Tchaikovsky

Target group: Students and scholars of 19th century music history, theater music, Russian studies.

A fresh biography, by a renowned scholar.

This coolly magisterial book...builds up a picture of this profoundly conflicted man, and his wondrous music.

Autorentext
Roland John Wiley is Professor of Music at the University of Michigan and is the author of Tchaikovsky's Ballets.

Klappentext
A giant in the pantheon of 19th century composers, Tchaikovsky continues to enthrall audiences today. From the Nutcracker--arguably the most popular ballet currently on the boards--Swan Lake, and Sleeping Beauty, to Eugene Onegin and Pique Dame, to the Symphony Pathetique and the always rousing, canon-blasting 1812 Overture--this prolific and beloved composer's works are perennial favorites. Now, John Wiley, a renowned Tchaikovsky scholar, provides a fresh biography aimed in classic Master Musicians style at the student and music lover. Wiley deftly draws on documents from imperial, Soviet, and post-Soviet era sources, providing a more balanced look at recent controversies surrounding the marriage, death, and sexuality of the composer. The author dovetails the biographical material with separate chapters that treat the music thoroughly and fully, work-by-work, with more substantial explorations of Tchaikovsky's most familiar compositions. These analyses present new, even iconoclastic perspectives on the music and the composer's intent and expression. Several informative appendices, in the Master Musicians format, include an exhaustive list of works and bibliography.

Inhalt
Preface 1: Tchaikovsky's Early Years 2: Childhood and Youth in St Petersburg 3: Civil Service (1859 - 1863) 4: Tchaikovsky at the St Petersburg Conservatory 5: Tchaikovsky's First Years in Moscow 6: Music of the first five years 7: Before the Fall (1871-1877) 8: The Music of 1871-1877 9: 1877-the Year of Tchaikovsky's Marriage 10: The Music of 1877 11: 1878 12: The Music of 1878 13: 1879-1881 14: The Music of 1879-1881 15: 1882-1884 16: The Music of 1882-1884 17: 1885-1888 18: The Music of 1885-1888 19: The Years 1889-1893 20: The Music of 1889-1893 21: The Circumstances of Tchaikovsky's Death Afterword Appendix A. Calendar Appendix B. List of Works Appendix C. Personalia Appendix D. Select Bibliography Index

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