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	==Notes and References==		==Notes and References==
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	<ref name="note1">Letter from [[Nadezhda von Meck]] to Tchaikovsky, 18/30 March 1877, in which she thanked and paid him for fulfilling her commission to write a [[Funeral March on Motifs from the Opera 'The Oprichnik'\|Funeral March]] for piano duet on themes from his opera ''[[The Oprichnik]]''. See also [[Letter 545]] to [[Nadezhda von Meck]], 16/28 March 1877.</ref>		<ref name="note1">Letter from [[Nadezhda von Meck]] to Tchaikovsky, 18/30 March 1877, in which she thanked and paid him for fulfilling her commission to write a [[Funeral March on Motifs from the Opera 'The Oprichnik'\|Funeral March]] for piano duet on themes from his opera [[The Oprichnik]]. See also [[Letter 545]] to [[Nadezhda von Meck]], 16/28 March 1877.</ref>
	<ref name="note2">Tchaikovsky arrived at his sister [[Aleksandra Davydova\|Aleksandra]]'s home at [[Kamenka]] on 20 March/1 April 1877.</ref>		<ref name="note2">Tchaikovsky arrived at his sister [[Aleksandra Davydova\|Aleksandra]]'s home at [[Kamenka]] on 20 March/1 April 1877.</ref>
	<ref name="note3">In 1877 the Russian Orthodox Church celebrated Easter on 27 March/8 April.</ref>		<ref name="note3">In 1877, the Russian Orthodox Church celebrated Easter on 27 March/8 April.</ref>
	</references>		</references>
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{{letterhead
|Date=19/31 March 1877
|To=[[Nadezhda von Meck]]
|Place=[[Moscow]]
|Language=Russian
|Autograph=[[Klin]] (Russia): {{RUS-KLč}} (a{{sup|3}}, No. 3062)
|Publication={{bib|1961/38|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том VI}} (1961), p. 117<br/>{{bib|2007/19|П. И. Чайковский — Н.Ф. фон Мекк. Переписка в 4-х томах, 1876-1890'' ; tom 1}} (2007), p. 31
}}
==Text and Translation==
{{Lettertext
|Language=Russian
|Translator=Brett Langston
|Original text=Извините, Надежда Филаретовна, что ответ мой будет столь краток. Ваш посланный застал меня в гостях. Благодарю Вас от всего сердце за милое письмо и за щедрое вложение, в нем заключающееся. Завтра я уезжаю на две недели к сестре в Киевскую губернию. Желаю Вам приятно провести праздники.

Вас искренно преданный,
{{right|П. Чайковский}}

|Translated text=Forgive me, [[Nadezhda Filaretovna]], that my reply will be so short. Your messenger has found me with visitors. I thank you with all my heart for the kind letter <ref name="note1"/>, and for the generous sum which was enclosed. Tomorrow I am leaving for two weeks with my sister in [[Kiev]] province <ref name="note2"/>. I wish you a pleasant holiday <ref name="note3"/>.

Your sincerely devoted,
{{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}
}}
==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">Letter from [[Nadezhda von Meck]] to Tchaikovsky, 18/30 March 1877, in which she thanked and paid him for fulfilling her commission to write a [[Funeral March on Motifs from the Opera 'The Oprichnik'|Funeral March]] for piano duet on themes from his opera ''[[The Oprichnik]]''. See also [[Letter 545]] to [[Nadezhda von Meck]], 16/28 March 1877.</ref>
<ref name="note2">Tchaikovsky arrived at his sister [[Aleksandra Davydova|Aleksandra]]'s home at [[Kamenka]] on 20 March/1 April 1877.</ref>
<ref name="note3">In 1877 the Russian Orthodox Church celebrated Easter on 27 March/8 April.</ref>
</references>
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