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|Date=19 June/1 July 1890&lt;br /&gt;
|To=[[Édouard Colonne]]&lt;br /&gt;
|Place=[[Frolovskoye]]&lt;br /&gt;
|Language=French&lt;br /&gt;
|Autograph=[[Paris]] (France): {{priv}}&lt;br /&gt;
|Publication={{bib|1977/40|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XV-Б}} (1977), p. 185–186&lt;br /&gt;
|Notes=Photocopy in [[Klin]] (Russia): {{RUS-KLč}}&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
==Text and Translation==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Lettertext&lt;br /&gt;
|Language=French&lt;br /&gt;
|Translator=Cristina Niculescu&lt;br /&gt;
|Original text={{right|19 Juin/1 Juillet 189[0]&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;Kline, près Moscou}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{centre|Mon bon et cher ami!}}&lt;br /&gt;
Non seulement je n&amp;#039;ai pas songé un seul instant à Vous en vouloir, mais au contraire, je me reprochais à moi depuis longtemps de ne pas Vous avoir écrit pour Vous féliciter et surtout V[ou]s remercier pour l&amp;#039;énorme service que Vous nous avez rendu. Vous avez obtenu à Moscou le succès le plus &amp;#039;&amp;#039;éclatant, qui jamais y ait été remporté&amp;#039;&amp;#039; et cela a couronné d&amp;#039;une manière magnifique la saison, qui avait été quelque peu compromise par les concerts qui ont précédé le Vôtre. Surtout ce pauvre &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Dvořàk&amp;#039;&amp;#039; a produit une {{sic|facheuse|fâcheuse}} impression; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;{{sic|Napravnik|Nápravník}}&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (de l&amp;#039;opéra de S[ain]t Pétersbourg) est un chef d&amp;#039;orchestre de premier ordre, mais il avait {{sic|eû|eûx}} la malencontreuse idée de composer son programme uniquement de ses compositions, qui sont peu goutées chez nous; enfin on commençait à murmurer, à se révolter, — quand Vous êtes venu et triomphé de la manière la plus décisive et brillante sur toute la ligne. Aussi le public moscovite et la Direction se bercent-ils de l&amp;#039;espoir que Vous reviendrez. Vous avez magistralement composé Votre programme et on m&amp;#039;a raconté comment le {{sic|succés|succès}}, {{sic|déjà|déjà}} grand au {{sic|debut|début}} du concert, allait toujours en grandissant à mesure que Vous alliez plus loin et que finalement cela a été un beau et légitime triomphe. Quant à Vos qualités de chef-d&amp;#039;orchestre, — je prévoyais qu&amp;#039;elles provoqueraient ces transports d&amp;#039;enthousiasme.&lt;br /&gt;
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Enfin j&amp;#039;en ai été {{sic|énormément|énormement}} réjouis, mais ce qui double la satisfaction que j&amp;#039;en {{sic|ressents|ressentes}} c&amp;#039;est que Vous ayez {{sic|enporté|emporté}} de ma chère ville de Moscou et de ses habitants un bon souvenir. {{sic|Quele|Quel}} dommage que je n&amp;#039;ai pas pu Vous faire les honneurs de Moscou. Mais ma santé à force de fatigues et d&amp;#039;émotions diverses avait été assez gravement compromise et il fallait se reposer dans l&amp;#039;isolement et l&amp;#039;éloignement. J&amp;#039;ai bien profité de cet isolement, car il en résulte la partition d&amp;#039;un grand opéra pour la saison prochaine à S[aint] Pétersbourg.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Milles amitiés et respectueuses salutations à M[ada]me Colonne et mille {{sic|tendresse|tendresses}} pour ma petite amie, qui bientôt sera {{sic|déjà|déjà}} ma grande amie.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Je Vous embrasse, mon cher ami, et suis Votre bien dévoué ami,&lt;br /&gt;
{{right|P. Tschaikovsky}}&lt;br /&gt;
J&amp;#039;adresse cette lettre à &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Aix-les-Bains&amp;#039;&amp;#039;; j&amp;#039;espère qu&amp;#039;elle Vous parviendra.&lt;br /&gt;
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|Translated text={{right|19 June/1 July 1890&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;[[Klin]], near [[Moscow]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{centre|My good and dear friend!}}&lt;br /&gt;
Not only did I did not think for a moment of being cross with you, but, on the contrary, I was blaming myself for not having written to you in so long in order to congratulate you and in particular to thank you for the enormous service that you have rendered us. In [[Moscow]] you had the most &amp;#039;&amp;#039;brilliant success ever achieved there&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, and this magnificently crowned the season, which had somewhat compromised by the concerts preceding your own. Poor [[Dvořák]] in particular made an unfortunate impression. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Nápravník]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (from the [[Saint Petersburg]] Opera) is a first rate conductor, but he had had the unfortunate notion of compiling a programme solely from his own compositions, which are little appreciated here; eventually there were disgruntled mutterings — until you came and triumphed in every way most decisively and brilliantly. And so both the Muscovite public and the Directorate are hoping that you will return. You chose your programme masterfully, and I have been told how your initial success at your grand debut always grew as you went on, until your wonderful and final veritable triumph. Regarding your qualities as a conductor — I anticipated that they would stir these outbursts of enthusiasm.&lt;br /&gt;
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Ultimately I was enormously delighted, but what I feel what is doubly satisfying is that you shall retain good memories both of my beloved town of [[Moscow]] and of its inhabitants. What a pity that I could not do the honours in [[Moscow]]. But due to various fatigues and emotions my health had been quite severely compromised, and I had to recover in remote isolation. I took advantage of this isolation, because I produced the score of a grand opera for [[Saint Petersburg]] next season. &lt;br /&gt;
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A thousand good wishes and respectful greetings to Madame Colonne and a thousand compliments to my little friend, who shall soon be my big friend.&lt;br /&gt;
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I embrace you, my dear friend, and I am your devoted, &lt;br /&gt;
{{right|P. Tschaikovsky}}&lt;br /&gt;
I&amp;#039;m addressing this letter to Aix-les-Bains, in the hope that it will reach you.&lt;br /&gt;
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