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Brett: Text replacement - "a sympathetic" to "an agreeable"

2024-07-18T10:42:33Z

Text replacement - "a sympathetic" to "an agreeable"

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	\|Translated text={{right\|12 June 1889<br/>''[[Frolovskoye]] village''}}		\|Translated text={{right\|12 June 1889<br/>''[[Frolovskoye]] village''}}
	{{centre\|Dear friend [[Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov\|Misha]]!}}		{{centre\|Dear friend [[Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov\|Misha]]!}}
	I shall answer you briefly, because I'm just off into town, and I'm afraid of missing the chance. You are free to compile the programme as you see fit, but take into account the following 2 circumstances: ''[[Wagner]]'s "Faust" overture'' has already been taken on by [[Ziloti]], whose programme the directors have approved in its entirety. This means you need to take on another overture. Wouldn't you like to play "''[[Ivan the Terrible (Rubinstein)\|Ivan the Terrible]]''" by [[Anton Rubinstein\|Rubinstein]]? It's a wonderful thing. 2) Don't forget that ''[[Safonov]]'' will be playing at your concert. But the most important thing is that you must ''without fail'' play your ''own compositions''. I would certainly perform excerpts from "''Ruth''", however, this is not enough, something symphonic is also needed. It goes without saying that the directorate will be happy if your concert serves as a pretext for [[Moscow]] to become acquainted with such ~~a sympathetic~~ and talented singer as Madame ''[[Zarudnaya]]''. Thank you for choosing the symphony — but I would prefer that you not play anything of mine. I shouldn't want the public to think that I invited you to [[Moscow]] so that you could play something of mine. By God, it's true that I would prefer something else.		I shall answer you briefly, because I'm just off into town, and I'm afraid of missing the chance. You are free to compile the programme as you see fit, but take into account the following 2 circumstances: ''[[Wagner]]'s "Faust" overture'' has already been taken on by [[Ziloti]], whose programme the directors have approved in its entirety. This means you need to take on another overture. Wouldn't you like to play "''[[Ivan the Terrible (Rubinstein)\|Ivan the Terrible]]''" by [[Anton Rubinstein\|Rubinstein]]? It's a wonderful thing. 2) Don't forget that ''[[Safonov]]'' will be playing at your concert. But the most important thing is that you must ''without fail'' play your ''own compositions''. I would certainly perform excerpts from "''Ruth''", however, this is not enough, something symphonic is also needed. It goes without saying that the directorate will be happy if your concert serves as a pretext for [[Moscow]] to become acquainted with such an agreeable and talented singer as Madame ''[[Zarudnaya]]''. Thank you for choosing the symphony — but I would prefer that you not play anything of mine. I shouldn't want the public to think that I invited you to [[Moscow]] so that you could play something of mine. By God, it's true that I would prefer something else.

	The expulsion of [[Albrecht]] from the Conservatory will not cause anyone to take against [[Safonov]]. After all, [[Albrecht]] enjoys complete, universal hatred — but why? I could never understand. [[Vasily Safonov\|Vasily Ilyich]] is stuck and will be stuck in [[Moscow]] for a very long time, partly due to business, partly due to the illness of Varvara Ivanovna, who contrived to break her leg in the room.		The expulsion of [[Albrecht]] from the Conservatory will not cause anyone to take against [[Safonov]]. After all, [[Albrecht]] enjoys complete, universal hatred — but why? I could never understand. [[Vasily Safonov\|Vasily Ilyich]] is stuck and will be stuck in [[Moscow]] for a very long time, partly due to business, partly due to the illness of Varvara Ivanovna, who contrived to break her leg in the room.

Brett at 15:16, 11 July 2024

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	\|Translated text={{right\|12 June 1889<br/>''[[Frolovskoye]] village''}}		\|Translated text={{right\|12 June 1889<br/>''[[Frolovskoye]] village''}}
	{{centre\|Dear friend [[Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov\|Misha]]!}}		{{centre\|Dear friend [[Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov\|Misha]]!}}
	I shall answer you briefly, because I'm just off into town, and I'm afraid of missing the chance. You are free to compile the programme as you see fit, but take into account the following 2 circumstances: ''[[Wagner]]'s "Faust" overture'' has already been taken on by [[Ziloti]], whose programme the directors have approved in its entirety. This means you need to take on another overture. Wouldn't you like to play "''[[Ivan the Terrible (Rubinstein)\|Ivan the Terrible]]''" by [[Anton Rubinstein\|Rubinstein]]? It's a wonderful thing. 2) Don't forget that ''[[~~Savonov~~]]'' will be playing at your concert. But the most important thing is that you must ''without fail'' play your ''own compositions''. I would certainly perform excerpts from "''Ruth''", however, this is not enough, something symphonic is also needed. It goes without saying that the directorate will be happy if your concert serves as a pretext for [[Moscow]] to become acquainted with such a sympathetic and talented singer as Madame ''[[Zarudnaya]]''. Thank you for choosing the symphony — but I would prefer that you not play anything of mine. I shouldn't want the public to think that I invited you to [[Moscow]] so that you could play something of mine. By God, it's true that I would prefer something else.		I shall answer you briefly, because I'm just off into town, and I'm afraid of missing the chance. You are free to compile the programme as you see fit, but take into account the following 2 circumstances: ''[[Wagner]]'s "Faust" overture'' has already been taken on by [[Ziloti]], whose programme the directors have approved in its entirety. This means you need to take on another overture. Wouldn't you like to play "''[[Ivan the Terrible (Rubinstein)\|Ivan the Terrible]]''" by [[Anton Rubinstein\|Rubinstein]]? It's a wonderful thing. 2) Don't forget that ''[[Safonov]]'' will be playing at your concert. But the most important thing is that you must ''without fail'' play your ''own compositions''. I would certainly perform excerpts from "''Ruth''", however, this is not enough, something symphonic is also needed. It goes without saying that the directorate will be happy if your concert serves as a pretext for [[Moscow]] to become acquainted with such a sympathetic and talented singer as Madame ''[[Zarudnaya]]''. Thank you for choosing the symphony — but I would prefer that you not play anything of mine. I shouldn't want the public to think that I invited you to [[Moscow]] so that you could play something of mine. By God, it's true that I would prefer something else.

	The expulsion of [[Albrecht]] from the Conservatory will not cause anyone to take against [[Safonov]]. After all, [[Albrecht]] enjoys complete, universal hatred — but why? I could never understand. [[Vasily Safonov\|Vasily Ilyich]] is stuck and will be stuck in [[Moscow]] for a very long time, partly due to business, partly due to the illness of Varvara Ivanovna, who contrived to break her leg in the room.		The expulsion of [[Albrecht]] from the Conservatory will not cause anyone to take against [[Safonov]]. After all, [[Albrecht]] enjoys complete, universal hatred — but why? I could never understand. [[Vasily Safonov\|Vasily Ilyich]] is stuck and will be stuck in [[Moscow]] for a very long time, partly due to business, partly due to the illness of Varvara Ivanovna, who contrived to break her leg in the room.

Brett at 13:48, 24 June 2024

2024-06-24T13:48:48Z

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	\|Translated text={{right\|12 June 1889<br/>''[[Frolovskoye]] village''}}		\|Translated text={{right\|12 June 1889<br/>''[[Frolovskoye]] village''}}
	{{centre\|Dear friend [[Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov\|Misha]]!}}		{{centre\|Dear friend [[Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov\|Misha]]!}}
	I shall answer you briefly, because I'm just off into town, and I'm afraid of missing the chance. You are free to compile the programme as you see fit, but take into account the following 2 circumstances: ''[[Wagner]]'s "Faust" overture" has already been taken on by [[Ziloti]], whose programme the directors have approved in its entirety. This means you need to take on another overture. Wouldn't you like to play "''[[Ivan the Terrible (Rubinstein)\|Ivan the Terrible]]''" by [[Anton Rubinstein\|Rubinstein]]? It's a wonderful thing. 2) Don't forget that ''[[Savonov]]'' will be playing at your concert. But the most important thing is that you must ''without fail'' play ''~~your~~ own compositions''. I would certainly perform excerpts from "''Ruth''", however, this is not enough, something symphonic is also needed. It goes without saying that the directorate will be happy if your concert serves as a pretext for [[Moscow]] to become acquainted with such a sympathetic and talented singer as Madame ''[[Zarudnaya]]''. Thank you for choosing the symphony — but I would prefer that you not play anything of mine. I shouldn't want the public to think that I invited you to [[Moscow]] so that you could play something of mine. By God, it's true that I would prefer something else.		I shall answer you briefly, because I'm just off into town, and I'm afraid of missing the chance. You are free to compile the programme as you see fit, but take into account the following 2 circumstances: ''[[Wagner]]'s "Faust" overture'' has already been taken on by [[Ziloti]], whose programme the directors have approved in its entirety. This means you need to take on another overture. Wouldn't you like to play "''[[Ivan the Terrible (Rubinstein)\|Ivan the Terrible]]''" by [[Anton Rubinstein\|Rubinstein]]? It's a wonderful thing. 2) Don't forget that ''[[Savonov]]'' will be playing at your concert. But the most important thing is that you must ''without fail'' play your ''own compositions''. I would certainly perform excerpts from "''Ruth''", however, this is not enough, something symphonic is also needed. It goes without saying that the directorate will be happy if your concert serves as a pretext for [[Moscow]] to become acquainted with such a sympathetic and talented singer as Madame ''[[Zarudnaya]]''. Thank you for choosing the symphony — but I would prefer that you not play anything of mine. I shouldn't want the public to think that I invited you to [[Moscow]] so that you could play something of mine. By God, it's true that I would prefer something else.

	The expulsion of [[Albrecht]] from the Conservatory will not cause anyone to take against [[Safonov]]. After all, [[Albrecht]] enjoys complete, universal hatred — but why? I could never understand. [[Vasily Safonov\|Vasily Ilyich]] is stuck and will be stuck in [[Moscow]] for a very long time, partly due to business, partly due to the illness of Varvara Ivanovna, who contrived to break her leg in the room.		The expulsion of [[Albrecht]] from the Conservatory will not cause anyone to take against [[Safonov]]. After all, [[Albrecht]] enjoys complete, universal hatred — but why? I could never understand. [[Vasily Safonov\|Vasily Ilyich]] is stuck and will be stuck in [[Moscow]] for a very long time, partly due to business, partly due to the illness of Varvara Ivanovna, who contrived to break her leg in the room.

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	\|Publication={{bib\|1902/25\|Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского ; том 3}} (1902), p. 312–313 (abridged)<br/>{{bibx\|1947/31\|Бюллетень Дома-музея П. И. Чайковского в Клину}} (1947), No. 1, p. 1–62<br/>{{bib\|1976/64\|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XV–А}} (1976), p. 129–130		\|Publication={{bib\|1902/25\|Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского ; том 3}} (1902), p. 312–313 (abridged)<br/>{{bibx\|1947/31\|Бюллетень Дома-музея П. И. Чайковского в Клину}} (1947), No. 1, p. 1–62<br/>{{bib\|1976/64\|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XV–А}} (1976), p. 129–130
	}}		}}
	==Text==		==Text and Translation==
	{{Lettertext		{{Lettertext
	\|Language=Russian		\|Language=Russian
	\|Translator=		\|Translator=Brett Langston
	\|Original text={{right\|12 июня [18]89<br/>''с[ело] Фроловское''}}		\|Original text={{right\|12 июня [18]89<br/>''с[ело] Фроловское''}}
	{{centre\|Милый друг Миша!}}		{{centre\|Милый друг Миша!}}
	Буду отвечать тебе кратко, ибо сейчас едут в город, и я боюсь пропустить случай. Программу ты волен составить как тебе угодно, но прими во внимание 2 следующие обстоятельства: 1) ''Увертюра «Фауст» Вагнера'' уже взята Зилоти, программу которого дирекция вполне одобрила. Возьми. значит, другую увертюру. Не хочешь ли сыграть «''~~Гроного~~''» Рубинштейна? Чудесная вещь. 2) Не забудь, что в твоём концерте играет ''Сафонов''. Но самое главное то, что ты ''непременно'' должен играть ''свои сочинения''. Я полагал бы непременно исполнить отрывки из «''Руфи''», а, впрочем, этого мало, нужно ещё что-нибудь симфоническое. Само собою разумеется, что дирекция будет счастлива, если твой концерт послужит поводом к знакомству Москвы с столь симпатичной и талантливой певицей, как г-жа ''Зарудная''. Спасибо за выбор симфонии — но я бы предпочёл, чтобы ты моего ничего не играл. Мне не хотелось бы, чтобы в публике думали, что я приглашал тебя в Москву для того, чтобы ты мои вещи играл. Ей-Богу, правда, что я бы предпочёл что-нибудь другое.		Буду отвечать тебе кратко, ибо сейчас едут в город, и я боюсь пропустить случай. Программу ты волен составить как тебе угодно, но прими во внимание 2 следующие обстоятельства: 1) ''Увертюра «Фауст» Вагнера'' уже взята Зилоти, программу которого дирекция вполне одобрила. Возьми значит, другую увертюру. Не хочешь ли сыграть «''Грозного''» Рубинштейна? Чудесная вещь. 2) Не забудь, что в твоём концерте играет ''Сафонов''. Но самое главное то, что ты ''непременно'' должен играть ''свои сочинения''. Я полагал бы непременно исполнить отрывки из «''Руфи''», а, впрочем, этого мало, нужно ещё что-нибудь симфоническое. Само собою разумеется, что дирекция будет счастлива, если твой концерт послужит поводом к знакомству Москвы с столь симпатичной и талантливой певицей, как г-жа ''Зарудная''. Спасибо за выбор симфонии — но я бы предпочёл, чтобы ты моего ничего не играл. Мне не хотелось бы, чтобы в публике думали, что я приглашал тебя в Москву для того, чтобы ты мои вещи играл. Ей-Богу, правда, что я бы предпочёл что-нибудь другое.

	Изгнание Альбрехта из Консерватории никого не вооружит против Сафонова. Ведь Альбрехт пользуется поголовною, всеобщею ненавистью - за что? я никогда не мог понять. Василий Ильич сидит и ещё долго будет сидеть в Москве, отчасти вследствие дел, отчасти вследствие болезни Варв[ары] Ив[ановны], которая ухитрилась в комнате сломать себе ногу.		Изгнание Альбрехта из Консерватории никого не вооружит против Сафонова. Ведь Альбрехт пользуется поголовною, всеобщею ненавистью - за что? я никогда не мог понять. Василий Ильич сидит и ещё долго будет сидеть в Москве, отчасти вследствие дел, отчасти вследствие болезни Варв[ары] Ив[ановны], которая ухитрилась в комнате сломать себе ногу.
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	Ужасно обидно, что Андронников не посылает мне фотографий.		Ужасно обидно, что Андронников не посылает мне фотографий.

	\|Translated text=		\|Translated text={{right\|12 June 1889<br/>''[[Frolovskoye]] village''}}
			{{centre\|Dear friend [[Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov\|Misha]]!}}
			I shall answer you briefly, because I'm just off into town, and I'm afraid of missing the chance. You are free to compile the programme as you see fit, but take into account the following 2 circumstances: ''[[Wagner]]'s "Faust" overture" has already been taken on by [[Ziloti]], whose programme the directors have approved in its entirety. This means you need to take on another overture. Wouldn't you like to play "''[[Ivan the Terrible (Rubinstein)\|Ivan the Terrible]]''" by [[Anton Rubinstein\|Rubinstein]]? It's a wonderful thing. 2) Don't forget that ''[[Savonov]]'' will be playing at your concert. But the most important thing is that you must ''without fail'' play ''your own compositions''. I would certainly perform excerpts from "''Ruth''", however, this is not enough, something symphonic is also needed. It goes without saying that the directorate will be happy if your concert serves as a pretext for [[Moscow]] to become acquainted with such a sympathetic and talented singer as Madame ''[[Zarudnaya]]''. Thank you for choosing the symphony — but I would prefer that you not play anything of mine. I shouldn't want the public to think that I invited you to [[Moscow]] so that you could play something of mine. By God, it's true that I would prefer something else.

			The expulsion of [[Albrecht]] from the Conservatory will not cause anyone to take against [[Safonov]]. After all, [[Albrecht]] enjoys complete, universal hatred — but why? I could never understand. [[Vasily Safonov\|Vasily Ilyich]] is stuck and will be stuck in [[Moscow]] for a very long time, partly due to business, partly due to the illness of Varvara Ivanovna, who contrived to break her leg in the room.

			I'm very sorry that [[Ziloti]] has wrenched "''Faust''" away from you, but there's nothing to be done — he collared it before you. I want you to write as much as you can from "''Azra''". Will you be writing a real formal overture for it?

			Until we meet, golubchik!

			I kiss [[Varvara Mikhaylovna]]'s hands. Bow to Anna Mikhaylovna and kiss Tata.
			{{right\|Yours P. Tchaikovsky}}
			It's an awful shame that Andronnikov doesn't send me the photographs.
	}}		}}

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{{letterhead
|Date=12/24 June 1889
|To=[[Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov]]
|Place=[[Frolovskoye]]
|Language=Russian
|Autograph=[[Klin]] (Russia): {{RUS-KLč}} (a{{sup|3}}, No. 190)
|Publication={{bib|1902/25|Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского ; том 3}} (1902), p. 312–313 (abridged)<br/>{{bibx|1947/31|Бюллетень Дома-музея П. И. Чайковского в Клину}} (1947), No. 1, p. 1–62<br/>{{bib|1976/64|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XV–А}} (1976), p. 129–130
}}
==Text==
{{Lettertext
|Language=Russian
|Translator=
|Original text={{right|12 июня [18]89<br/>''с[ело] Фроловское''}}
{{centre|Милый друг Миша!}}
Буду отвечать тебе кратко, ибо сейчас едут в город, и я боюсь пропустить случай. Программу ты волен составить как тебе угодно, но прими во внимание 2 следующие обстоятельства: 1) ''Увертюра «Фауст» Вагнера'' уже взята Зилоти, программу которого дирекция вполне одобрила. Возьми. значит, другую увертюру. Не хочешь ли сыграть «''Гроного''» Рубинштейна? Чудесная вещь. 2) Не забудь, что в твоём концерте играет ''Сафонов''. Но самое главное то, что ты ''непременно'' должен играть ''свои сочинения''. Я полагал бы непременно исполнить отрывки из «''Руфи''», а, впрочем, этого мало, нужно ещё что-нибудь симфоническое. Само собою разумеется, что дирекция будет счастлива, если твой концерт послужит поводом к знакомству Москвы с столь симпатичной и талантливой певицей, как г-жа ''Зарудная''. Спасибо за выбор симфонии — но я бы предпочёл, чтобы ты моего ничего не играл. Мне не хотелось бы, чтобы в публике думали, что я приглашал тебя в Москву для того, чтобы ты мои вещи играл. Ей-Богу, правда, что я бы предпочёл что-нибудь другое.

Изгнание Альбрехта из Консерватории никого не вооружит против Сафонова. Ведь Альбрехт пользуется поголовною, всеобщею ненавистью - за что? я никогда не мог понять. Василий Ильич сидит и ещё долго будет сидеть в Москве, отчасти вследствие дел, отчасти вследствие болезни Варв[ары] Ив[ановны], которая ухитрилась в комнате сломать себе ногу.

Очень сожалею, что Зилоти оттягал от тебя «''Фауста''», но делать нечего, — он раньше тебя захватил её. Желаю тебе как можно более написать из «''Азры''». Не напишешь ли настоящей формальной увертюры к ней?

До свиданья, голубчик!

Целую ручки Варв[ары] Мих[айловны]. Поклон Анне Михайловне и Тате поцелуй.
{{right|Твой П. Чайковский}}
Ужасно обидно, что Андронников не посылает мне фотографий.

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	\|Translated text={{right\|12 June 1889<br/>''[[Frolovskoye]] village''}}		\|Translated text={{right\|12 June 1889<br/>''[[Frolovskoye]] village''}}
	{{centre\|Dear friend [[Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov\|Misha]]!}}		{{centre\|Dear friend [[Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov\|Misha]]!}}
	I shall answer you briefly, because I'm just off into town, and I'm afraid of missing the chance. You are free to compile the programme as you see fit, but take into account the following 2 circumstances: ''[[Wagner]]'s "Faust" overture'' has already been taken on by [[Ziloti]], whose programme the directors have approved in its entirety. This means you need to take on another overture. Wouldn't you like to play "''[[Ivan the Terrible (Rubinstein)\|Ivan the Terrible]]''" by [[Anton Rubinstein\|Rubinstein]]? It's a wonderful thing. 2) Don't forget that ''[[Safonov]]'' will be playing at your concert. But the most important thing is that you must ''without fail'' play your ''own compositions''. I would certainly perform excerpts from "''Ruth''", however, this is not enough, something symphonic is also needed. It goes without saying that the directorate will be happy if your concert serves as a pretext for [[Moscow]] to become acquainted with such ~~a sympathetic~~ and talented singer as Madame ''[[Zarudnaya]]''. Thank you for choosing the symphony — but I would prefer that you not play anything of mine. I shouldn't want the public to think that I invited you to [[Moscow]] so that you could play something of mine. By God, it's true that I would prefer something else.		I shall answer you briefly, because I'm just off into town, and I'm afraid of missing the chance. You are free to compile the programme as you see fit, but take into account the following 2 circumstances: ''[[Wagner]]'s "Faust" overture'' has already been taken on by [[Ziloti]], whose programme the directors have approved in its entirety. This means you need to take on another overture. Wouldn't you like to play "''[[Ivan the Terrible (Rubinstein)\|Ivan the Terrible]]''" by [[Anton Rubinstein\|Rubinstein]]? It's a wonderful thing. 2) Don't forget that ''[[Safonov]]'' will be playing at your concert. But the most important thing is that you must ''without fail'' play your ''own compositions''. I would certainly perform excerpts from "''Ruth''", however, this is not enough, something symphonic is also needed. It goes without saying that the directorate will be happy if your concert serves as a pretext for [[Moscow]] to become acquainted with such an agreeable and talented singer as Madame ''[[Zarudnaya]]''. Thank you for choosing the symphony — but I would prefer that you not play anything of mine. I shouldn't want the public to think that I invited you to [[Moscow]] so that you could play something of mine. By God, it's true that I would prefer something else.

	The expulsion of [[Albrecht]] from the Conservatory will not cause anyone to take against [[Safonov]]. After all, [[Albrecht]] enjoys complete, universal hatred — but why? I could never understand. [[Vasily Safonov\|Vasily Ilyich]] is stuck and will be stuck in [[Moscow]] for a very long time, partly due to business, partly due to the illness of Varvara Ivanovna, who contrived to break her leg in the room.		The expulsion of [[Albrecht]] from the Conservatory will not cause anyone to take against [[Safonov]]. After all, [[Albrecht]] enjoys complete, universal hatred — but why? I could never understand. [[Vasily Safonov\|Vasily Ilyich]] is stuck and will be stuck in [[Moscow]] for a very long time, partly due to business, partly due to the illness of Varvara Ivanovna, who contrived to break her leg in the room.

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	{{centre\|Dear friend [[Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov\|Misha]]!}}		{{centre\|Dear friend [[Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov\|Misha]]!}}
	I shall answer you briefly, because I'm just off into town, and I'm afraid of missing the chance. You are free to compile the programme as you see fit, but take into account the following 2 circumstances: ''[[Wagner]]'s "Faust" overture'' has already been taken on by [[Ziloti]], whose programme the directors have approved in its entirety. This means you need to take on another overture. Wouldn't you like to play "''[[Ivan the Terrible (Rubinstein)\|Ivan the Terrible]]''" by [[Anton Rubinstein\|Rubinstein]]? It's a wonderful thing. 2) Don't forget that ''[[~~Savonov~~]]'' will be playing at your concert. But the most important thing is that you must ''without fail'' play your ''own compositions''. I would certainly perform excerpts from "''Ruth''", however, this is not enough, something symphonic is also needed. It goes without saying that the directorate will be happy if your concert serves as a pretext for [[Moscow]] to become acquainted with such a sympathetic and talented singer as Madame ''[[Zarudnaya]]''. Thank you for choosing the symphony — but I would prefer that you not play anything of mine. I shouldn't want the public to think that I invited you to [[Moscow]] so that you could play something of mine. By God, it's true that I would prefer something else.		I shall answer you briefly, because I'm just off into town, and I'm afraid of missing the chance. You are free to compile the programme as you see fit, but take into account the following 2 circumstances: ''[[Wagner]]'s "Faust" overture'' has already been taken on by [[Ziloti]], whose programme the directors have approved in its entirety. This means you need to take on another overture. Wouldn't you like to play "''[[Ivan the Terrible (Rubinstein)\|Ivan the Terrible]]''" by [[Anton Rubinstein\|Rubinstein]]? It's a wonderful thing. 2) Don't forget that ''[[Safonov]]'' will be playing at your concert. But the most important thing is that you must ''without fail'' play your ''own compositions''. I would certainly perform excerpts from "''Ruth''", however, this is not enough, something symphonic is also needed. It goes without saying that the directorate will be happy if your concert serves as a pretext for [[Moscow]] to become acquainted with such a sympathetic and talented singer as Madame ''[[Zarudnaya]]''. Thank you for choosing the symphony — but I would prefer that you not play anything of mine. I shouldn't want the public to think that I invited you to [[Moscow]] so that you could play something of mine. By God, it's true that I would prefer something else.

	The expulsion of [[Albrecht]] from the Conservatory will not cause anyone to take against [[Safonov]]. After all, [[Albrecht]] enjoys complete, universal hatred — but why? I could never understand. [[Vasily Safonov\|Vasily Ilyich]] is stuck and will be stuck in [[Moscow]] for a very long time, partly due to business, partly due to the illness of Varvara Ivanovna, who contrived to break her leg in the room.		The expulsion of [[Albrecht]] from the Conservatory will not cause anyone to take against [[Safonov]]. After all, [[Albrecht]] enjoys complete, universal hatred — but why? I could never understand. [[Vasily Safonov\|Vasily Ilyich]] is stuck and will be stuck in [[Moscow]] for a very long time, partly due to business, partly due to the illness of Varvara Ivanovna, who contrived to break her leg in the room.

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	\|Translated text={{right\|12 June 1889<br/>''[[Frolovskoye]] village''}}		\|Translated text={{right\|12 June 1889<br/>''[[Frolovskoye]] village''}}
	{{centre\|Dear friend [[Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov\|Misha]]!}}		{{centre\|Dear friend [[Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov\|Misha]]!}}
	I shall answer you briefly, because I'm just off into town, and I'm afraid of missing the chance. You are free to compile the programme as you see fit, but take into account the following 2 circumstances: ''[[Wagner]]'s "Faust" overture" has already been taken on by [[Ziloti]], whose programme the directors have approved in its entirety. This means you need to take on another overture. Wouldn't you like to play "''[[Ivan the Terrible (Rubinstein)\|Ivan the Terrible]]''" by [[Anton Rubinstein\|Rubinstein]]? It's a wonderful thing. 2) Don't forget that ''[[Savonov]]'' will be playing at your concert. But the most important thing is that you must ''without fail'' play ''~~your~~ own compositions''. I would certainly perform excerpts from "''Ruth''", however, this is not enough, something symphonic is also needed. It goes without saying that the directorate will be happy if your concert serves as a pretext for [[Moscow]] to become acquainted with such a sympathetic and talented singer as Madame ''[[Zarudnaya]]''. Thank you for choosing the symphony — but I would prefer that you not play anything of mine. I shouldn't want the public to think that I invited you to [[Moscow]] so that you could play something of mine. By God, it's true that I would prefer something else.		I shall answer you briefly, because I'm just off into town, and I'm afraid of missing the chance. You are free to compile the programme as you see fit, but take into account the following 2 circumstances: ''[[Wagner]]'s "Faust" overture'' has already been taken on by [[Ziloti]], whose programme the directors have approved in its entirety. This means you need to take on another overture. Wouldn't you like to play "''[[Ivan the Terrible (Rubinstein)\|Ivan the Terrible]]''" by [[Anton Rubinstein\|Rubinstein]]? It's a wonderful thing. 2) Don't forget that ''[[Savonov]]'' will be playing at your concert. But the most important thing is that you must ''without fail'' play your ''own compositions''. I would certainly perform excerpts from "''Ruth''", however, this is not enough, something symphonic is also needed. It goes without saying that the directorate will be happy if your concert serves as a pretext for [[Moscow]] to become acquainted with such a sympathetic and talented singer as Madame ''[[Zarudnaya]]''. Thank you for choosing the symphony — but I would prefer that you not play anything of mine. I shouldn't want the public to think that I invited you to [[Moscow]] so that you could play something of mine. By God, it's true that I would prefer something else.

	The expulsion of [[Albrecht]] from the Conservatory will not cause anyone to take against [[Safonov]]. After all, [[Albrecht]] enjoys complete, universal hatred — but why? I could never understand. [[Vasily Safonov\|Vasily Ilyich]] is stuck and will be stuck in [[Moscow]] for a very long time, partly due to business, partly due to the illness of Varvara Ivanovna, who contrived to break her leg in the room.		The expulsion of [[Albrecht]] from the Conservatory will not cause anyone to take against [[Safonov]]. After all, [[Albrecht]] enjoys complete, universal hatred — but why? I could never understand. [[Vasily Safonov\|Vasily Ilyich]] is stuck and will be stuck in [[Moscow]] for a very long time, partly due to business, partly due to the illness of Varvara Ivanovna, who contrived to break her leg in the room.