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Дорогой Константин Сергеевич, я поздравляю Вас от чистой души, от всего сердца! За эти десять лет Вы шли всё вперёд и вперёд, и на этом пути вы нашли, - Синюю птицу! - Она ваша лучшая победа! Теперь я очень сожалею, что я не в Москве что я не могу, вместе со всеми, Вас чествовать, Вам хлопать, кричать Вам на все лады: - Браво, браво! -, и желать Вам [много, много, много]1 лет! Прошу Вас передать всей труппе мой привет, мой душевный привет. Ваш Сергей Рахманинов. Дрезден, 14 октября 1908 г. Постскриптум: Жена моя мне вторит.
1 alternatively, "mnogaja, mnogaja, mnogaja" (this is an archaic style, now grammatically incorrect)
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Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
- by Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943), "Письмо К.С. Станиславскому от С.В. Рахманинова", 1908 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Anton Bespalov) (Rianne Stam) , "Letter to K.S. Stanislavsky from S.V. Rachmaninov", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Lettre de S. V. Rachmaninov à K. S. Stanislavski", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 14
Word count: 93
Dear Konstantin Sergevich, I congratulate you with my whole soul, from the bottom of my heart! For these ten years you have gone from strength to strength, and on that road you have arrived: - The Blue Bird! - It is your greatest victory! Now, I very much regret that I am not in Moscow that I cannot, together with everyone, honour you, applaud you, shout to you in full chorus: - Bravo, bravo! -, and wish you many, many, many years! Please convey to the whole company my regards, my sincere regards. Your Sergei Rachmaninov. Dresden, 14 October 1908 P.S.: My wife echoes my words (also sends her regards).
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- a text in Russian (Русский) by Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
This text was added to the website: 2004-10-01
Line count: 14
Word count: 107