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

Tchaikovsky: The Quest for the Inner Man

Biographies & Memoirs

Poznansky, Alexander

Arts & Literature

Schirmer Trade Books

This monumental biography traces Tchaikovsky's relationship to the culture in which he lived and created. Drawing on the composer's correspondence and diaries, the author deciphers the often coded language that surrounded Tchaikovsky's passionate attachments.

Schirmer

Tchaikovsky's death in October 1893 in St. Petersburg, shortly after the first performance of his masterpiece, the Pathétique symphony, is one of the most thoroughly documented deaths of a prominent cultural figure in modern times. He was treated by no fewer than four physicians and surrounded by a group of relatives and friends. The official account of his death was that he died from cholera. But almost since the day of his passing there have been rumors that it was not accidental. It is alleged that Tchaikovsky was forced to commit suicide in order to avoid the scandal and disgrace of being unmasked as a homosexual. Alexander Poznansky is the first Western scholar to have access to the Tchaikovsky archives in Klin, Russia. In this fascinating new book, the product of five years' research, he provides a definitive account of the circumstances preceding the composer's death. On the basis of much previously unknown material, including diaries, letters, memoirs, and newspaper reports, he traces in minute detail the composer's activities during the last weeks of his life and finds no evidence to support the notion that Tchaikovsky's death was brought about by nything other than cholera.

Tchaikovsky's Last Days: A Documentary Study

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Clarendon Press

The Tchaikovsky Handbook is a comprehensive guide to all known Tchaikovsky resource materials--to every composition (with incipits), all the writings, every piece of correspondence, all the diaries, every interview, every photograph (with images included here), and everything written about Tchaikovsky--and even more.In addition to the basic bibliographical data, the catalog of works gives information on the circumstances surrounding their composition and their earliest performances, arrangements for other instruments, locations of manuscripts (and any peculiarities that they exhibit), publication history, and any related works (for example, other works in which Tchaikovsky used the same melodic material). A tremendous bibliographical undertaking, the Handbook raises the bar for Tchaikovsky scholarship.Volume 1 includes a chronology of the composer's life; a catalog of all the compositions, writings, interviews, and photographs; a translation of his brief 1889 autobiography; and listings of the works by opus number, in chronological order, and by titles and variant titles. A general index completes the volume.Volume 2 gives a full catalog of the correspondence, with an index of the correspondents and information about each of them, and a guide to locations of Tchaikovsky's autograph letters. The bibliography is arranged topically and is also indexed to make the work optimally useful and usable. The volume concludes with a new genealogy of the composer.

The Tchaikovsky Handbook: Volume 1: Thematic Catalogue of Works,

Langston, Brett

Reference

Indiana University Press

The Tchaikovsky Handbook is a comprehensive guide to all known Tchaikovsky resource materials—to every composition (with incipits), all the writings, every piece of correspondence, all the diaries, every interview, every photograph (with images included here), and everything written about Tchaikovsky—and even more.In addition to the basic bibliographical data, the catalog of works gives information on the circumstances surrounding their composition and their earliest performances, arrangements for other instruments, locations of manuscripts (and any peculiarities that they exhibit), publication history, and any related works (for example, other works in which Tchaikovsky used the same melodic material). A tremendous bibliographical undertaking, the Handbook raises the bar for Tchaikovsky scholarship.Volume 1 includes a chronology of the composer’s life; a catalog of all the compositions, writings, interviews, and photographs; a translation of his brief 1889 autobiography; and listings of the works by opus number, in chronological order, and by titles and variant titles. A general index completes the volume.

The Tchaikovsky Handbook: A Guide to the Man and His Music: Catalogue of Letters, Genealogy, Bibliography (Russian Music Studies)

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Tchaikovsky: The Quest for the Inner Man

Tchaikovsky: The Quest for the Inner Man

Tchaikovsky's Last Days: A Documentary Study

The Tchaikovsky Handbook: Volume 1: Thematic Catalogue of Works,

The Tchaikovsky Handbook: A Guide to the Man and His Music: Catalogue of Letters, Genealogy, Bibliography (Russian Music Studies)

Tchaikovsky

Tchaikovsky: The Quest for the Inner Man