Explores Tchaikovsky's versatility as a composer of operas, something that has long been largely overshadowed by his more famous works, and places him in a broader context of nineteenth-century European opera.
A Survey Uncertain Beginnings Fresh Impetus Ukranian Footwear and a Comic Opera Pushkin and the Mature Operatic Breakthrough Reversion to Childhood Return to Pushkin Tragic Force Reaffirmed Pushkin Revisited and a Dramatic Catharsis The Culminating Allegory Notes Bibliography Chronology List of Tchaikovsky's Operas
Henry Zajaczkowski is the author of Tchaikovsky's Musical Style. He has lectured on music on BBC Radio and at Lincoln Center in New York. He teaches music privately in London.
Zajaczkowski provides historical background and discusses the
composer's uncertain beginnings, influences on his work, and the
impetus from Pushkin, providing a fresh and insightful examination
of this body of work. Including a selected bibliography and copious
notes, this volume is a solid addition to Tchaikovsky criticism.
Recommended. Lower-/upper-division undergraduates, general readers,
and professional music historians.
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