Tchaikovsky

Roland John Wiley (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

592 Seiten

2009
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-536892-5 (ISBN)

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A giant in the pantheon of 19th century composers, Tchaikovsky continues to enthrall audiences today. From the Nutcracker--arguably the most popular ballet currently on the boards--Swan Lake, and Sleeping Beauty, to Eugene Onegin and Pique Dame, to the Symphony Pathetique and the always rousing, canon-blasting 1812 Overture--this prolific and beloved composer's works are perennial favorites. Now, John Wiley, a renowned Tchaikovsky scholar, provides a fresh biography aimed in classic Master Musicians style at the student and music lover. Wiley deftly draws on documents from imperial, Soviet, and post-Soviet era sources, providing a more balanced look at recent controversies surrounding the marriage, death, and sexuality of the composer. The author dovetails the biographical material with separate chapters that treat the music thoroughly and fully, work-by-work, with more substantial explorations of Tchaikovsky's most familiar compositions. These analyses present new, even iconoclastic perspectives on the music and the composer's intent and expression. Several informative appendices, in the Master Musicians format, include an exhaustive list of works and bibliography.

Roland John Wiley is Professor of Music at the University of Michigan and is the author of Tchaikovsky's Ballets.

PREFACE; AFTERWORD; INDEX

Erscheint lt. Verlag	10.9.2009
Reihe/Serie	Composers Across Cultures
Zusatzinfo	numerous halftones and musical notation
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	239 x 147 mm
Gewicht	947 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musikalien
ISBN-10	0-19-536892-4 / 0195368924
ISBN-13	978-0-19-536892-5 / 9780195368925
Zustand	Neuware