Tchaikovsky biography book
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Tchaikovsky and His World
Tchaikovsky has long intrigued music-lovers as a figure who straddles many borders&#;between East and West, nationalism and cosmopolitanism, tradition and innovation, tenderness and bombast, masculine and feminine. In this book, through consideration of his music and biography, scholars from several disciplines explore the many sides of Tchaikovsky. The volume presents for the first time in English some of Tchaikovsky&#;s own writings about music, as well as three influential articles, previously available only in German, from the Tübingen conference commemorating the centennial of Tchaikovsky&#;s death.
Tchaikovsky&#;s distinguished biographer, Alexander Poznansky, reveals new findings from his most recent archival explorations in Kiln, Tchaikovsky&#;s home. Poznansky makes accessible for the first time the full text of perviously censored letters, clarifying issues about the composer&#;s life that until now have remained mere conjecture. Leon Botstein examines the world of realist art that was so influential in Tchaikovsky&#;s day, while Janet Kennedy describes how interpretations of Tchaikovsky&#;s ballet Sleeping Beauty act as a barometer of the aesthetic and even political climate of several generations. Natalia Minibayeva el
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
A Critical Biography
by Constantin Floros (Author)Ernst Bernhardt-Kabisch (Translation)
©Monographs Pages
The Arts
Summary
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky remains to this day one of the most-performed Russian composers. Based on recent studies and source editions, this book demonstrates the close interrelationship between Tchaikovsky’s life and his work. The author portrays the versatility of the musician who died at the mere age of 53 under controversial circumstances in St. Petersburg.
About the German edition of this book:
«[…] Constantin Floros devotes himself initially to the biography and then to the compositional oeuvre, divided according to genre and supplemented by concrete illustrations, thus giving greater significance to the music.»
(Forum Musikbibliothek 27, )
«[…] the music gets more weight of its own in the more detailed analyses – illustrated with revealing note citations – which yet always remain readily accessible.»
(Steffen A. Schmidt, Das Orchester 02/)
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Book Review
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