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	\|Translated text={{right\|9 October<br/>[[Klin]], [[Maydanovo]] village}}		\|Translated text={{right\|9 October<br/>[[Klin]], [[Maydanovo]] village}}
	{{centre\|Dear [[Emiliya Karlovna]]!}}		{{centre\|Dear [[Emiliya Karlovna]]!}}
	On finding out recently that you have not sung in any performance so far I got worried and started to think you must be unwell, but [[Korsov]], whom I met in [[Moscow]] the other day, told me that he knew for certain that you hadn't been ill. Nevertheless, I would very much like to know how you are getting on and why you haven't appeared on the stage as yet. From the newspapers I have seen that only [[Slavina]] is singing in ''Carmen''. What's going on? Not having had any news from you, I am missing you and therefore kindly ask you to inform me in brief about your life.		On finding out recently that you have not sung in any performance so far, I got worried and started to think you must be unwell, but [[Korsov]], whom I met in [[Moscow]] the other day, told me that he knew for certain that you hadn't been ill. Nevertheless, I would very much like to know how you are getting on and why you haven't appeared on the stage as yet. From the newspapers I have seen that only [[Slavina]] is singing in ''Carmen''. What's going on? Not having had any news from you, I am missing you and therefore kindly ask you to inform me in brief about your life.

	I have now moved into new lodgings <ref name="note1"/> which I am renting for a long period {{*}}. All my relatives have left, and I am living in complete solitude. I have finished [[Manfred\|my symphony]], and, without tarrying a single hour, I set about composing [[The Enchantress\|the opera]]. Oh, what a fine fellow this [[Shpazhinsky]] is, and what a splendid colleague Fate has accorded to me in his person! The first act, which is the only one I have so far, is written magnificently: it is teeming with life and action. As long as no particular obstacles crop up, I hope to have finished all the sketches by spring and I shall devote next year to the orchestration and polishing of the score, so that the opera should be ready for the 1887-88 season. If I were to make great haste and go all out, I might even be able to get it ready for next season, but I don't want to strain myself too much. As for you, dear [[Emiliya Karlovna]], I would like to ask you to put in a word for ''[[Cherevichki]]'' at every convenient opportunity, with a view to getting this opera included in next season's repertoire. I will soon (that is, on the 20th) be going away to [[Kiev]] province to attend my sister's silver wedding, and shall return around the 10th of November <ref name="note2"/>. After that I shall await at [[Maydanovo]] the staging of ''[[Cherevichki]]'' in [[Moscow]] and will definitely make a trip to [[Petersburg]], even if it is just for the sake of seeing you both on the stage and at home. Give my very, very warm regards to Sergey Yevgrafovich <ref name="note3"/>, as well as to dearest [[Eduard Frantsevich]] and to [[Kondratyev]].		I have now moved into new lodgings <ref name="note1"/> which I am renting for a long period {{*}}. All my relatives have left, and I am living in complete solitude. I have finished [[Manfred\|my symphony]], and, without tarrying a single hour, I set about composing [[The Enchantress\|the opera]]. Oh, what a fine fellow this [[Shpazhinsky]] is, and what a splendid colleague Fate has accorded to me in his person! The first act, which is the only one I have so far, is written magnificently: it is teeming with life and action. As long as no particular obstacles crop up, I hope to have finished all the sketches by spring and I shall devote next year to the orchestration and polishing of the score, so that the opera should be ready for the 1887-88 season. If I were to make great haste and go all out, I might even be able to get it ready for next season, but I don't want to strain myself too much. As for you, dear [[Emiliya Karlovna]], I would like to ask you to put in a word for ''[[Cherevichki]]'' at every convenient opportunity, with a view to getting this opera included in next season's repertoire. I will soon (that is, on the 20th) be going away to [[Kiev]] province to attend my sister's silver wedding, and shall return around the 10th of November <ref name="note2"/>. After that I shall await at [[Maydanovo]] the staging of ''[[Cherevichki]]'' in [[Moscow]] and will definitely make a trip to [[Petersburg]], even if it is just for the sake of seeing you both on the stage and at home. Give my very, very warm regards to Sergey Yevgrafovich <ref name="note3"/>, as well as to dearest [[Eduard Frantsevich]] and to [[Kondratyev]].
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	==Notes and References==		==Notes and References==
	<references>		<references>
	<ref name="note1">In September 1885 Tchaikovsky moved into the house of the proprietress of [[Maydanovo]], Mrs Novikova. The removal arrangements were taken care of by Tchaikovsky's servant [[Aleksey Sofronov]] during his master's brief stay in [[Moscow]] from 15/27 September to 19 September/1 October. Tchaikovsky would live in this new house until April 1888 — note by Vasily Kiselev in {{bibx\|1940/226\|Чайковский на московской сцене}} (1940), p. 358.</ref>		<ref name="note1">In September 1885, Tchaikovsky moved into the house of the proprietress of [[Maydanovo]], Mrs Novikova. The removal arrangements were taken care of by Tchaikovsky's servant [[Aleksey Sofronov]] during his master's brief stay in [[Moscow]] from 15/27 September to 19 September/1 October. Tchaikovsky would live in this new house until April 1888 — note by Vasily Kiselev in {{bibx\|1940/226\|Чайковский на московской сцене}} (1940), p. 358.</ref>
	<ref name="note2">Tchaikovsky set off from [[Maydanovo]] on 19/31 October 1885 and went to [[Moscow]], where he spent six days before travelling, via [[Kharkov]], to [[Kamenka]] in order to attend the celebrations for the silver wedding of [[Aleksandra Davydova\|Aleksandra]] and [[Lev Davydov]], which took place on 6/18 November. He stayed on at [[Kamenka]] for a few more days, then on the way back stopped over in [[Moscow]] for six days again and arrived back in [[Maydanovo]] on 18/30 November 1885 — note by Vasily Kiselev in {{bibx\|1940/226\|Чайковский на московской сцене}} (1940), p. 359.</ref>		<ref name="note2">Tchaikovsky set off from [[Maydanovo]] on 19/31 October 1885 and went to [[Moscow]], where he spent six days before travelling, via [[Kharkov]], to [[Kamenka]] in order to attend the celebrations for the silver wedding of [[Aleksandra Davydova\|Aleksandra]] and [[Lev Davydov]], which took place on 6/18 November. He stayed on at [[Kamenka]] for a few more days, then on the way back stopped over in [[Moscow]] for six days again and arrived back in [[Maydanovo]] on 18/30 November 1885 — note by Vasily Kiselev in {{bibx\|1940/226\|Чайковский на московской сцене}} (1940), p. 359.</ref>
	<ref name="note3">[[Emiliya Pavlovskaya]]'s husband, Sergey Yevgrafovich Pavlovsky (1846–1915), was also a singer (a baritone) and a member of the [[Saint Petersburg]] Mariinsky Theatre's troupe.</ref>		<ref name="note3">[[Emiliya Pavlovskaya]]'s husband, Sergey Yevgrafovich Pavlovsky (1846–1915), was also a singer (a baritone) and a member of the [[Saint Petersburg]] Mariinsky Theatre's troupe.</ref>
	<ref name="note4">From his earliest letters to [[Pavlovskaya]] Tchaikovsky had called her his "benefactress", thereby emphasizing how grateful he was to her for her enthusiastic attitude towards ''[[Mazepa]]'' (in which she created the role of Mariya at the opera's premiere), as well as towards ''[[Yevgeny Onegin]]'', in which she sang Tatyana many times.</ref>		<ref name="note4">From his earliest letters to [[Pavlovskaya]], Tchaikovsky had called her his "benefactress", thereby emphasizing how grateful he was to her for her enthusiastic attitude towards [[Mazepa]] (in which she created the role of Mariya at the opera's premiere), as well as towards [[Yevgeny Onegin]], in which she sang Tatyana many times.</ref>
	</references>		</references>

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{{letterhead
|Date=9/21 September 1885
|To=[[Emiliya Pavlovskaya]]
|Place=[[Maydanovo]]
|Language=Russian
|Autograph=[[Moscow]] (Russia): {{RUS-Mt}} (Pavlovskaya collection)
|Publication={{bib|1902/25|Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского ; том 3}} (1902), p. 70 (abridged)<br/>{{bibx|1940/226|Чайковский на Московской сцене}} (1940), p. 357–358<br/>{{bib|1971/89|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XIII}} (1971), p. 166–167 (dated "9 October", as No. 2787).
|Notes=Original incorrectly dated "9 October"
}}

==Text and Translation==
{{Lettertext
|Language=Russian
|Translator=Luis Sundkvist
|Original text={{right|9 окт[ября]<br/>Клин, с[ело] Майданово}}
{{centre|Дорогая Эмилия Карловна!}}
Узнав недавно, что Вы ни разу ещё не пели, я обеспокоился и вообразил, что Вы нездоровы, но Корсов, с которым я на днях в Москве встретился, сказал мне, что ему известно, что Вы больны не были. Однакож мне очень бы хотелось узнать, что Вы поделываете и почему до сих пор ещё не выступали на сцене. Из газет вижу, что в ''«Кармен»'' поёт одна Славина. В чём дело? Соскучился без известий о Вас и прошу вкратце сообщить мне сведения о Вашем житье-бытье.

Я теперь переехал в новое помещение, нанятое мной на долгий срок {{*}}. Все мои разъехались, и одиночество моё полное. Симфонию свою я кончил и, не медля ни единого часа, принялся за оперу. Ах, какой молодец этот Шпажинский и какого хорошего сотрудника послала мне в нём судьба! Первое действие, которое я покамест одно только имею, написано великолепно; жизни, движения бездна. Если никаких особенных препятствий не будет, я надеюсь к весне окончить все эскизы, посвятить будущий год инструментовке и отделке, так что к сезону 87–88-го года опера будет готова. Если очень торопиться и из кожи лезть, то даже к будущему сезону я мог бы приготовить, но мне не хочется слишком напрягать себя. А Вас, дорогая Эмилия Карловна, прошу при всяком удобном случае замолвливать словечко о ''«Черевичках»'' в репертуаре будущего сезона. На днях (т. е. 20 числа) я уезжаю в Киевскую гувернию на серебряную свадьбу сестры моей и вернусь около 10-го ноября. Засим буду ожидать в Майданове постановку в Москве ''«Черевичек»'' и побываю непременно в Петербурге, хотя бы для того, чтобы увидать Вас и на сцене и дома. Кланяйтесь от меня очень, очень Сергею Евграфовичу, а также милейшему Эдуарду Францевичу и Кондратьеву.

Целую Ваши ручки, Благодетельница.
{{right|Ваш, П. Чайковский}}
----
{{*}} Тут же, в Майданове.

|Translated text={{right|9 October<br/>[[Klin]], [[Maydanovo]] village}}
{{centre|Dear [[Emiliya Karlovna]]!}}
On finding out recently that you have not sung in any performance so far I got worried and started to think you must be unwell, but [[Korsov]], whom I met in [[Moscow]] the other day, told me that he knew for certain that you hadn't been ill. Nevertheless, I would very much like to know how you are getting on and why you haven't appeared on the stage as yet. From the newspapers I have seen that only [[Slavina]] is singing in ''Carmen''. What's going on? Not having had any news from you, I am missing you and therefore kindly ask you to inform me in brief about your life.

I have now moved into new lodgings <ref name="note1"/> which I am renting for a long period {{*}}. All my relatives have left, and I am living in complete solitude. I have finished [[Manfred|my symphony]], and, without tarrying a single hour, I set about composing [[The Enchantress|the opera]]. Oh, what a fine fellow this [[Shpazhinsky]] is, and what a splendid colleague Fate has accorded to me in his person! The first act, which is the only one I have so far, is written magnificently: it is teeming with life and action. As long as no particular obstacles crop up, I hope to have finished all the sketches by spring and I shall devote next year to the orchestration and polishing of the score, so that the opera should be ready for the 1887-88 season. If I were to make great haste and go all out, I might even be able to get it ready for next season, but I don't want to strain myself too much. As for you, dear [[Emiliya Karlovna]], I would like to ask you to put in a word for ''[[Cherevichki]]'' at every convenient opportunity, with a view to getting this opera included in next season's repertoire. I will soon (that is, on the 20th) be going away to [[Kiev]] province to attend my sister's silver wedding, and shall return around the 10th of November <ref name="note2"/>. After that I shall await at [[Maydanovo]] the staging of ''[[Cherevichki]]'' in [[Moscow]] and will definitely make a trip to [[Petersburg]], even if it is just for the sake of seeing you both on the stage and at home. Give my very, very warm regards to Sergey Yevgrafovich <ref name="note3"/>, as well as to dearest [[Eduard Frantsevich]] and to [[Kondratyev]].

I kiss your hands, Benefactress <ref name="note4"/>.
{{right|Yours, P. Tchaikovsky}}
----
{{*}} Right here in [[Maydanovo]].
}}

==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">In September 1885 Tchaikovsky moved into the house of the proprietress of [[Maydanovo]], Mrs Novikova. The removal arrangements were taken care of by Tchaikovsky's servant [[Aleksey Sofronov]] during his master's brief stay in [[Moscow]] from 15/27 September to 19 September/1 October. Tchaikovsky would live in this new house until April 1888 — note by Vasily Kiselev in {{bibx|1940/226|Чайковский на московской сцене}} (1940), p. 358.</ref>
<ref name="note2">Tchaikovsky set off from [[Maydanovo]] on 19/31 October 1885 and went to [[Moscow]], where he spent six days before travelling, via [[Kharkov]], to [[Kamenka]] in order to attend the celebrations for the silver wedding of [[Aleksandra Davydova|Aleksandra]] and [[Lev Davydov]], which took place on 6/18 November. He stayed on at [[Kamenka]] for a few more days, then on the way back stopped over in [[Moscow]] for six days again and arrived back in [[Maydanovo]] on 18/30 November 1885 — note by Vasily Kiselev in {{bibx|1940/226|Чайковский на московской сцене}} (1940), p. 359.</ref>
<ref name="note3">[[Emiliya Pavlovskaya]]'s husband, Sergey Yevgrafovich Pavlovsky (1846–1915), was also a singer (a baritone) and a member of the [[Saint Petersburg]] Mariinsky Theatre's troupe.</ref>
<ref name="note4">From his earliest letters to [[Pavlovskaya]] Tchaikovsky had called her his "benefactress", thereby emphasizing how grateful he was to her for her enthusiastic attitude towards ''[[Mazepa]]'' (in which she created the role of Mariya at the opera's premiere), as well as towards ''[[Yevgeny Onegin]]'', in which she sang Tatyana many times.</ref>
</references>