Letter 665a - Revision history

Tony at 11:46, 23 April 2024

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	\|Translated text={{right\|[[Vienna]]<br/>12 December 1877}}		\|Translated text={{right\|[[Vienna]]<br/>12 December 1877}}
	{{centre\|Most kind Yury Yakovlevich!}}		{{centre\|Most kind Yury Yakovlevich!}}
	It is very sad that I did not see you in [[Vienna]], and I thank you cordially for the friendly lines that you wrote to me. I have been ill the whole time and have seen no-one. Tomorrow I am travelling to [[Venice]] where I intend to stay for a few weeks. Permit me to shake your hand warmly, and forgive me, your		It is very sad that I did not see you in [[Vienna]], and I thank you cordially for the friendly lines that you wrote to me. I have been ill the whole time and have seen no-one. Tomorrow I am travelling to [[Venice]], where I intend to stay for a few weeks. Permit me to shake your hand warmly, and forgive me, your
	{{right\|P. Tchaikovsky}}		{{right\|P. Tchaikovsky}}
	Apologies and forgiveness for my atrocious German.		Apologies and forgiveness for my atrocious German.

Brett at 09:05, 12 March 2023

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	\|Language=German (opening salutation in Russian; postscript partly in French) <ref name="note2"/>		\|Language=German (opening salutation in Russian; postscript partly in French) <ref name="note2"/>
	\|Autograph={{locunknown}} <ref name="note1a"/>		\|Autograph={{locunknown}} <ref name="note1a"/>
	\|Publication={{bibx\|2001/10\|Tschaikowsky-Gesellschaft Mitteilungen}}, Heft 8 (2001), p. 7 (extracts only~~, based on the above~~)		\|Publication={{bibx\|2001/10\|Tschaikowsky-Gesellschaft Mitteilungen}}, Heft 8 (2001), p. 7 (extracts only) <ref name="note3"/>
	}}		}}
	==Text and Translation==		==Text and Translation==
	This incomplete text is based on the extract published in Stargardt's 1972 auction catalogue <ref name="note3"/>, which may contain differences in formatting and content from Tchaikovsky's original letter.
	{{Lettertext		{{Lettertext
	\|Language=German		\|Language=German
	\|Translator=Luis Sundkvist		\|Translator=Luis Sundkvist and Brett Langston
	\|Original text={{~~...~~}} Es ist sehr traurig, dass ich Sie nicht in Wien gesehen habe und danke Ihnen herzlich für die {{sic\|freundliche\|freundlichen}} Zeilen die Sie mir geschrieben haben. Ich war die ganze Zeit krank und habe {{sic\|niemand\|niemanden}} gesehen. Morgen fahre ich nach Venedig, wo ich einige Wochen [zu] bleiben beabsichtige {{.~~..}}~~		\|Original text={{right\|Вена<br/>12 декабря 1877}}
			{{centre\|Добрейший Юрий Яковлевич!}}
			Es ist sehr traurig, dass ich Sie nicht in Wien gesehen habe und danke Ihnen herzlich für die {{sic\|freundliche\|freundlichen}} Zeilen die Sie mir geschrieben haben. Ich war die ganze Zeit krank und habe {{sic\|niemand\|niemanden}} gesehen. Morgen fahre ich nach Venedig, wo ich einige Wochen [zu] bleiben beabsichtige. Lassen Sie mich Ihr Hand, freundlich drücken und vergeben Sie micht ihren,
	{{right\|P. Tchaïkovsky}}		{{right\|P. Tchaïkovsky}}
	Grâce und pardon für meine abscheuliche deutsche Sprache.		Grâce und pardon für meine abscheuliche deutsche Sprache.

	\|Translated text={{~~...~~}} It is very sad that I did not see you in [[Vienna]], and I thank you cordially for the friendly lines that you wrote to me. I have been ill ~~all~~ the time and have seen no-one. Tomorrow I am travelling to Venice where I intend to stay for a few weeks {{.~~..}}~~		\|Translated text={{right\|[[Vienna]]<br/>12 December 1877}}
			{{centre\|Most kind Yury Yakovlevich!}}
			It is very sad that I did not see you in [[Vienna]], and I thank you cordially for the friendly lines that you wrote to me. I have been ill the whole time and have seen no-one. Tomorrow I am travelling to [[Venice]] where I intend to stay for a few weeks. Permit me to shake your hand warmly, and forgive me, your
	{{right\|P. Tchaikovsky}}		{{right\|P. Tchaikovsky}}
	Apologies and forgiveness for my atrocious German.		Apologies and forgiveness for my atrocious German.
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	==Notes and References==		==Notes and References==
	<references>		<references>
	<ref name="note1a">The autograph was auctioned on 21-22 in June 1972 by J. A. Stargardt, Marburg.</ref>		<ref name="note1a">The autograph was advertised for auction on 28 March 2023 in Berlin by Stargardt Autographenhandlung [https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/tschaikowski-peter-pyotr-ilyich-tchaikovsky-1840--660-c-8e04e1c8f5?objectID=177928837]. It had previously been auctioned on 21-22 June 1972 in Marburg by J. A. Stargardt (see J. A. Stargardt, ''Autographen aus allen Gebieten. Katalog Nr. 599'' (Marburg, 1972), item no. 803).</ref>
	<ref name="note1">Only the name and patronymic of the addressee are given in the Stargardt auction catalogue: Yury Yakovlevich ("Jury Jakowlewitsch").</ref>		<ref name="note1">Only the name and patronymic of the addressee are given in the Stargardt auction catalogue: Yury Yakovlevich ("Jury Jakowlewitsch").</ref>
	<ref name="note2">Judging from the name and patronymic as well as from the opening salutation, the addressee seems to have been a Russian. The fact that Tchaikovsky wrote to him in German is very likely, as Valery Sokolov has suggested, due to the fact that the composer did not wish his curious servant, [[Aleksey Sofronov]], to be able to read the letter before delivering it to its recipient.</ref>		<ref name="note2">Judging from the name and patronymic as well as from the opening salutation, the addressee seems to have been a Russian. The fact that Tchaikovsky wrote to him in German is very likely, as Valery Sokolov has suggested, due to the fact that the composer did not wish his curious servant, [[Aleksey Sofronov]], to be able to read the letter before delivering it to its recipient.</ref>
	<ref name="note3">J. A. Stargardt, ''Autographen aus allen Gebieten. Katalog Nr. 599'' (Marburg, 1972), item no. 803 ~~(extracts only and facsimile of signature and postscript). A scan from this catalogue was kindly provided by Wolfgang Mecklenburg, the director of J. A. Stargardt~~.</ref>		<ref name="note3">Based on the extracts and partial facsimile published in: J. A. Stargardt, ''Autographen aus allen Gebieten. Katalog Nr. 599'' (Marburg, 1972), item no. 803.</ref>
	</references>		</references>
	[[Category:Letters to Unidentified Persons]]		[[Category:Letters to Unidentified Persons]]
	{{DEFAULTSORT:Letter 0665a}}		{{DEFAULTSORT:Letter 0665a}}

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Brett at 16:15, 7 April 2020

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{{letterhead
|Date=30 November/12 December 1877
|To=[unidentified male] <ref name="note1"/>
|Place=[[Vienna]]
|Language=German (opening salutation in Russian; postscript partly in French) <ref name="note2"/>
|Autograph={{locunknown}} <ref name="note1a"/>
|Publication={{bibx|2001/10|Tschaikowsky-Gesellschaft Mitteilungen}}, Heft 8 (2001), p. 7 (extracts only, based on the above)
}}
==Text and Translation==
This incomplete text is based on the extract published in Stargardt's 1972 auction catalogue <ref name="note3"/>, which may contain differences in formatting and content from Tchaikovsky's original letter.
{{Lettertext
|Language=German
|Translator=Luis Sundkvist
|Original text={{...}} Es ist sehr traurig, dass ich Sie nicht in Wien gesehen habe und danke Ihnen herzlich für die {{sic|freundliche|freundlichen}} Zeilen die Sie mir geschrieben haben. Ich war die ganze Zeit krank und habe {{sic|niemand|niemanden}} gesehen. Morgen fahre ich nach Venedig, wo ich einige Wochen [zu] bleiben beabsichtige {{...}}
{{right|P. Tchaïkovsky}}
Grâce und pardon für meine abscheuliche deutsche Sprache.

|Translated text={{...}} It is very sad that I did not see you in [[Vienna]], and I thank you cordially for the friendly lines that you wrote to me. I have been ill all the time and have seen no-one. Tomorrow I am travelling to Venice where I intend to stay for a few weeks {{...}}
{{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}
Apologies and forgiveness for my atrocious German.
}}
==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1a">The autograph was auctioned on 21-22 in June 1972 by J. A. Stargardt, Marburg.</ref>
<ref name="note1">Only the name and patronymic of the addressee are given in the Stargardt auction catalogue: Yury Yakovlevich ("Jury Jakowlewitsch").</ref>
<ref name="note2">Judging from the name and patronymic as well as from the opening salutation, the addressee seems to have been a Russian. The fact that Tchaikovsky wrote to him in German is very likely, as Valery Sokolov has suggested, due to the fact that the composer did not wish his curious servant, [[Aleksey Sofronov]], to be able to read the letter before delivering it to its recipient.</ref>
<ref name="note3">J. A. Stargardt, ''Autographen aus allen Gebieten. Katalog Nr. 599'' (Marburg, 1972), item no. 803 (extracts only and facsimile of signature and postscript). A scan from this catalogue was kindly provided by Wolfgang Mecklenburg, the director of J. A. Stargardt.</ref>
</references>
[[Category:Letters to Unidentified Persons]]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Letter 0665a}}