Letter 102 - Revision history

Brett: Text replacement - "penny" to "kopek"

2024-06-06T20:08:25Z

Text replacement - "penny" to "kopek"

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	I've just returned from [[Ostrovsky]]'s and received your letter, via Tevyashev. In [[Moscow]] I found everything as it was before; there's nothing to do at the moment, and therefore I'm wandering around the Conservatory and around the city all day without any purpose. [[Laroche]] is now living very far away (in a free apartment) with Katkov; they're getting along well, and [[Laroche]] is delighted with his new friend. [[Ostrovsky]] continues to confound me; in [[Petersburg]] I read in the newspapers that he'd finished my libretto, but this turned out to be utterly false news, and I struggled to prise half of the old act from him. Now he's busy buying a huge table, and in general with improving the arrangement of his room, in order to be able to sit pleasantly at home and diligently attend to the opera. I want to finish it without fail during the winter. Just imagine that, to my shame, I hadn't been to Vasily Vasilyevich's until just now. Last night I went to [[Dubuque]]'s nameday and got a little drunk. I'm very frustrated that I'm decidedly unable to send you money at the moment; I myself don't have a single ~~penny~~, and until 1st October I don't see any means whatsoever of getting it from anywhere. In extremis, please, approach [[Apukhtin]], but if you would rather not then write to me, so that I can write to Adamov to lend you a modest sum until 1st October; this is easily arranged; then eventually I'll be in a position to pay you myself.		I've just returned from [[Ostrovsky]]'s and received your letter, via Tevyashev. In [[Moscow]] I found everything as it was before; there's nothing to do at the moment, and therefore I'm wandering around the Conservatory and around the city all day without any purpose. [[Laroche]] is now living very far away (in a free apartment) with Katkov; they're getting along well, and [[Laroche]] is delighted with his new friend. [[Ostrovsky]] continues to confound me; in [[Petersburg]] I read in the newspapers that he'd finished my libretto, but this turned out to be utterly false news, and I struggled to prise half of the old act from him. Now he's busy buying a huge table, and in general with improving the arrangement of his room, in order to be able to sit pleasantly at home and diligently attend to the opera. I want to finish it without fail during the winter. Just imagine that, to my shame, I hadn't been to Vasily Vasilyevich's until just now. Last night I went to [[Dubuque]]'s nameday and got a little drunk. I'm very frustrated that I'm decidedly unable to send you money at the moment; I myself don't have a single kopek, and until 1st October I don't see any means whatsoever of getting it from anywhere. In extremis, please, approach [[Apukhtin]], but if you would rather not then write to me, so that I can write to Adamov to lend you a modest sum until 1st October; this is easily arranged; then eventually I'll be in a position to pay you myself.

	As for myself, there's positively nothing to say, except that I must be becoming very accustomed to [[Moscow]], because it's far from being as loathsome to me as it was this time last year. I'll carry on dining with [[Albrecht]] from 2nd September, but in the meantime I'm fluttering around like a bird; I've spent two evenings in a row at the English Club. What a delight this club is; I'd like to be a member, but it costs so much.		As for myself, there's positively nothing to say, except that I must be becoming very accustomed to [[Moscow]], because it's far from being as loathsome to me as it was this time last year. I'll carry on dining with [[Albrecht]] from 2nd September, but in the meantime I'm fluttering around like a bird; I've spent two evenings in a row at the English Club. What a delight this club is; I'd like to be a member, but it costs so much.

Tony at 13:56, 26 January 2024

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	I've just returned from [[Ostrovsky]]'s and received your letter, via Tevyashev. In [[Moscow]] I found everything as it was before; there's nothing to do at the moment, and therefore I'm wandering around the Conservatory and around the city all day without any purpose. [[Laroche]] is now living very far away (in a free apartment) with Katkov; they're getting along well, and [[Laroche]] is delighted with his new friend. [[Ostrovsky]] continues to confound me; in [[Petersburg]] I read in the newspapers that he'd finished my libretto, but this turned out to be utterly false news, and I struggled to prise half of the old act from him. Now he's busy buying a huge table, and in general with improving the arrangement of his room, in order to be able to sit pleasantly at home and diligently attend to the opera. I want to finish it without fail during the winter. Just imagine that, to my shame, I hadn't been to Vasily Vasilyevich's until just now. Last night I went to [[Dubuque]]'s nameday, and got a little drunk. I'm very frustrated that I'm decidedly unable to send you money at the moment; I myself don't have a single penny, and until 1st October I don't see any means whatsoever of getting it from anywhere. In extremis, please, approach [[Apukhtin]], but if you would rather not then write to me, so that I can write to Adamov to lend you a modest sum until 1st October; this is easily arranged; then eventually I'll be in a position to pay you myself.		I've just returned from [[Ostrovsky]]'s and received your letter, via Tevyashev. In [[Moscow]] I found everything as it was before; there's nothing to do at the moment, and therefore I'm wandering around the Conservatory and around the city all day without any purpose. [[Laroche]] is now living very far away (in a free apartment) with Katkov; they're getting along well, and [[Laroche]] is delighted with his new friend. [[Ostrovsky]] continues to confound me; in [[Petersburg]] I read in the newspapers that he'd finished my libretto, but this turned out to be utterly false news, and I struggled to prise half of the old act from him. Now he's busy buying a huge table, and in general with improving the arrangement of his room, in order to be able to sit pleasantly at home and diligently attend to the opera. I want to finish it without fail during the winter. Just imagine that, to my shame, I hadn't been to Vasily Vasilyevich's until just now. Last night I went to [[Dubuque]]'s nameday and got a little drunk. I'm very frustrated that I'm decidedly unable to send you money at the moment; I myself don't have a single penny, and until 1st October I don't see any means whatsoever of getting it from anywhere. In extremis, please, approach [[Apukhtin]], but if you would rather not then write to me, so that I can write to Adamov to lend you a modest sum until 1st October; this is easily arranged; then eventually I'll be in a position to pay you myself.

	As for myself, there's positively nothing to say, except that I must be becoming very accustomed to [[Moscow]], because it's far from being as loathsome to me as it was this time last year. I'll carry on dining with [[Albrecht]] from 2nd September, but in the meantime I'm fluttering around like a bird; I've spent two evenings in a row at the English Club. What a delight this club is; I'd like to be a member, but it costs so much.		As for myself, there's positively nothing to say, except that I must be becoming very accustomed to [[Moscow]], because it's far from being as loathsome to me as it was this time last year. I'll carry on dining with [[Albrecht]] from 2nd September, but in the meantime I'm fluttering around like a bird; I've spent two evenings in a row at the English Club. What a delight this club is; I'd like to be a member, but it costs so much.

Brett at 14:19, 30 December 2023

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	I've just returned from [[Ostrovsky]]'s and received your letter, via Tevyashev. In [[Moscow]] I found everything as it was before; there's nothing to do at the moment, and therefore I'm wandering around the Conservatory and around the city all day without any purpose. [[Laroche]] is now living very far away (in a free apartment) with Katkov; they're getting along well, and [[Laroche]] is delighted with his new friend. [[Ostrovsky]] continues to confound me; in [[Petersburg]] I read in the newspapers that he'd finished my libretto, but this turned out to be utterly false news, and I struggled to ~~get~~ half of the old act from him. Now he's busy buying a huge table, and in general with improving the arrangement of his room, in order to be able to sit pleasantly at home and diligently attend to the opera. I want to finish it without fail during the winter. Just imagine that, to my shame, I hadn't been to Vasily Vasilyevich's until just now. Last night I went to [[Dubuque]]'s nameday, and got a little drunk. I'm very frustrated that I'm decidedly unable to send you money at the moment; I myself don't have a single penny, and until 1st October I don't see any means whatsoever of getting it from anywhere. In extremis, please, approach [[Apukhtin]], but if you would rather not then write to me, so that I can write to Adamov to lend you a modest sum until 1st October; this is easily arranged; then eventually I'll be in a position to pay you myself.		I've just returned from [[Ostrovsky]]'s and received your letter, via Tevyashev. In [[Moscow]] I found everything as it was before; there's nothing to do at the moment, and therefore I'm wandering around the Conservatory and around the city all day without any purpose. [[Laroche]] is now living very far away (in a free apartment) with Katkov; they're getting along well, and [[Laroche]] is delighted with his new friend. [[Ostrovsky]] continues to confound me; in [[Petersburg]] I read in the newspapers that he'd finished my libretto, but this turned out to be utterly false news, and I struggled to prise half of the old act from him. Now he's busy buying a huge table, and in general with improving the arrangement of his room, in order to be able to sit pleasantly at home and diligently attend to the opera. I want to finish it without fail during the winter. Just imagine that, to my shame, I hadn't been to Vasily Vasilyevich's until just now. Last night I went to [[Dubuque]]'s nameday, and got a little drunk. I'm very frustrated that I'm decidedly unable to send you money at the moment; I myself don't have a single penny, and until 1st October I don't see any means whatsoever of getting it from anywhere. In extremis, please, approach [[Apukhtin]], but if you would rather not then write to me, so that I can write to Adamov to lend you a modest sum until 1st October; this is easily arranged; then eventually I'll be in a position to pay you myself.

	As for myself, there's positively nothing to say, except that I must be becoming very accustomed to [[Moscow]], because it's far from being as loathsome to me as it was this time last year. I'll carry on dining with [[Albrecht]] from 2nd September, but in the meantime I'm fluttering around like a bird; I've spent two evenings in a row at the English Club. What a delight this club is; I'd like to be a member, but it costs so much.		As for myself, there's positively nothing to say, except that I must be becoming very accustomed to [[Moscow]], because it's far from being as loathsome to me as it was this time last year. I'll carry on dining with [[Albrecht]] from 2nd September, but in the meantime I'm fluttering around like a bird; I've spent two evenings in a row at the English Club. What a delight this club is; I'd like to be a member, but it costs so much.

Brett: Text replacement - "in the Klin House-Museum Archive" to "in the {{RUS-KLč}} at Klin"

2023-09-23T15:26:19Z

Text replacement - "in the Klin House-Museum Archive" to "in the {{RUS-KLč}} at Klin"

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	==Text and Translation==		==Text and Translation==
	Based on a handwritten copy in the [[Klin]] ~~House-Museum Archive~~, which may contain differences in formatting and content from Tchaikovsky's original letter.		Based on a handwritten copy in the {{RUS-KLč}} at [[Klin]], which may contain differences in formatting and content from Tchaikovsky's original letter.
	{{Lettertext		{{Lettertext
	\|Language=Russian		\|Language=Russian

Brett at 23:12, 23 December 2022

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	==Text==		==Text and Translation==
	Based on a handwritten copy in the [[Klin]] House-Museum Archive, which may contain differences in formatting and content from Tchaikovsky's original letter.		Based on a handwritten copy in the [[Klin]] House-Museum Archive, which may contain differences in formatting and content from Tchaikovsky's original letter.
	{{Lettertext		{{Lettertext
	\|Language=Russian		\|Language=Russian
	\|Translator=		\|Translator=Brett Langston
	\|Original text={{right\|31 августа}}		\|Original text={{right\|31 августа}}
	Сейчас возвратился от Островского и получил твоё письмо, присланное с Тевяшевым. В Москве нашёл всех по-прежнему; дела покамест никакого нет, а потому шляюсь целый день по Консерватории и по городу без всякой цели. Ларош теперь живёт очень далеко, у ~~Катков а~~ (на даровой квартире); они очень сошлись, и Ларош от своего нового друга в восторге. Островский продолжает меня надувать; в Петербурге я прочёл в газетах, что он окончил моё либретто, но это оказалось совершенно ложною вестью, насилу добился от него половины старого акта. Теперь занят покупною огромного стола и вообще лучшим устройством своей комнаты, дабы иметь возможность с у довольствием сидеть дома и прилежно заниматься оперою. В течение зимы я хочу непременно её окончить. Представь себе, что, к стыду моему, я у Вас[илия] Вас[ильевича] до сих пор не был. Вечером вчера был на именинах у Дюбюка и был немножко пьян. Мне очень досадно, что в эту минуту Я решительно не в состоянии при слать Вам денег: я сам не имею ни одной копейки и до 1-го октября не вижу никаких средств откуда-нибудь их получить. В крайнем случае обращайся, пожалуйста, к Апухтину, если же это тебе не нравится, то напиши мне, согласен ли ты, чтобы я написал Адамову дать Вам взаймы до 1-го октября небольшую сумму, это устроить легко; к тому времени я и сам буду в состоянии за Вас заплатить.		Сейчас возвратился от Островского и получил твоё письмо, присланное с Тевяшевым. В Москве нашёл всех по-прежнему; дела покамест никакого нет, а потому шляюсь целый день по Консерватории и по городу без всякой цели. Ларош теперь живёт очень далеко, у Каткова (на даровой квартире); они очень сошлись, и Ларош от своего нового друга в восторге. Островский продолжает меня надувать; в Петербурге я прочёл в газетах, что он окончил моё либретто, но это оказалось совершенно ложною вестью, насилу добился от него половины старого акта. Теперь занят покупною огромного стола и вообще лучшим устройством своей комнаты, дабы иметь возможность с у довольствием сидеть дома и прилежно заниматься оперою. В течение зимы я хочу непременно её окончить. Представь себе, что, к стыду моему, я у Вас[илия] Вас[ильевича] до сих пор не был. Вечером вчера был на именинах у Дюбюка и был немножко пьян. Мне очень досадно, что в эту минуту я решительно не в состоянии при слать Вам денег: я сам не имею ни одной копейки и до 1-го октября не вижу никаких средств откуда-нибудь их получить. В крайнем случае обращайся, пожалуйста, к Апухтину, если же это тебе не нравится, то напиши мне, согласен ли ты, чтобы я написал Адамову дать Вам взаймы до 1-го октября небольшую сумму, это устроить легко; к тому времени я и сам буду в состоянии за Вас заплатить.

	Про себя. покамест решительно нечего говорить, разве то, что я к Москве, должно быть, очень привык, потому что она далеко мне не так ненавистна, как в это же время в прошлом году. Обедать я буду по-прежнему у Альбрехта с 2-го сентября, а покамест живу, как птица небесная; два вечера сряду провёл в Английском клубе. Что за прелесть этот клуб; вот бы быть членом, да дорого стоит.		Про себя, покамест решительно нечего говорить, разве то, что я к Москве, должно быть, очень привык, потому что она далеко мне не так ненавистна, как в это же время в прошлом году. Обедать я буду по-прежнему у Альбрехта с 2-го сентября, а покамест живу, как птица небесная; два вечера сряду провёл в Английском клубе. Что за прелесть этот клуб; вот бы быть членом, да дорого стоит.

	Целую тебя. Пиши. Модесту кланяйся и скажи, чтобы писал, а не пьянствовал.		Целую тебя. Пиши. Модесту кланяйся и скажи, чтобы писал, а не пьянствовал.

	\|Translated text=		\|Translated text={{right\|31 August}}
			I've just returned from [[Ostrovsky]]'s and received your letter, via Tevyashev. In [[Moscow]] I found everything as it was before; there's nothing to do at the moment, and therefore I'm wandering around the Conservatory and around the city all day without any purpose. [[Laroche]] is now living very far away (in a free apartment) with Katkov; they're getting along well, and [[Laroche]] is delighted with his new friend. [[Ostrovsky]] continues to confound me; in [[Petersburg]] I read in the newspapers that he'd finished my libretto, but this turned out to be utterly false news, and I struggled to get half of the old act from him. Now he's busy buying a huge table, and in general with improving the arrangement of his room, in order to be able to sit pleasantly at home and diligently attend to the opera. I want to finish it without fail during the winter. Just imagine that, to my shame, I hadn't been to Vasily Vasilyevich's until just now. Last night I went to [[Dubuque]]'s nameday, and got a little drunk. I'm very frustrated that I'm decidedly unable to send you money at the moment; I myself don't have a single penny, and until 1st October I don't see any means whatsoever of getting it from anywhere. In extremis, please, approach [[Apukhtin]], but if you would rather not then write to me, so that I can write to Adamov to lend you a modest sum until 1st October; this is easily arranged; then eventually I'll be in a position to pay you myself.

			As for myself, there's positively nothing to say, except that I must be becoming very accustomed to [[Moscow]], because it's far from being as loathsome to me as it was this time last year. I'll carry on dining with [[Albrecht]] from 2nd September, but in the meantime I'm fluttering around like a bird; I've spent two evenings in a row at the English Club. What a delight this club is; I'd like to be a member, but it costs so much.

			I kiss you. Write. bow to [[Modest]] and tell him to write, rather than drink.
	}}		}}
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{{letterhead
|Date=31 August/12 September 1867
|To=[[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]]
|Place=[[Moscow]]
|Language=Russian
|Autograph={{locunknown}}
|Publication={{bib|1900/35|Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского ; том 1}} (1900), p. 278 (abridged)<br/>{{bib|1940/210|П. И. Чайковский. Письма к родным ; том 1}} (1940), p. 98–99<br/>{{bib|1955/37|П. И. Чайковский. Письма к близким}} (1955), p. 35 (abridged)<br/>{{bib|1959/50|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том V}} (1959), p. 121–122<br/>{{bib|1981/81| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Letters to his family. An autobiography}} (1981), p. 33 (English translation; abridged)
|Notes=Manuscript copy in [[Klin]] (Russia): {{RUS-KLč}}
}}
==Text==
Based on a handwritten copy in the [[Klin]] House-Museum Archive, which may contain differences in formatting and content from Tchaikovsky's original letter.
{{Lettertext
|Language=Russian
|Translator=
|Original text={{right|31 августа}}
Сейчас возвратился от Островского и получил твоё письмо, присланное с Тевяшевым. В Москве нашёл всех по-прежнему; дела покамест никакого нет, а потому шляюсь целый день по Консерватории и по городу без всякой цели. Ларош теперь живёт очень далеко, у Катков а (на даровой квартире); они очень сошлись, и Ларош от своего нового друга в восторге. Островский продолжает меня надувать; в Петербурге я прочёл в газетах, что он окончил моё либретто, но это оказалось совершенно ложною вестью, насилу добился от него половины старого акта. Теперь занят покупною огромного стола и вообще лучшим устройством своей комнаты, дабы иметь возможность с у довольствием сидеть дома и прилежно заниматься оперою. В течение зимы я хочу непременно её окончить. Представь себе, что, к стыду моему, я у Вас[илия] Вас[ильевича] до сих пор не был. Вечером вчера был на именинах у Дюбюка и был немножко пьян. Мне очень досадно, что в эту минуту Я решительно не в состоянии при слать Вам денег: я сам не имею ни одной копейки и до 1-го октября не вижу никаких средств откуда-нибудь их получить. В крайнем случае обращайся, пожалуйста, к Апухтину, если же это тебе не нравится, то напиши мне, согласен ли ты, чтобы я написал Адамову дать Вам взаймы до 1-го октября небольшую сумму, это устроить легко; к тому времени я и сам буду в состоянии за Вас заплатить.

Про себя. покамест решительно нечего говорить, разве то, что я к Москве, должно быть, очень привык, потому что она далеко мне не так ненавистна, как в это же время в прошлом году. Обедать я буду по-прежнему у Альбрехта с 2-го сентября, а покамест живу, как птица небесная; два вечера сряду провёл в Английском клубе. Что за прелесть этот клуб; вот бы быть членом, да дорого стоит.

Целую тебя. Пиши. Модесту кланяйся и скажи, чтобы писал, а не пьянствовал.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Letter 0102}}