| Description |
pages cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page) and index. |
| Contents |
Childhood, boyhood, youth, 1840-1864 -- Tchaikovsky at the piano -- Coming of age, 1865-1876 -- Tchaikovsky in the theatre -- Celebrity and crisis, 1876-1877 -- Tchaikovsky and the orchestra -- Sex, suffering, sublimation and loss, 1878-1884 -- The chamber music -- House, home and happiness, 1885-1888 -- Tchaikovsky in song -- The new statesman : at home and abroad, 1888-1891 -- Tchaikovsky and Russianness -- Morbidity, mortality, and myth, 1891-1893 -- Epilogue : Tchaikovsky and posterity -- The Western background -- The Russian background -- Personalities. |
| Summary |
Tchaikovsky was one of the earlier students of the St. Petersburg Conservatory, becoming a teacher after completing his studies there. He was able to withdraw from teaching when a rich widow offered him financial support, which continued for much of his life. Tchaikovsky was a man of neurotic diffidence, his self-doubt increased by his homosexuality. His music is thoroughly Russian in character, but is often seen as belonging to the international school of composition. Generously illustrated, this revolutionary biography draws widely on contemporary sources, with details on all of Tchaikovsky's works. It utilizes traditional and new media to provide a uniquely rounded portrait of this visionary composer and his powerful music. |
| Subject |
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.
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Composers -- Russia -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9781402210013 (hardcover: alkaline paper) |
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1402210019 (hardcover: alkaline paper) |
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