Experiencing Tchaikovsky

Informationen zum Autor David Schroeder is professor emeritus at Dalhousie University. His previous books include Haydn and the Enlightenment! Mozart in Revolt: Strategies of Resistance! Mischief and Deception! Our Schubert: His Enduring Legacy (Scarecrow! 2009)! and Hitchcock's Ear: Music and the Director's Art. Klappentext In Experiencing Tchaikovsky: A Listener's Companion, historian and scholar David Schroeder looks beyond traditional views of Tchaikovsky to explore the dramatic impact of his music by walking readers through the remarkable range of works by this great Russian composer. Zusammenfassung In Experiencing Tchaikovsky: A Listener's Companion! historian and scholar David Schroeder looks beyond traditional views of Tchaikovsky to explore the dramatic impact of his music by walking readers through the remarkable range of works by this great Russian composer. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Editor's Foreword Introduction List of Abbreviations Timeline 1 Symphonic Poems! Shakespeare! and Music with Meaning 2 A Little Help from my Friends: Concertos 3 For the Love of Mozart: Chamber Music! Suites! and Serenades 4 Ballet's New Way: Swan Lake 5 Pushkin's Gentle Mockery! Tchaikovsky's Immoderate Ardor: Eugene Onegin 6 Symphony as Opera 7 Sorcery! Caprice! Blindness! Saints! and Stacked Decks: More Operas 8 Two Fairytale Ballets 9 Above and Beyond: From His Death to the Present Glossary Selected Reading Selected Listening Index About the Author

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In Experiencing Tchaikovsky: A Listener's Companion, historian and scholar David Schroeder looks beyond traditional views of Tchaikovsky to explore the dramatic impact of his music by walking readers through the remarkable range of works by this great Russian composer.