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Forgive me, and do not be angry. My God, one could go mad from these requests, because it is impossible to satisfy everyone. | Forgive me, and do not be angry. My God, one could go mad from these requests, because it is impossible to satisfy everyone. | ||
Would you like a | Would you like a seat in the 1st row? | ||
{{right|Yours, P. Tchaikovsky}} | {{right|Yours, P. Tchaikovsky}} | ||
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==Notes and References== | ==Notes and References== | ||
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<ref name="note1">Tchaikovsky is referring to seats for the first performance of | <ref name="note1">Tchaikovsky is referring to seats for the first performance of [[Mazepa]] at the Bolshoi Theatre in [[Moscow]] on 3/15 February 1884.</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:26, 7 January 2025
| Date | 2/14 or 3/15 February 1884 (?) |
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| Addressed to | Yakov Gartung |
| Where written | Moscow |
| Language | Russian |
| Autograph Location | Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 3058) |
| Publication | П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XVII (1981), p. 232 |
Text and Translation
| Russian text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
Добрейший Яков Фёдорович!
У меня только две ложи 1[-го] яруса. Одну должен дать Анатолию, другую или Третьяковым, или Вам; но ввиду того, что Вера Никол[аевна] просила меня раньше, я послал ей. Вам могу предложить лишь ложу 2[-го] яруса. Простите и не сердитесь. Ей-Богу, можно с ума сойти от этих просьб, ибо всех удовлетворить невозможно. Не хотите ли кресло 1-го ряда? Ваш, П. Чайковский |
Most kind Yakov Fyodorovich!
I only have two boxes on the 1st tier [1]. One of them has to be given to Anatoly, the other to the Tretyakovs, or you; but because Vera Nikolayevna asked me earlier, I gave it to her. I can only offer you a box on the 2nd tier. Forgive me, and do not be angry. My God, one could go mad from these requests, because it is impossible to satisfy everyone. Would you like a seat in the 1st row? Yours, P. Tchaikovsky |
