесь у меня было несколько пароксизмов. Вы, конечно, не прочь узнать о том, предаюсь ли я творческим занятиям. Нет, почтенный коллега, не творю решительно ничего и вовсе не оттого, что не имею к тому поползновения, — а потому, что голова пуста и ничего из неё не выжмешь. Что дальше будет, не знаю. Но теперь, когда одна живущая здесь барышня играет одну из моих пьес, мне не верится, что я её автор (т. е. пьесы, а не барышни). Просто не понимаю, как это есть люди, которые ещё могут сочинять.<br />
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Надеюсь, Сергей Иванович, что Вы, напротив, чреваты музыкальными мыслями и с усердием излагаете их на бумаге. Как идёт фортепианный концерт? Непременно займитесь сочинением такового, а также не благоугодно ли Вам будет написать что-либо симфоническое?<br />
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Если Вы явитесь в Москву с пустыми руками, я Вам отомщу самым беспощадным образом<br />
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Весьма крепко жму Вашу руку. Потрудитесь передать моё величайшее почтение Варваре Ивановне, Анне Ивановне и Катерине Ивановне, а также милейшему Фёдору Ивановичу<br />
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Искренно любящий Вас,<br />
{{right|П. Чайковский}}<br />
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|Translated text={{right|''[[Kamenka]]''<br/>14 June 1876}}<br />
{{centre|[[Sergey Ivanovich]]!}}<br />
True to my word as I am, I am initiating our correspondence, but, of course, on condition that you support me and actually reply. Otherwise, I shall play a dirty trick on you at the first convenient opportunity—for example, by slandering you in the eyes of Sofya Vasilyevna, or something of the sort.<br />
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I left [[Moscow]] on 27 May, spent three days in the country in [[Kharkov]] province <ref name="note1"/>, and then came here, that is to the small locality of [[Kamenka]], [[Kiev]] province, Cherkasy district. I came here in the hope of seeing my [[Aleksandra Davydova|sister]], who was supposed to be coming back here from abroad, but I miscalculated. My sister won't be back for a long time yet. For this reason I shall be heading abroad in four days' time: I shall go straight to [[Vichy]], where I intend to go through a course of treatment, and at the end of July I shall get away to ''[[Bayreuth]]''. Upon receipt of this epistle of mine, please be good enough to sit down and write me a letter with a detailed account of everything that has happened to you since I left [[Moscow]]. Address your letter as follows: France, [[Vichy]], poste restante, Monsieur Pierre de Tschaïkovsky. The particle ''de'' is written in my passport, and so, in order to uphold my aristocratic dignity, please do not leave it out. <br />
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All that I can say about myself is that I have not yet been able to rid myself of the fever which began bothering me while I was still in [[Moscow]]. I have had a few paroxysms here, too. You would of course like to know whether I am engaged in creative work. No, esteemed colleague, I am not creating anything whatsoever, and this is by no means because I do not feel like doing so, but rather because my head is empty and I can't squeeze anything out of it. What it will be like later on, I don't know. But now, when one young lady who lives here plays one of my pieces, I cannot believe that I am the author (that is, of the piece, not of the young lady). I simply do not understand how there can be people who are still capable of composing.<br />
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I hope, [[Sergey Ivanovich]], that you, in contrast, are fraught with musical thoughts and are assiduously setting them out on paper. How is the piano concerto going?<ref name="note2"/> You must without fail set about composing this work. Similarly, would it not be a good idea if you were to write something symphonic?<br />
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If you turn up in [[Moscow]] empty-handed, I shall take revenge on you in the most implacable fashion.<br />
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I shake your hand most firmly. Be so kind as to convey my profound respect to [[Varvara Maslova|Varvara Ivanovna]], [[Anna Maslova|Anna Ivanovna]], and Katerina Ivanovna, as well as to dearest [[Fyodor Maslov|Fyodor Ivanovich]]<br />
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Your sincerely affectionate,<br />
{{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}<br />
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==Notes and References==<br />
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<ref name="note1">Tchaikovsky stayed with his friend [[Nikolay Kondratyev]] at [[Nizy]] in [[Kharkov]] province.</ref> <br />
<ref name="note2">[[Sergey Taneyev]] began writing a Piano Concerto in E-flat major in the summer of 1876 and worked on it until mid/late September, but he did not complete it.</ref><br />
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