Tony: "and" to "but" for clarity of meaning

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"and" to "but" for clarity of meaning

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	I'm sending you the end of the 4th act. You need to attend to the following:		I'm sending you the end of the 4th act. You need to attend to the following:
	1) Before anything else the piano reduction is to be engraved.		1) Before anything else the piano reduction is to be engraved.
	2) The ''choral parts'' are required; for God's sake don't forget this. I hope that the 1st and 2nd acts (choral parts) are already engraved. As regards the 4th act (the 3rd doesn't have a chorus), would it not be possible to save time by not sending them to Langer <ref name="note1"/> beforehand, ~~and~~ to engrave the choral parts directly from the manuscript. Some, if not all of the experienced engravers could do this, for example, Aleksey Fyodorov. Otherwise it may be some time until the piano reduction is engraved, until the manuscript is released, until it's sent to Langer, until he copies it, etc.		2) The ''choral parts'' are required; for God's sake, don't forget this. I hope that the 1st and 2nd acts (choral parts) are already engraved. As regards the 4th act (the 3rd doesn't have a chorus), would it not be possible to save time by not sending them to Langer <ref name="note1"/> beforehand, but to engrave the choral parts directly from the manuscript? Some, if not all of the experienced engravers could do this, for example, Aleksey Fyodorov. Otherwise it may be some time until the piano reduction is engraved, until the manuscript is released, until it's sent to Langer, until he copies it, etc.

	For God's sake, ask the engravers to work even on Saturday at Shrovetide. I will pay them well for this		For God's sake, ask the engravers to work even on Saturday at Shrovetide. I will pay them well for this

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{{letterhead
|Date=11/23 February 1887
|To=[[Sofiya Jurgenson]]
|Place=[[Maydanovo]]
|Language=Russian
|Autograph=[[Klin]] (Russia): {{RUS-KLč}} (a{{sup|3}}, No. 488)
|Publication={{bib|1974/53|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений' ; том XIV}} (1974), p. 46
}}
==Text and Translation==
{{Lettertext
|Language=Russian
|Translator=Brett Langston
|Original text={{right|''11 февр[аля 18]87''<br/>''с[ело] Майданово''}}
{{centre|Голубушка, Софья Ивановна!}}
Посылаю Вам конец 4-го действия. Вам нужно озаботиться о следующем:
1) Прежде всего нужно гравировать клавираусцуг.
2) Нужны ''хоровые голоса''; ради Бога, не забудьте этого. Надеюсь, что 1-ое и 2-е действие (хоровые голоса) уже гравируются. Что касается 4-го действия (в 3-ем хора нет), то нельзя ли, чтобы выиграть время, не отдавать предварительно списывать Лангеру, а прямо с рукописи гравировать хоровые голоса. Если не все, то некоторые из гравёров, как, напр[имер], сам Алексей Фёдоров, могут, будучи опытными, сделать это. Ибо сколько пройдёт времени пока награвируется клавираусцуг, пока рукопись освободится, пока её пошлют Лангеру, пока он перепишет и т. д.

Ради Бога, попросите гравёров работать даже в субботу на масленице. Я им за это хорошо заплачу.

Приеду я на будущей неделе, в четверг утром, прямо к Вам и проживу у Вас 4 дня, в течение коих буду возиться с корректурами.

''Я с ума схожу от усталости, и голова болит постоянно''. Господи! Отчего я должен вечно из сил выбиваться?.. А впрочем, грешно жаловаться. Слава Богу, что торопят, — значит дорожат!...

Целую Ваши ручки.
{{right|П. Чайковский}}
Напишите с Алексеем словечко ответа.

|Translated text={{right|''11 February 1887''<br/>''Village of [[Maydanovo]]''}}
{{centre|Golubushka, [[Sofiya Jurgenson|Sofya Ivanovna]]}}
I'm sending you the end of the 4th act. You need to attend to the following:
1) Before anything else the piano reduction is to be engraved.
2) The ''choral parts'' are required; for God's sake don't forget this. I hope that the 1st and 2nd acts (choral parts) are already engraved. As regards the 4th act (the 3rd doesn't have a chorus), would it not be possible to save time by not sending them to Langer <ref name="note1"/> beforehand, and to engrave the choral parts directly from the manuscript. Some, if not all of the experienced engravers could do this, for example, Aleksey Fyodorov. Otherwise it may be some time until the piano reduction is engraved, until the manuscript is released, until it's sent to Langer, until he copies it, etc.

For God's sake, ask the engravers to work even on Saturday at Shrovetide. I will pay them well for this

I'll come next week, on Thursday morning, directly to yours and stay for 4 days, during which I'll be busy with the proofs.

''I'm out of my mind from fatigue, and my head is constantly throbbing''. Lord! Why must I be continually exhausted?... And yet, to complain is a sin. Praise God that he who hurries knows the importance of time!...

I kiss your hands.
{{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}
Write a word of reply with Aleksey.
}}
==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">Nikolay Leontyevich Langer, librarian at the [[Moscow]] Conservatory, who was commissioned by [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] to make solo piano arrangements of many of Tchaikovsky's compositions.</ref>
</references>

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Tony: "and" to "but" for clarity of meaning

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