Tchaikovsky: The Quest for the Inner Man - Softcover

Poznansky, Alexander

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0413457311 ISBN 13: 9780413457318

Publisher: Lime Tree, 1994

Synopsis

A biography of the Russian composer, focusing on his private life, in an exploration of the inner man

About this title

Synopsis:

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky has become one of the world's most enduringly beloved composers. Ranging from "Swan Lake" to "Eugene Onegin", from the "Pathetique" to "Romeo and Juliet", his work is seen as perhaps the extreme expression of 19th-century musical romanticism. But less familiar is his well-documented life, not only as a prolific composer but also as a sensitive and generous man. This book aims to give a fully rounded account of the man as both public and private figure. The author has researched both the vast documentation and the newly opened archives in Russia. His material includes an account of the composer's school years, an analysis of his correspondence with his patroness, Nadezhda von Meck, and, most controversially, a detailed refutation of the myth of Tchaikovsky's suicide.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lime Tree
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0413457311
• ISBN 13: 9780413457318
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 700