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	==Notes and References==		==Notes and References==
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	<ref name="note1">The score in question is of the ''[[Chorus of Flowers and Insects]]'', which [[Balakirev]] wanted to include in one of the Free Music ~~Schools~~ concerts that season. The concert at which it was performed under the baton of [[Balakirev]] would take place in [[Saint Petersburg]] on 18/30 December 1871.</ref>		<ref name="note1">The score in question is of the ''[[Chorus of Flowers and Insects]]'', which [[Balakirev]] wanted to include in one of the Free Music School's concerts that season. The concert at which it was performed under the baton of [[Balakirev]] would take place in [[Saint Petersburg]] on 18/30 December 1871.</ref>
	<ref name="note2">In his letter to Tchaikovsky of 29 September/11 October 1871, [[Balakirev]] explained that the Russian Musical Society was keen to perform the overture-fantasia ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', and that he did not want to deprive the Society of the opportunity to showcase this work by reserving the first performance in [[Saint Petersburg]] for the Free Music School. The first performance of the ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' overture (2nd version) in [[Saint Petersburg]] duly took place at an RMS concert conducted by [[Eduard Nápravník]] on 5/17 February 1872. Tchaikovsky's negative view of [[Nápravník]]'s conducting abilities was one he retained throughout the 1870s. He would later revise his opinion significantly — note based on information provided by Aleksandra Orlova in {{bibx\|1962/71\|Милий Алексеевич Балакирев. Воспоминания и письма}} (1962), p. 197.</ref>		<ref name="note2">In his letter to Tchaikovsky of 29 September/11 October 1871, [[Balakirev]] explained that the Russian Musical Society was keen to perform the overture-fantasia ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', and that he did not want to deprive the Society of the opportunity to showcase this work by reserving the first performance in [[Saint Petersburg]] for the Free Music School. The first performance of the ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' overture (2nd version) in [[Saint Petersburg]] duly took place at an RMS concert conducted by [[Eduard Nápravník]] on 5/17 February 1872. Tchaikovsky's negative view of [[Nápravník]]'s conducting abilities was one he retained throughout the 1870s. He would later revise his opinion significantly — note based on information provided by Aleksandra Orlova in {{bibx\|1962/71\|Милий Алексеевич Балакирев. Воспоминания и письма}} (1962), p. 197.</ref>
	<ref name="note3">[[Borodin]]'s Symphony No. 2 in B minor (the "Bogatyrskaya") was not in fact completed until 1876.</ref>		<ref name="note3">[[Borodin]]'s Symphony No. 2 in B minor (the "Bogatyrskaya") was not in fact completed until 1876.</ref>
	<ref name="note4">[[Cui]]'s review of the ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' overture which appeared in the 30 September 1871 {{OS}} issue of the ''Saint Petersburg Register'', ~~and~~ in which [[Cui]] had written: "This overture is a remarkable and extraordinarily talented work".</ref>		<ref name="note4">[[Cui]]'s review of the ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' overture which appeared in the 30 September 1871 {{OS}} issue of the ''Saint Petersburg Register'', in which [[Cui]] had written: "This overture is a remarkable and extraordinarily talented work".</ref>
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{{letterhead
|Date=8/20 October 1871
|To=[[Mily Balakirev]]
|Place=[[Moscow]]
|Language=Russian
|Autograph=[[Saint Petersburg]] (Russia): {{RUS-SPsc}} (ф. 834, ед. хр. 11, л. 56–57)
|Publication={{bib|1912/19|Переписка М. А. Балакирева и П. И. Чайковского}} [1912], p. 68–69 <br/>{{bib|1959/50|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том V}} (1959), p. 263<br/>{{bibx|1962/71|Милий Алексеевич Балакирев. Воспоминания и письма}} (1962), p. 160–161
}}
==Text and Translation==
{{Lettertext
|Language=Russian
|Translator=Luis Sundkvist
|Original text={{right|''Москва. 8 октября 1871 г[ола]''}}
{{centre|Милый друг!}}
Надеюсь, что Юргенсон (Осип Иванович) давно уже передал Вам мою партитуру с партиями и клавираусцугом. Последний сделан кое-как, но я полагаю, что для сопровождения хора на спевках достаточен. Очень рад буду, если хор этот у Вас пойдёт; если встретите затруднение в хоре ''мальчиков'', то не найдёте ли возможным заменить их двумя солистками? Я, со своей стороны, не встречаю в том препятствия. Очень жалею, что «''Ромео''» пойдёт не у Вас; я убеждён, что Направник многое переврёт. Нельзя ли, чтобы Вы или Корсаков на репетиции указали ему темпо, которое я, к сожалению, не метрономизировал? Я бы Вам был за то бесконечно благодарен.

Обнимаю Вас от души.
{{right|П. Чайковский}}
Торопите Бородина кончить его превосходную симфонию, а Кюи при случае поклонитесь и поблагодарите за тёплый отзыв.

|Translated text={{right|''[[Moscow]]. 8 October 1871''}}
{{centre|Dear friend!}}
I hope that [[Osip Jurgenson|Jurgenson (Osip Ivanovich)]] has long since handed to you my score, together with the parts and the piano reduction <ref name="note1"/>. The latter was made rather badly, but I think that it will suffice for accompanying the chorus during rehearsals. I will be very glad if this chorus is performed under your auspices. If the ''boys''' choir presents a difficulty for you, would you not be able to replace it with two female soloists? I for my part would not have any problem with that. I am very sorry that "''[[Romeo]]''" isn't going to be performed by you—I am convinced that [[Nápravník]] will mess up a lot of things <ref name="note2"/>. Would it not be possible for you or [[Korsakov]] to indicate to him, at a rehearsal, its tempo for which I unfortunately failed to give metronomic markings? I would be infinitely grateful to you if you were able to do this.

I embrace you heartily.
{{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}
Do press [[Borodin]] to finish his magnificent symphony <ref name="note3"/>, and when the opportunity arises give [[Cui]] my regards and thank him on my behalf for his warm review <ref name="note4"/>.
}}
==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">The score in question is of the ''[[Chorus of Flowers and Insects]]'', which [[Balakirev]] wanted to include in one of the Free Music Schools concerts that season. The concert at which it was performed under the baton of [[Balakirev]] would take place in [[Saint Petersburg]] on 18/30 December 1871.</ref>
<ref name="note2">In his letter to Tchaikovsky of 29 September/11 October 1871, [[Balakirev]] explained that the Russian Musical Society was keen to perform the overture-fantasia ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', and that he did not want to deprive the Society of the opportunity to showcase this work by reserving the first performance in [[Saint Petersburg]] for the Free Music School. The first performance of the ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' overture (2nd version) in [[Saint Petersburg]] duly took place at an RMS concert conducted by [[Eduard Nápravník]] on 5/17 February 1872. Tchaikovsky's negative view of [[Nápravník]]'s conducting abilities was one he retained throughout the 1870s. He would later revise his opinion significantly — note based on information provided by Aleksandra Orlova in {{bibx|1962/71|Милий Алексеевич Балакирев. Воспоминания и письма}} (1962), p. 197.</ref>
<ref name="note3">[[Borodin]]'s Symphony No. 2 in B minor (the "Bogatyrskaya") was not in fact completed until 1876.</ref>
<ref name="note4">[[Cui]]'s review of the ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' overture which appeared in the 30 September 1871 {{OS}} issue of the ''Saint Petersburg Register'', and in which [[Cui]] had written: "This overture is a remarkable and extraordinarily talented work".</ref>
</references>
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