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|Date=27 October/8 November 1887<br />
|To=[[Otto Schneider]]<br />
|Place=[[Saint Petersburg]]<br />
|Language=German<br />
|Autograph=Berlin (Germany): Staatliches Institut der Musikforschung: Archive of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (A Čaj 1) <ref name="note1"/><br />
|Publication={{bib|1974/53|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XIV}} (1974), p. 246<br />
}}<br />
==Text and Translation==<br />
{{Lettertext<br />
|Language=German<br />
|Translator=Brett Langston<br />
|Original text={{right|{{datestyle|S[ank]t Petersburg|27 Oktober|8 Nov[ember]|1887}}}}<br />
{{centre|Hochgeehrter Herr Schneider,}}<br />
Ihr werthes Schreiben beantwortend teile Ihnen mit, dass ich Herr Friedrich entschieden abgesagt habe und {{sic|ausschliesslich|ausschließlich}} der Philharmonie den Vorzug gebe.<br />
<br />
Von den von Ihnen bezeichneten Tagen wäre mir am bequemsten der ''8-te Februar'', da ich am 20 Januar in Hamburg mitwirke, am 24 in {{sic|Copenhagen|Kopenhagen}} und von dort nach Berlin kommen würde.<br />
<br />
Soeben erhielt ich Ihre Antwort auf mein Тelegramm. Es ist mir lieb den Tag nun auch {{sic|definitiv| definitif}} festgesetzt zu wissen. Ich trete in diesen Tagen eine weite Reise nach Tiflis an.<br />
<br />
Als Programm schlage ich vor:<br />
:1) Ouvertüre "''Romeo u[nd] Julliette''" oder "''Francesca da Rimini''"<br/>2) Lieder<br/>3) Piano-Concert<br/>4) Dritte Suite ор. 55<br/>5) Lieder<br/>6) Ouvertüre "''1812''"<br />
Briefe an mich {{sic|bisz|bis}} zum 1 Januar 1888 bitte ich an Неrrn P. Jurgenson, Musikhand[lung], {{und2|Moskau}} zu {{sic|adressiren|adressieren}}.<br />
<br />
Mit {{sic|grösster|größter}} Hochachtung ergebenst,<br />
{{right|Peter Tschaikowsky}}<br />
<br />
|Translated text={{right|{{datestyle|[[Saint Petersburg]]|27 October|8 November|1887}}}}<br />
{{centre|Highly respected Herr [[Otto Schneider|Schneider]],}}<br />
In response to your cherished words <ref name="note2"/>, I inform you that I have turned down Herr Friedrich <ref name="note3"/>, in favour of making myself exclusively available to the Philharmonic.<br />
<br />
Of the dates you indicated, the ''8th of February'' would be the be the most convenient, since on the 20th January I am engaged in [[Hamburg]], on the 24th in Copenhagen, and would come to [[Berlin]] from there <ref name="note4"/>. <br />
<br />
I have just received your reply to my telegram <ref name="note5"/>. I am pleased to know that the date has finally been settled. I will soon be embarking on a long journey to [[Tiflis]] <ref name="note6"/>.<br />
<br />
As to the programme, I suggest:<br />
:1) Overture "''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''" or "''[[Francesca da Rimini]]''"<br/>2) Romances<br/>3) Piano Concerto<br/>4) [[Suite No. 3]], Op. 55<br/>5) Romances<br/>6) Overture "''[[1812]]''"<br />
<br />
Please address letters to me before 1 January 1888 to Herr [[Pyotr Jurgenson|P. Jurgenson]], music publisher, {{und2|[[Moscow]]}}.<br />
<br />
With sincere and utmost respect,<br />
{{right|Peter Tchaikovsky}}<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Notes and References==<br />
<references><br />
<ref name="note1">As kindly confirmed by Franziska Gulde-Druet of the Stiftung Berliner Philharmoniker, the autograph of this letter, which was previously in the possession of Peter Muck, a former violist with the Berlin Philharmonic and the author of {{und|Einhundert Jahre Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester: Darstellung in Dokumenten}} (Tutzing, 1982), is now held in the archive of the orchestra.</ref><br />
<ref name="note2">Letter from [[Otto Schneider]] to Tchaikovsky, 22 October/3 November 1887.</ref><br />
<ref name="note3">Dmitry Avgustovich Friedrich (Фридрих), Russian concert agent in Berlin.</ref><br />
<ref name="note4">Tchaikovsky conducted in [[Hamburg]] on 8/20 January 1888, but did not go to Copenhagen. The [[Berlin]] concert took place on 27 January/8 February 1887.</ref><br />
<ref name="note5">Tchaikovsky's telegram and [[Otto Schneider|Schneider]]'s reply have not survived.</ref><br />
<ref name="note6">Tchaikovsky's planned journey to [[Tiflis]] to conduct ''[[The Enchantress]]'' did not take place.</ref><br />
</references></div>Brett