An edition of Tchaikovsky: The Man and His Music (1992)

Tchaikovsky

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1st Pegasus books ed.
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An edition of Tchaikovsky: The Man and His Music (1992)

Tchaikovsky

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Pegasus Books
Language
English
Pages
460

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Cover of: Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky: The Man and his Music
2010, Faber & Faber, Limited
in English
Cover of: Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky: the man and his music
2009, Pegasus Books
in English - 1st Pegasus books ed.
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Tchaikovsky: The Man and His Music
February 20, 2007, Pegasus Books
Hardcover in English
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Tchaikovsky
October 4, 2007, Faber and Faber
Paperback
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Tchaikovsky
October 5, 2006, Faber and Faber
Hardcover - New Ed edition
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TCHAIKOVSKY: THE MAN AND HIS MUSIC.
2006, FABER AND FABER
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Cover of: Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky: the man and his music
2006, Faber and Faber
in English
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Tchaikovsky
1992, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
in English

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Table of Contents

Prelude. 1. Childhood 1 : Votkinsk
2. Childhood 2 : St. Petersburg
3. Civil service : personal matters, and conservatoire
The Moscow years. 4. Moscow conservatoire : first symphony
5. First opera : enter Balakirev
Approaching classical music, and some hints
6. Aborted marriage : Romeo and Juliet
7. First quartet and The Oprichnik
8. High nationalism : second symphony and The Tempest
9. Two contrasting masterpieces : Vakula the Smith/Cherevichki and first piano concerto
10. Towards an epoch making ballet : third symphony, third quartet, and Swan Lake
11. Towards the crisis : Francesca da Rimini
12. Two women : marriage
13. Two masterpieces : fourth symphony and Eugene Onegin
The nomad years. 14. The Russian refugee : violin concerto
15. Personal freedom, and creative trough
16. Confidences with his best friend : second piano concerto
17. The wandering recluse : 1812 and serenade for strings
18. Family matters : piano trio
19. Mazeppa to second suite
20. Contrasting relationships : third suite
21. Celebrity at last, and his own home
The celebrity years. 22. Manfred Symphony and The Enchantress
23. Widening horizons : pleasures, and pains
24. First foreign tour ; A relationship renewed ; Fifth symphony and Hamlet
25. Second foreign tour : The Sleeping Beauty
26. Two further relationships : The Queen of Spades
27. A relationship ends : American tour
28. Double bill : a relationship renewed
29. The final celebrity years : sixth symphony
30. Cambridge honour : the final mystery
Appendices. Appendix 1. Brief description of musical forms
Appendix 2. Explanations of key, modulation and ciphering
Appendix 3. Glossaries of musical terms and non English words.

Edition Notes

Includes index.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
780.92
Library of Congress
ML410.C4 B76 2009, ML410.C4 B75 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
xix, 460 pages, [8] pages of plates
Number of pages
460

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26949959M
ISBN 10
160598017X
ISBN 13
9781605980171
OCLC/WorldCat
227016685

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ON 31 JANUARY 1885 Russia's old capital heard Tchaikovsky's Third Suite for the first time.
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