Tchaikovsky : his life and music
Siepmann, Jeremy2007
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Tcahikovsky is one of the most popular composers who ever lived. He is also one of the most misunderstood, as both man and musician, and looks destined to remain among the most controversial. His life was lived at the extremes, and fuelled by passions of almost every kind. This title helps to meet the composer in the context of his times.
Main title:
Tchaikovsky : his life and music / Jeremy Siepmann.
Author:
Siepmann, Jeremy, author
Imprint:
Welwyn : Naxos AudioBooks, 2007
Collation:
v, 235 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm + 2 audio discs (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Contents:
Childhood, boyhood, youth, 1840-1864Tchaikovsky at the pianoComing of age, 1865-1876Tchaikovsky in the theatreCelebrity and crisis, 1876-1877Tchaikovsky and the orchestraSex, suffering, sublimation and loss, 1878-1884The chamber musicHouse, home and happiness, 1885-1888Tchaikovsky in songThe new statesman : at home and abroad, 1888-1891Tchaikovsky and RussiannessMorbidity, mortality, and myth, 1891-1893Epilogue : Tchaikovsky and posterity.
ISBN:
9781843791195 (paperback)1843791196 (paperback)
Language:
English
BRN:
1091591
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