Tchaikovsky

Summary: "Revised to mark the centenary of Tchaikovsky's death, Edward Garden's integrated life-and-works study assesses the operas, ballets, and other works in the context of the composer's eventful life: his short career in the civil service, his ill-judged marriage, his curious pen-friendship with his patron Nadezhda von Meek, and his relationship with the 'mighty handful' - Balakirey, Cui, Borodin, Musorgsky, and Rimsky-Korsakov. Edward Garden also examines the conflicting theories on the manner of Tchaikovsky's death, his influence on later composers, and the consequences of his popular appeal."--Jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 0198164742
ISBN: 9780198164746
Physical Description: print
x, 178 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, music ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-171) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1840-1866 : The child, the adolescent and the young man -- 1866-1869 : Early years in Moscow -- 1869-1874 : The complete nationalist -- 1874 : Nationalist operas -- 1874-1876 : Increasing subjectiveness -- 1876-1877 : The climacteric -- 1877-1878 : Aftermath of marriage -- 1878-1885 : Emotional relaxation and creative torpor -- 1885-1888 : Creative renewal -- 1888-1890 : The last years (1) -- 1890-1893 : The last years (2) -- Sixth Symphony, death and posthumous influence -- Appendices. Calendar -- Catalogue of works -- Personalia -- Select bibliography.