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|Date=6/18 March 1892<br />
|To=[[Pyotr Jurgenson]]<br />
|Place=[[Saint Petersburg]]<br />
|Language=Russian<br />
|Autograph=[[Klin]] (Russia): {{RUS-KLč}} (a{{sup|3}}, No. 2793)<br />
|Publication={{bib|1952/58|П. И. Чайковский. Переписка с П. И. Юргенсоном ; том 2}} (1952), p. 234<br/>{{bib|1979/112|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XVI-Б}} (1979), p. 50–51<br />
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==Text and Translation==<br />
{{Lettertext<br />
|Language=Russian<br />
|Translator=Brett Langston<br />
|Original text={{right|''6 марта''<br/>''С[анкт] Петербург''}}<br />
Записочку твою получил сейчас здесь. Немецкой «Иоланты» у меня здесь нет, но ты можешь купить её в немецком книжном магазине (« ''König René's Tochter''») ''Herz'a'', даткого писателя.<br />
{{centre|''Иоланта''<br/>Лирическая опера в 1 действии<br/>(Сюжет заимствован из драмы Г. Герца)<br/>Текст М. Чайковского<br/>Музыка П. Ч.}}<br />
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{{centre|''Jolande''<br/>Opéra lyrique en 1 acte <br/>(Le sujet est tiré du drame de H. Herz)<br/>Paroles de M. T<br/>Musi[que de] P. T.}}<br />
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{{centre|''Щелкунчик''<br/>''Балет-феерия в 2 действ[иях]''<br/>(''Сюжет из сказок Гофмана и Дюма-отца'')<br/>Муз[ыка] П. Ч.}}<br />
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{{centre|''Casse-Noisette''<br/>''Ballet-Féerie en 2 actes''<br/>Le sujet est tiré de Hoffmann et Dumas père <br/>Musique de P. T.}}<br />
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Послезавтра еду домой в Клин.<br />
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{{centre|Сюита<br/>из<br/>музыки к балету<br/>«''Щелкунчик''»<br/>(Casse-Noisette)}}<br />
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I) Увертюра.<br />
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II) Характеристические танцы: a) Марш; b) Танец феи; c) Арабский; d) Китайский; e) Трепак; f) Танец Пастушков.<br />
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III) Вальс Цветов.<br />
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|Translated text={{right|''6 March''<br/>[[Saint Petersburg]]''}}<br />
I've just received your note here <ref name="note1"/>. I don't have the German ''[[Iolanta]]'' here, but you can buy it in a German bookstore ("''König René's Tochter''") by ''[[Henrik Hertz|Herz]]'', a Danish writer.<br />
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{{centre|''[[Iolanta]]''<br/>Lyrical opera in 1 act<br/>(Story taken from [[Henrik Hertz|H. Hertz]]'s drama)<br/>Text by [[Modest Tchaikovsky|M. Tchaikovsky]]<br/>Music by P. T.}}<br />
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{{centre|''[[Iolanta|Jolande]]''<br/>Opéra lyrique en 1 acte <br/>(Le sujet est tiré du drame de [[Henrik Hertz|H. Herz]])<br/>Paroles de [[Modest Tchaikovsky|M. T.]]<br/>Musi[que de] P. T.}}<br />
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{{centre|''[[The Nutcracker]]''<br/>''Fairy-ballet in 2 acts''<br/>(''Story from the fairy-tale by [[Hoffmann]] and [[Dumas]] senior'')<br/>Music by P. T.}}<br />
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{{centre|''[[The Nutcracker|Casse-Noisette]]''<br/>''Ballet-Féerie en 2 actes''<br/>Le sujet est tiré de [[Hoffmann]] et [[Dumas]] père <br/>Musique de P. T.}}<br />
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I'm going home to [[Klin]] the day after tomorrow <ref name="note2"/>.<br />
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{{centre|Suite<br/>from<br/>music to the ballet<br/>"''[[The Nutcracker]]''"<br/>(Casse-Noisette)}}<br />
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I) Overture.<br />
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II) Characteristic Dances: a) March; b) Fairy Dance; c) Arabian; d) Chinese; e) Trepak; f) Dance of the Reed-Flutes.<br />
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III) Waltz of the Flowers.<br />
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==Notes and References==<br />
<references><br />
<ref name="note1">[[Pyotr Jurgenson]]'s letter to the composer of 3/15 March 1892 asked about the title pages for the editions of the opera ''[[Iolanta]]'' and the ballet ''[[The Nutcracker]]''.</ref><br />
<ref name="note2">Tchaikovsky returned to [[Maydanovo]] on 9/21 March 1892.</ref><br />
</references></div>Brett