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{{letterhead
{{letterhead
|Date=19 September/1 October 1889
|Date=3/15 October 1889
|To=[[Anna Frideburg]]
|To=[[Pyotr Jurgenson]]
|Place=[[Moscow]]
|Place=[[Moscow]]
|Language=Russian
|Language=Russian
|Autograph=[[Klin]] (Russia): {{RUS-KLč}} (a{{sup|3}}, No. 3304)
|Autograph=[[Klin]] (Russia): {{RUS-KLč}} (a{{sup|3}}, No. 2855)
|Publication={{bib|1976/64|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XV–А}} (1976), p. 184 <ref name="note1"/>
|Publication={{bib|1976/64|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XV–А}} (1976), p. 191
}}
}}
==Text and Translation==
==Text and Translation==
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|Language=Russian
|Language=Russian
|Translator=Brett Langston
|Translator=Brett Langston
|Original text={{right|''19 сентября 1889 г[ода]''}}
|Original text=Пожалуйста, голубчик, напиши ''Корейво'', чтобы он, по примеру прошлого года, выплачивал студенту ''В. Котеку'' 25 р[ублей] сер[ебром] каждый месяц от 1-го сентября до 1-го мая. Теперь ему следует выдать 50 р[ублей] за сентябрь и октябрь, а потом по 25 каждое первое число. Пожалуйста, сделай это ''сейчас'', ибо там, т. е. в Киеве, теперь уже не один, а 2 студента, братья Котека, и оба страшно бедствуют.
{{centre|Глубокоуважаемая Аина Карловна!}}
{{right|Твой, П. Чайковский}}
Благодарю Вас от всей души за внимание.


Искренно преданный,
|Translated text=Please, golubchik, write to ''Koreyvo'' <ref name="note1"/>, in order that he, following last year's example, should disburse 25 silver rubles each month from 1st September to 1st May to the student ''[[Vyacheslav Kotek|V. Kotek]]''. He should issue 50 rubles now for September and October, and subsequently 25 on the first of each month. Please do this ''immediately'', because there are now not one but 2 student Kotek brothers there, i.e. in [[Kiev]], and both are in terrible poverty <ref name="note2"/>.
{{right|П. Чайковский}}
{{right|Yours, P. Tchaikovsky}}
 
|Translated text={{right|''19 September 1889''}}
{{centre|Deeply respected [[Anna Frideburg|Anna Karlovna]]!}}
Thank you with all my heart for your attention <ref name="note2"/>.
 
Sincerely devoted,
{{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}
}}
}}
==Notes and References==
==Notes and References==
<references>
<references>
<ref name="note1">The singer was referred to under her married name, Anna Leszetyckaja, in this edition of Tchaikovsky's correspondence.</ref>
<ref name="note1">Boleslav Koreyvo was [[Pyotr Jurgenson]]'s agent in [[Kiev]].</ref>
<ref name="note2">Presumably this was in connection with the new production of Tchaikovsky's opera ''[[Yevgeny Onegin]]'' at the Bolshoi Theatre in [[Moscow]].</ref>
<ref name="note2">The younger brother was Iustin Kotek (b. 1871).</ref>
</references>
</references>

Latest revision as of 14:44, 12 July 2022

Date 3/15 October 1889
Addressed to Pyotr Jurgenson
Where written Moscow
Language Russian
Autograph Location Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 2855)
Publication П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XV-А (1976), p. 191

Text and Translation

Russian text
(original)
English translation
By Brett Langston
Пожалуйста, голубчик, напиши Корейво, чтобы он, по примеру прошлого года, выплачивал студенту В. Котеку 25 р[ублей] сер[ебром] каждый месяц от 1-го сентября до 1-го мая. Теперь ему следует выдать 50 р[ублей] за сентябрь и октябрь, а потом по 25 каждое первое число. Пожалуйста, сделай это сейчас, ибо там, т. е. в Киеве, теперь уже не один, а 2 студента, братья Котека, и оба страшно бедствуют.
Твой, П. Чайковский

Please, golubchik, write to Koreyvo [1], in order that he, following last year's example, should disburse 25 silver rubles each month from 1st September to 1st May to the student V. Kotek. He should issue 50 rubles now for September and October, and subsequently 25 on the first of each month. Please do this immediately, because there are now not one but 2 student Kotek brothers there, i.e. in Kiev, and both are in terrible poverty [2].
Yours, P. Tchaikovsky

Notes and References

  1. Boleslav Koreyvo was Pyotr Jurgenson's agent in Kiev.
  2. The younger brother was Iustin Kotek (b. 1871).