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In favour of the victims of the war, I have already given one concert in Moscow.3 On January 27, the second one will take place, half of the collection from which will be given to Serbia 4. The Petrograd engagement is the only more or less significant income for me this year, and I cannot refuse it5 . I hope, dear Andrei Nikolaevich, that you will understand my motives and not be angry with me. If you wish, I am ready to point out some performers of my works (Muscovites), with whom I can even talk. I ask you to accept from me and my wife and convey to Julia Lazarevna our heartfelt greetings. Partially published in the magazine Hello! I just got dressed, dropping to half past twelve. As you can see, I take my habits with me! Daniil Grigorievich is also to blame, who indulges in them and tells me to serve me coffee in bed!—How are you doing? I'm so worried, and I can only have a letter from you tomorrow or even the day after tomorrow! Go after yourself! From the telegram you already know about the Kiev concert. Well, Yashchevsky used it! The hall was crowded, they say, the fee reached 3000 rubles; so at least about 2000 Yashchevsky put in his pocket! If I could have known, I would never have conceded a second concert to him for 500 rubles. Anyway, quite a few fixes! I will follow Zealot's advice and arrange at my own risk This time I would bring home maybe about four thousand, think! Just don't be annoyed, don't. My situation is such that we will not be lost! But the satisfaction from the Kiev concert is very great: I rarely played successfully and the reception was the same as in St. Petersburg. After the concert, Daniil Grigorievich arranged a dinner and invited Glière, Beklemishev with his wife and Erdenko with his wife. In general, he is infinitely kind and helpful. Yeah, I didn't tell you the most important thing. Imagine that the "Kiev Conservatory" offered me a wreath!! (Times are changing!) It turns out that Glière and Beklemishev are diligently promoting my writings and have made many friends for me. I was very touched by the attention of the conservatory, and I thanked everyone through Glière (who, as you know, is the director).2 I have a boring job now - to make a program for the 2nd receiver 3. I'll leave you, my dear. Lord, how I want to know what is happening in Moscow! I hope that you will be nice and although you will write me a few lines every day. Kiss you. I think about you all the time! Kiss everyone from me, Mommy never let go until my arrival "Radyanska Muzyika", 1940, No. 3. Reasons for dating: a) written in Kiev after the concert on March 3, 1915; b) postmark "Kyiv. 5.111.15"' In the archive of A. I. Ziloti there is a letter from T. F. Schletser-Scriabina dated March 1, 1915 (GITMK, F - 1 7 ), in which she wrote about the composer's decision to undertake a concert trip along the Volga: Scriabin wanted to start it with a concert in Rybinsk - April 17 and finish it in Astrakhan - May 2, 1915; he instructed the concert administrator G. N. Kudryavtsev to organize these concerts. Kudryavtsev rented halls, ordered posters, programs, tickets, etc. The unexpected illness and death of Scriabin made all these expenses unnecessary. Their reimbursement to Kudryavtsev sharply reduced the funds that were raised to help the composer's second family, left without means of living.2 The favorable attitude of professors and teachers of the Kiev Conservatory to Scriabin could not but surprise and please the composer, who was accustomed to a negative attitude towards him from official representatives of the Moscow and Petrograd Conservatories. 3 In the second concert held on March 9, 1915 in Kiev (HMS, inv. No. 1349), Scriabin played the following program: I o t d. Etude op. 2 (cis-moll); waltz op. 1; preludes op. 17 (Des-dur, b-moll), op. 22 (gis-moll), op. 16 (H-dur, gis-moll); mazurka op. 3 (es-moll ); Etude op. 42 (cis-moll). II o t d . Third Sonata. Ill otd. Poem op. 59; "Mask" op" 63; "Leaf from the album" op. 58; "Gloomy Flame" op. 73; prelude op. 74, № 2; "Strangeness" op. 63; mazurka op. 40; Ninth Sonata. Presman Matvey Leontevich (1870 - 1941 ) - pianist, teacher, musical and public figure. Scriabin's friend in classes with N. S. Zverev, and then with V. I. Safonov; graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1891 Teacher of the Tiflis Music College (1892-1896). Director of music classes and music school of the Rostov-on-Don branch of the RMO. Teacher, and then professor of the Saratov and Azerbaijan (Baku) conservatories. The last years of his life he worked at the Music College of the Moscow Conservatory. The last years of his life he worked at the Music College named after Ippolitov-Ivanov in Moscow. Friendly relations between Scriabin and Presman, which arose during the years of joint teaching, were preserved throughout the life of the composer. Presman provided great assistance to Scriabin, bringing him closer to A. I. Ziloti in May 1911. Rimsky-Korsakov Andrey Nikolaevich (1878-1940) - musicologist, music critic, music and public figure. The biographer of his father is N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov. Publisher of the magazine "Musical Contemporary" (1915-1917). He highly appreciated scriabin's work and understood the place and significance of Scriabin in the history of Russian and world musical culture. In 1916 he published No. 4-5 of the "Musical Contemporary", dedicated exclusively to Scriabin.Rimsky-Korsakov Nikolai Andreevich (1844-1908).
