Tchaikovsky
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Tchaikovsky

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Tchaikovsky

About this book

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is one of the most successful composers that Russia has ever produced, but his path to success was not an easy one.A shy, emotional child, intended for the civil service by his father, Tchaikovsky came late to composing as a career, and despite his success he was a troubled character. Doubting himself at every turn, he was keenly wounded by criticism. The death of his mother haunted him all his life and his incessant attempts to suppress his homosexuality took a huge toll.From Tchaikovsky's disastrous marriage to his extraordinary relationship with his female patron, his many amorous liaisons, and his devotion to friends and family, Suchet shows us how the complexity of Tchaikovsky's emotional life plays out in his music. A man who was by turns quick to laugh and to despair, his mercurial temperament found its outlet in some of the most emotionally intense music ever written.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Contents
  4. Family Tree
  5. Author’s Note
  6. Prologue
  7. 1. Pyotr, the Fledgling Seagull
  8. 2. Upheavals and Loss
  9. 3. An Unbearable Farewell
  10. 4. Guilt and the Cruellest Loss
  11. 5. A Difficult Journey
  12. 6. Pyotr Chooses Music
  13. 7. Tchaikovsky, Music Teacher
  14. 8. The Ladies’ Man
  15. 9. A Most Unlikely Affair
  16. 10. A Tragic Love
  17. 11. The Lake of the Swans
  18. 12. Unexpected Inspiration
  19. 13. Bending the Rules
  20. 14. Misery and Defiance
  21. 15. Swan Lake – and Failure
  22. 16. In Love – and Alone
  23. 17. A Woman Enters His Life
  24. 18. ‘She Is Repulsive to Me’
  25. 19. Fate
  26. 20. ‘It Stinks to the Ear’
  27. 21. A Sort of Freedom
  28. 22. The Boulevardier
  29. 23. An Impenetrable Secret
  30. 24. A Family Crisis
  31. 25. A Benefactor Bids ‘Adieu’
  32. 26. On Tour and Unhappy
  33. 27. A Musical ‘Adieu’?
  34. Postscript
  35. Afterword
  36. Timeline
  37. Select Bibliography
  38. References
  39. Index
  40. Acknowledgements
  41. Picture Credits
  42. Copyright