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		<title>Tony at 14:19, 4 December 2024</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The news you told me about &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Zike]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; doesn&amp;#039;t surprise me in the least. I was very well aware that he had lots of effrontery and self-confidence, but very little of genuine merit. Once again I ask you to raise the question of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Taneyev]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. With the right encouragement, I believe that he&amp;#039;ll become a wonderful conductor.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The news you told me about &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Zike]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; doesn&amp;#039;t surprise me in the least. I was very well aware that he had lots of effrontery and self-confidence, but very little of genuine merit. Once again&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;, &lt;/ins&gt;I ask you to raise the question of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Taneyev]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. With the right encouragement, I believe that he&amp;#039;ll become a wonderful conductor.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Tony</name></author>
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		<title>Brett: 1 revision imported</title>
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		<title>Brett at 13:41, 18 March 2021</title>
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|Date=12/24 December 1881&lt;br /&gt;
|To=[[Pyotr Jurgenson]]&lt;br /&gt;
|Place=[[Rome]]&lt;br /&gt;
|Language=Russian&lt;br /&gt;
|Autograph=[[Klin]] (Russia): {{RUS-KLč}} (a{{sup|3}}, No. 2360)&lt;br /&gt;
|Publication={{bib|1938/40|П. И. Чайковский. Переписка с П. И. Юргенсоном ; том 1}} (1938), p. 218–219&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;{{bib|1966/44|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том X}} (1966), p. 290&lt;br /&gt;
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==Text and Translation==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Lettertext&lt;br /&gt;
|Language=Russian&lt;br /&gt;
|Translator=Brett Langston&lt;br /&gt;
|Original text={{right|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Рим&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;12/24 д[екабря] 1881}}&lt;br /&gt;
Я третьего дня хотел тебе написать одну вещь, да позабыл. Вот в чем дело. Если б Ник[олай] Григ[орьевич] был жив, то, по примеру прежних лет, я бы и в нынешнем году получил обычную &amp;#039;&amp;#039;дань&amp;#039;&amp;#039; с РМО, размер коей 300 р[ублей] и в виде исключения 1000, когда давался «Онегин», и в прошлом году по поводу &amp;#039;&amp;#039;обедни&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Особенного случая нет, и я не претендую на прибавку, но свои обычные 300 р[ублей] очень желал бы получить, ибо в настоящую минуту не то что нуждаюсь, но весьма и весьма обрадовался бы означенной сумме. Если это не неделикатно, если ты не усматриваешь в этом чего-либо неловкого, то нельзя ли тебе сказать Дирекции, что, мол, так и так. Думаю, что моя &amp;#039;&amp;#039;серенада&amp;#039;&amp;#039; исполнялась или будет исполняться, и, следовательно, есть повод придраться к ней и назначить обычное вознаграждение. В случае если дело сие устроится, — то прошу тебя прислать мне не деньги, а вексель (здесь страшно плохо ценят 100 р[ублей] билеты) {{und2|по предъявлении}} и вложить его не в простое письмо (письма страшно часто пропадают), а в заказное. Весьма буду благодарен, если осуществится это дело.&lt;br /&gt;
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Пойдёт ли «Онегин»? Удастся ли мне разделаться с Третьяковым?&lt;br /&gt;
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Известие о &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Зике&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, сообщённое тобой, меня нисколько не удивляет. Я отлично знал, что в нем много нахальства и самоуверенности, но очень мало настоящих достоинств. Я снова прошу поднять вопрос о &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Танееве&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Если вдохнуть в него храбрости, то поверь, что из него должен выйти чудесный дирижёр.&lt;br /&gt;
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Обнимаю тебя, голубчик.&lt;br /&gt;
{{right|Твой, П. Чайковский}}&lt;br /&gt;
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|Translated text={{right|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Rome]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;12/24 December 1881}}&lt;br /&gt;
There was something I wanted to write to you about a couple of days ago, but I forgot. Here&amp;#039;s the thing. If [[Nikolay Grigoryevich]] were alive then, following the precedent of previous years, then I would have received the customary &amp;#039;&amp;#039;tribute&amp;#039;&amp;#039; from the RMS this year, amounting to 300 rubles, or exceptionally 1000, when &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Onegin]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was on, and last year with regard to the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;mass&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. There are no special circumstances, and I&amp;#039;m not seeking an increase, but I should very much like to receive my customary 300 rubles, because although at the present moment I don&amp;#039;t need it, I would be extremely happy to have the designated amount. If this isn&amp;#039;t indelicate, and if you don&amp;#039;t see anything awkward in this, could you then ask the Directorate to cough up? I think that my &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Serenade&amp;#039;&amp;#039; either has been or will be performed, and therefore there&amp;#039;s no reason to quibble and not designate the customary reward. In the event that this matter is settled, then I ask you not to send me the money, but a cheque instead (they take to 100 ruble notes very badly here) {{und2|upon presentation}}, and not to enclose it in an ordinary letter (letters here vanish alarmingly often), but in a registered one. I should be extremely grateful if this can be accomplished. &lt;br /&gt;
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Is &amp;quot;[[Onegin]]&amp;quot; going on? Did I manage to assuage Tretyakov?&lt;br /&gt;
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The news you told me about &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Zike]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; doesn&amp;#039;t surprise me in the least. I was very well aware that he had lots of effrontery and self-confidence, but very little of genuine merit. Once again I ask you to raise the question of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Taneyev]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. With the right encouragement, I believe that he&amp;#039;ll become a wonderful conductor.&lt;br /&gt;
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I embrace you, golubchik.&lt;br /&gt;
{{right|Yours, P. Tchaikovsky}}&lt;br /&gt;
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