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	It is a great pity that the audition could not be deferred, but it can't be helped <ref name="note1"/> Thank you, my splendid friend, for all the trouble which you are taking, and for everything that you are doing for the propagation of my music in [[Paris]]. May your efforts be crowned by a genuine success, and let us hope that this will be the case! <ref name="note2"/> I am genuinely touched by the faith which you have in my works and by your friendship. Many, many thanks!!!		It is a great pity that the audition could not be deferred, but it can't be helped <ref name="note1"/> Thank you, my splendid friend, for all the trouble which you are taking, and for everything that you are doing for the propagation of my music in [[Paris]]. May your efforts be crowned by a genuine success, and let us hope that this will be the case! <ref name="note2"/> I am genuinely touched by the faith which you have in my works and by your friendship. Many, many thanks!!!

	I have written to all those gentlemen, as well as to Madame ''Conneau'', but since I don't know their addresses, could you please forward these letters. As you suggested to me, I have asked ''[[Diémer]]'' to thank Messieurs ''Brunet'' and ''Mas'' on my behalf <ref name="note3"/>. I think I already wrote to you that [[Cherevichki\|my opera]] was performed under my direction three times in a row. People are saying that I am not without talent as a conductor — if you knew how much that gladdens me!!! I received endless ovations. My little house is packed full with the wreaths I was presented with. Right now I am busy at work: I am completing the piano score of [[The Enchantress\|my new opera]] which will be staged in [[Petersburg]] ''in October'', and it is very likely that after that I shall fly off to [[Paris]] <ref name="note4"/>. I need a break, and it will be a great pleasure for me to find myself in that dear city of [[Paris]] and to see my friends there, above all you <ref name="note5"/>. A thousand kind regards for Madame Mackar <ref name="note6"/> and Monsieur Condemine <ref name="note7"/>. Farewell.		I have written to all those gentlemen, as well as to Madame ''Conneau'', but since I don't know their addresses, could you please forward these letters. As you suggested to me, I have asked ''[[Diémer]]'' to thank Messieurs ''Brunet'' and ''Mas'' on my behalf <ref name="note3"/>. I think I already wrote to you that [[Cherevichki\|my opera]] was performed under my direction three times in a row. People are saying that I am not without talent as a conductor — if you knew how much that gladdens me!!! I received endless ovations. My little house is packed full with the wreaths I was presented with. Right now I am busy at work: I am completing the piano score of [[The Enchantress\|my new opera]], which will be staged in [[Petersburg]] ''in October'', and it is very likely that after that I shall fly off to [[Paris]] <ref name="note4"/>. I need a break, and it will be a great pleasure for me to find myself in that dear city of [[Paris]] and to see my friends there, above all you <ref name="note5"/>. A thousand kind regards for Madame Mackar <ref name="note6"/> and Monsieur Condemine <ref name="note7"/>. Farewell.
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	==Notes and References==		==Notes and References==
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	<ref name="note1">In an earlier letter [[Mackar]] had informed Tchaikovsky that he had ~~organized~~ a recital, or audition, of his works which was to take place at the Salle Érard on 11/23 February 1887, and he asked the composer whether he would be able to come to [[Paris]] for that. Tchaikovsky had replied in early/mid February that he could not make the journey to [[Paris]] because he was due to conduct a concert of his works in [[Saint Petersburg]] in early/mid March which would require lots of rehearsals beforehand; he had, however, asked [[Mackar]] whether it might not be possible to put off the audition to a later date, since he was sorry to have to miss it ([[Letter 3170]]). [[Mackar]] had evidently written again to explain that the audition could not be re-scheduled. Neither of these letters from [[Mackar]] is among those published in {{bib\|1970/6\|Чайковский и зарубежные музыканты}} (1970), and it is possible that they have not survived at all.</ref>		<ref name="note1">In an earlier letter, [[Mackar]] had informed Tchaikovsky that he had organised a recital, or audition, of his works which was to take place at the Salle Érard on 11/23 February 1887, and he asked the composer whether he would be able to come to [[Paris]] for that. Tchaikovsky had replied in early/mid-February that he could not make the journey to [[Paris]] because he was due to conduct a concert of his works in [[Saint Petersburg]] in early/mid-March which would require lots of rehearsals beforehand; he had, however, asked [[Mackar]] whether it might not be possible to put off the audition to a later date, since he was sorry to have to miss it ([[Letter 3170]]). [[Mackar]] had evidently written again to explain that the audition could not be re-scheduled. Neither of these letters from [[Mackar]] is among those published in {{bib\|1970/6\|Чайковский и зарубежные музыканты}} (1970), and it is possible that they have not survived at all.</ref>
	<ref name="note2">The recital of Tchaikovsky's works at the Salle Érard on 11/23 February 1887 was reportedly a great success. On the programme were the ''[[Sérénade mélancolique]]'' (in Tchaikovsky's own arrangement for violin and piano; played by the Belgian violinist Martin Pierre Marsick, with [[Anatoly Brandukov]] accompanying on the piano); the ''Nocturne'', No. 4 of the [[Six Pieces, Op. 19]], for piano, arranged for solo cello and piano (played by [[Brandukov]], with Marsick accompanying); the [[Piano Trio]] (played by [[Louis Diémer]], [[Brandukov]], and Marsick); Nos. 1, 2, 5, and 6 from the [[Six Romances, Op. 6]] (sung by Juliette Conneau); the ''Polonaise'' from ''[[Yevgeny Onegin]]'' in [[Liszt]]'s transcription for piano; ''Chant sans paroles'', No. 3 from ''[[Souvenir de Hapsal]]'', Op. 2; ''Polka de salon'', No. 2 of the [[Three Pieces, Op. 9]]; ''Mazurka'', No. 5 of the [[Twelve Pieces, Op. 40]]; and ''Romance'', No. 5 of the [[Six Pieces, Op. 51]] (all played by [[Diémer]]). [[Mackar]]'s advertisement in the newspapers also mentioned that the violist Joseph-Louis-Marie Mas and the violinist Alfred Brun were due to play at the recital (presumably to join Marsick and [[Brandukov]] in a performance of the [[String Quartet No. 1]]), but it is not clear whether they actually did.</ref>		<ref name="note2">The recital of Tchaikovsky's works at the Salle Érard on 11/23 February 1887 was reportedly a great success. On the programme were the ''[[Sérénade mélancolique]]'' (in Tchaikovsky's own arrangement for violin and piano; played by the Belgian violinist Martin Pierre Marsick, with [[Anatoly Brandukov]] accompanying on the piano); the ''Nocturne'', No. 4 of the [[Six Pieces, Op. 19]], for piano, arranged for solo cello and piano (played by [[Brandukov]], with Marsick accompanying); the [[Piano Trio]] (played by [[Louis Diémer]], [[Brandukov]], and Marsick); Nos. 1, 2, 5, and 6 from the [[Six Romances, Op. 6]] (sung by Juliette Conneau); the ''Polonaise'' from [[Yevgeny Onegin]] in [[Liszt]]'s transcription for piano; ''Chant sans paroles'', No. 3 from ''[[Souvenir de Hapsal]]'', Op. 2; ''Polka de salon'', No. 2 of the [[Three Pieces, Op. 9]]; ''Mazurka'', No. 5 of the [[Twelve Pieces, Op. 40]]; and ''Romance'', No. 5 of the [[Six Pieces, Op. 51]] (all played by [[Diémer]]). [[Mackar]]'s advertisement in the newspapers also mentioned that the violist Joseph-Louis-Marie Mas and the violinist Alfred Brun were due to play at the recital (presumably to join Marsick and [[Brandukov]] in a performance of the [[String Quartet No. 1]]), but it is not clear whether they actually did.</ref>
	<ref name="note3">In his letter to Tchaikovsky which has not been published, and which may not even have survived, [[Mackar]] had evidently urged the composer to write to the musicians involved in the recital of his works in order to thank them in advance. In his diary entry for 10/22 February 1887 Tchaikovsky duly noted: "Succeeded, before supper, in writing a lot of letters to [[Paris]] concerning the ''audience'' for my works" (quoted from {{bib\|1973/106\|The Diaries of Tchaikovsky}} (1973), p. 154). Tchaikovsky's letters to Marsick and Juliette Conneau have not come to light, but his letter to [[Diémer]] recently turned up at an auction: like the above letter to [[Mackar]] it is dated 10/22 February 1887 and in it Tchaikovsky does indeed ask the pianist to thank Brun and Mas on his behalf (see [[Letter 3177b]]).</ref>		<ref name="note3">In his letter to Tchaikovsky which has not been published, and which may not even have survived, [[Mackar]] had evidently urged the composer to write to the musicians involved in the recital of his works in order to thank them in advance. In his diary entry for 10/22 February 1887, Tchaikovsky duly noted: "Succeeded, before supper, in writing a lot of letters to [[Paris]] concerning the ''audience'' for my works" (quoted from {{bib\|1973/106\|The Diaries of Tchaikovsky}} (1973), p. 154). Tchaikovsky's letters to Marsick and Juliette Conneau have not come to light, but his letter to [[Diémer]] recently turned up at an auction: like the above letter to [[Mackar]] it is dated 10/22 February 1887, and in it Tchaikovsky does indeed ask the pianist to thank Brun and Mas on his behalf (see [[Letter 3177b]]).</ref>
	<ref name="note4">Tchaikovsky's new opera ''[[The Enchantress]]'' was premiered at the [[Saint Petersburg]] Mariinsky Theatre on 20 October/1 November 1887, with the composer himself conducting, but he did not travel to [[Paris]] immediately afterwards. Two months later, though, he was to embark on his first European conducting tour which included several concerts in [[Paris]] in February/March 1888.</ref>		<ref name="note4">Tchaikovsky's new opera [[The Enchantress]] was premiered at the [[Saint Petersburg]] Mariinsky Theatre on 20 October/1 November 1887, with the composer himself conducting, but he did not travel to [[Paris]] immediately afterwards. Two months later, though, he was to embark on his first European conducting tour which included several concerts in [[Paris]] in February/March 1888.</ref>
	<ref name="note5">In 1887 Tchaikovsky visited [[Paris]] only very briefly, from 2/14 to 4/16 August. On the last day he was able to spend some time with [[Mackar]] and his wife.</ref>		<ref name="note5">In 1887 Tchaikovsky visited [[Paris]] only very briefly, from 2/14 to 4/16 August. On the last day, he was able to spend some time with [[Mackar]] and his wife.</ref>
	<ref name="note6">[[Mackar]]'s wife, Valérie. In 1888, Tchaikovsky would dedicate to her one of the prints made by the [[Hamburg]] photographer E. Bieber on 6/18 January 1888. He wrote on it the following inscription: "Madame Valérie Mackar souvenir affectueux" and sketched three bars from the ''Andante cantabile'' of his [[String Quartet No. 1]] — see {{bib\|1968/16\|Revue de musicologie}} (1968), p. 94. The portrait in question appears as [[:File:Photo060.jpg\|Photograph No. 60]] in our [[Photographs\|Catalogue of Photographs]].</ref>		<ref name="note6">[[Mackar]]'s wife, Valérie. In 1888, Tchaikovsky would dedicate to her one of the prints made by the [[Hamburg]] photographer E. Bieber on 6/18 January 1888. He wrote on it the following inscription: "Madame Valérie Mackar souvenir affectueux" and sketched three bars from the ''Andante cantabile'' of his [[String Quartet No. 1]] — see {{bib\|1968/16\|Revue de musicologie}} (1968), p. 94. The portrait in question appears as [[:File:Photo060.jpg\|Photograph No. 60]] in our [[Photographs\|Catalogue of Photographs]].</ref>
	<ref name="note7">Henri Condemine, a pianist and friend of [[Mackar]]'s whom Tchaikovsky had met at the publisher's house in the previous summer.</ref>		<ref name="note7">Henri Condemine, a pianist and friend of [[Mackar]]'s whom Tchaikovsky had met at the publisher's house in the previous summer.</ref>
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{{letterhead
|Date=10/22 February 1887
|To=[[Félix Mackar]]
|Place=[[Maydanovo]]
|Language=French
|Autograph=[[Paris]] (France): {{F-Pn}}
|Publication={{bibx|1968/16|Revue de musicologie}}, tome 64 (1968), no. 1, p. 59<br/>{{bibx|1970/8|Советская музыка}} (1970), No. 9, p. 65 (Russian translation)<br/>{{bib|1974/53|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XIV}} (1974), p. 43–44
}}
==Text and Translation==
{{Lettertext
|Language=French
|Translator=Luis Sundkvist
|Original text={{right|10/22 février 1887<br/>Maïdanowo}}
{{centre|Mon cher et bon ami!}}
C'est bien dommage que l'audience n'ait pu être remise, – mais il n'y a rien à faire. Merci, mon excellent ami[,] pour toutes les peines que V[ou]s V[ou]s donnez et pour tout ce que V[ou]s faites pour la propagation de ma musique à Paris. Puissent Vos efforts être couronnés d'un vrai succès et espérons que tel sera le cas! Je suis vraiment touché de la confiance que V[ou]s avez en mes œuvres et de Votre amitié. Merci, merci et merci!!!

J'ai {{sic|ecrit|écrit}} à tous ces Messieurs, ainsi qu'à M[ada]me ''Conneau'', mais comme je ne sais pas les adresses, veuillez remettre ces lettres. Comme V[ou]s me l'avez dit, j'ai prié ''Diemer'' de remercier en mon nom M[essieu]rs ''Brunet'' et ''Mas''. Ne V[ou]s ai-je pas {{sic|ecrit|écrit}} que mon {{sic|opera|opéra}} a été {{sic|representé|représenté}} trois fois de suite sous ma direction. On prétend que je ne manque pas de talent comme chef d'orchestre et si V[ou]s saviez comme cela me réjouit!!! On m'a fait des ovations sans fin. Ma maisonnette est toute pleine de couronnes que l'on m'a présentées. En ce moment je suis tout au travail : – je termine la partition de piano du nouvel {{sic|opera|opéra}} qui sera donné ''(en) Octobre'' prochain à {{sic|Petersbourg|Pétersbourg}} et il est plus que probable que de là je prendrai mon vol pour Paris. J'ai besoin de me distraire et ce sera pour moi un grand plaisir que de me trouver dans ce cher Paris et d'y retrouver mes amis, Vous en tête. Mille choses à M[ada]me Mackar et à M[onsieu]r Condemine. Au revoir.
{{right|P. Tschaïkovsky}}

|Translated text={{right|10/22 February 1887<br/>[[Maydanovo]]}}
{{centre|My dear and kind friend!}}
It is a great pity that the audition could not be deferred, but it can't be helped <ref name="note1"/> Thank you, my splendid friend, for all the trouble which you are taking, and for everything that you are doing for the propagation of my music in [[Paris]]. May your efforts be crowned by a genuine success, and let us hope that this will be the case! <ref name="note2"/> I am genuinely touched by the faith which you have in my works and by your friendship. Many, many thanks!!!

I have written to all those gentlemen, as well as to Madame ''Conneau'', but since I don't know their addresses, could you please forward these letters. As you suggested to me, I have asked ''[[Diémer]]'' to thank Messieurs ''Brunet'' and ''Mas'' on my behalf <ref name="note3"/>. I think I already wrote to you that [[Cherevichki|my opera]] was performed under my direction three times in a row. People are saying that I am not without talent as a conductor — if you knew how much that gladdens me!!! I received endless ovations. My little house is packed full with the wreaths I was presented with. Right now I am busy at work: I am completing the piano score of [[The Enchantress|my new opera]] which will be staged in [[Petersburg]] ''in October'', and it is very likely that after that I shall fly off to [[Paris]] <ref name="note4"/>. I need a break, and it will be a great pleasure for me to find myself in that dear city of [[Paris]] and to see my friends there, above all you <ref name="note5"/>. A thousand kind regards for Madame Mackar <ref name="note6"/> and Monsieur Condemine <ref name="note7"/>. Farewell.
{{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}
}}

==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">In an earlier letter [[Mackar]] had informed Tchaikovsky that he had organized a recital, or audition, of his works which was to take place at the Salle Érard on 11/23 February 1887, and he asked the composer whether he would be able to come to [[Paris]] for that. Tchaikovsky had replied in early/mid February that he could not make the journey to [[Paris]] because he was due to conduct a concert of his works in [[Saint Petersburg]] in early/mid March which would require lots of rehearsals beforehand; he had, however, asked [[Mackar]] whether it might not be possible to put off the audition to a later date, since he was sorry to have to miss it ([[Letter 3170]]). [[Mackar]] had evidently written again to explain that the audition could not be re-scheduled. Neither of these letters from [[Mackar]] is among those published in {{bib|1970/6|Чайковский и зарубежные музыканты}} (1970), and it is possible that they have not survived at all.</ref>
<ref name="note2">The recital of Tchaikovsky's works at the Salle Érard on 11/23 February 1887 was reportedly a great success. On the programme were the ''[[Sérénade mélancolique]]'' (in Tchaikovsky's own arrangement for violin and piano; played by the Belgian violinist Martin Pierre Marsick, with [[Anatoly Brandukov]] accompanying on the piano); the ''Nocturne'', No. 4 of the [[Six Pieces, Op. 19]], for piano, arranged for solo cello and piano (played by [[Brandukov]], with Marsick accompanying); the [[Piano Trio]] (played by [[Louis Diémer]], [[Brandukov]], and Marsick); Nos. 1, 2, 5, and 6 from the [[Six Romances, Op. 6]] (sung by Juliette Conneau); the ''Polonaise'' from ''[[Yevgeny Onegin]]'' in [[Liszt]]'s transcription for piano; ''Chant sans paroles'', No. 3 from ''[[Souvenir de Hapsal]]'', Op. 2; ''Polka de salon'', No. 2 of the [[Three Pieces, Op. 9]]; ''Mazurka'', No. 5 of the [[Twelve Pieces, Op. 40]]; and ''Romance'', No. 5 of the [[Six Pieces, Op. 51]] (all played by [[Diémer]]). [[Mackar]]'s advertisement in the newspapers also mentioned that the violist Joseph-Louis-Marie Mas and the violinist Alfred Brun were due to play at the recital (presumably to join Marsick and [[Brandukov]] in a performance of the [[String Quartet No. 1]]), but it is not clear whether they actually did.</ref>
<ref name="note3">In his letter to Tchaikovsky which has not been published, and which may not even have survived, [[Mackar]] had evidently urged the composer to write to the musicians involved in the recital of his works in order to thank them in advance. In his diary entry for 10/22 February 1887 Tchaikovsky duly noted: "Succeeded, before supper, in writing a lot of letters to [[Paris]] concerning the ''audience'' for my works" (quoted from {{bib|1973/106|The Diaries of Tchaikovsky}} (1973), p. 154). Tchaikovsky's letters to Marsick and Juliette Conneau have not come to light, but his letter to [[Diémer]] recently turned up at an auction: like the above letter to [[Mackar]] it is dated 10/22 February 1887 and in it Tchaikovsky does indeed ask the pianist to thank Brun and Mas on his behalf (see [[Letter 3177b]]).</ref>
<ref name="note4">Tchaikovsky's new opera ''[[The Enchantress]]'' was premiered at the [[Saint Petersburg]] Mariinsky Theatre on 20 October/1 November 1887, with the composer himself conducting, but he did not travel to [[Paris]] immediately afterwards. Two months later, though, he was to embark on his first European conducting tour which included several concerts in [[Paris]] in February/March 1888.</ref>
<ref name="note5">In 1887 Tchaikovsky visited [[Paris]] only very briefly, from 2/14 to 4/16 August. On the last day he was able to spend some time with [[Mackar]] and his wife.</ref>
<ref name="note6">[[Mackar]]'s wife, Valérie. In 1888, Tchaikovsky would dedicate to her one of the prints made by the [[Hamburg]] photographer E. Bieber on 6/18 January 1888. He wrote on it the following inscription: "Madame Valérie Mackar souvenir affectueux" and sketched three bars from the ''Andante cantabile'' of his [[String Quartet No. 1]] — see {{bib|1968/16|Revue de musicologie}} (1968), p. 94. The portrait in question appears as [[:File:Photo060.jpg|Photograph No. 60]] in our [[Photographs|Catalogue of Photographs]].</ref>
<ref name="note7">Henri Condemine, a pianist and friend of [[Mackar]]'s whom Tchaikovsky had met at the publisher's house in the previous summer.</ref>
</references>