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|Date=28 April/10 May 1887<br />
|To=[[Bogomir Korsov]]<br />
|Place=[[Maydanovo]]<br />
|Language=French<br />
|Autograph=[[Moscow]] (Russia): {{RUS-Mcm}} (Ф. 88, No. 184)<br />
|Publication={{bibx|1959/13|Советская музыка}} (1959), No. 1, p. 76 ("26 April" {{OS}}) (Russian translation)<br/>{{bib|1974/53|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XIV}} (1974), p. 102–103<br />
}}<br />
==Text and Translation==<br />
{{Lettertext<br />
|Language=French<br />
|Translator=Brett Langston<br />
|Original text={{right|28 Avril}}<br />
{{centre|Cher ami!}}<br />
Jе viens d'expédier la lettre au Ministre. Malheureusement, je crois qu'on exagère l'influence qu'un mot de moi peut avoir sur ce potentat. Il n'a été que correct vis à vis de moi; pas l'ombre de simpathie ou de considération quelque peu prononcée. Enfin, nous verrons! Que le diable emporte ce Maikow et toute sa boutique, Kaschperoff en tête! А Vous de cœur,<br />
{{right|Р. Тchaïkovsky}}<br />
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|Translated text={{right|28 April}}<br />
{{centre|Dear friend!}}<br />
I have just sent the letter to the Minister <ref name="note1"/>. Unfortunately, I think you over-estimate the influence that a word from me can have on this potentate. He was merely polite to me; not a shadow of sympathy or of any particular consideration. We shall see eventually! To hell with Maykov <ref name="note2"/> and all his cronies, with [[Kashperov]] <ref name="note3"/> at the head! Affectionately yours,<br />
{{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}<br />
}}<br />
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==Notes and References==<br />
<references><br />
<ref name="note1">See [[Letter 3244]] to [[Illarion Vorontsov-Dashkov]], 28 April/10 May 1887.</ref><br />
<ref name="note2">Apollon Aleksandrovich Maykov (1826-1902), who had been appointed director of the Imperial Theatres in [[Moscow]] in 1886.</ref><br />
<ref name="note3">[[Vladimir Kashperov|Vladimir Nikitich Kashperov]] (1826-1894), Russian composer and vocal tutor.</ref><br />
</references></div>Brett