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Volume I. The early years (1840-1874). Antecedents and childhood I: Votkinsk -- Childhood II: Alapayevsk and St Petersburg -- Civil servant and music student -- Student and teacher: The Storm and first symphony -- First opera: enter Balakirev -- Balakirev again: Romeo and Juliet. A note on Desiree Artot, Fatum, and the first piano concerto -- First quartet and The Oprichnik -- High nationalism I: second symphony -- Tchaikovsky as music critic: Snow Maiden to second quartet -- High nationalism II: Vakula the Smith. |
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Volume II. The crisis years: 1874-1878. First piano concerto to third symphony -- Third quartet and Swan Lake -- The crisis begins: Francesca da Rimini -- 1877 - the year of fate I: marriage -- 1877 - the year of fate II: fourth symphony and Eugene Onegin. A note on the Russianness of Eugene Onegin -- Interlude. Nadezhda von Meck: benefactress and confidante -- Switzerland and Italy: violin concerto -- Return to Russia: break with the conservatoire. |
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Volume III. The years of wandering: 1878-1885. First suite and The Maid of Orleans. A note on the first suite, and on certain persons and places -- A new home: second piano concerto -- Ukrainian summer: total isolation -- Resurgent individuality: piano trio -- Further uncertainties: Mazepa -- A time of children: second suite. A note on the second suite, and on certain persons -- Intimate insights and marks of rehabilitation: third suiet -- A home of his own -- Balakirev resurgent: Manfred symphony. |
| Abstract |
Here is the first full-scale study of Tchaikovsky's life and music to appear in English, or possibly in any Western European language. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN | 0575024542 |
