Title: Tchaikovsky through others' eyes /
Authors: Poznansky, Alexander.
Publisher: Indiana University Press,
Year: 1999
Subjects: Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich,; Composers Russia Biography
Abstract: Here are views of Tchaikovsky by a wide range of his contemporaries - from all periods of his life. In letters, diaries, and interviews, they speak of little-known facets of the composer's life: foibles and manners, politics and tastes, prejudices and preferences (sexual and otherwise). Friends, relatives, musicians, journalists, and state officials show us both the public and the private figure: the student at the School of Jurisprudence, the conductor, the professor at the Conservatory, the philanthropist and promoter of talent, the loving brother and uncle, the intrepid traveler, and the man who impressed a range of people - from servants to members of the Russian Imperial family.
Contents: I. The schoolboy (1840-1863): Fanny Dürbach ; Ippolit Tchaikovsky ; Fyodor Maslov ; Ivan Turchaninov ; Alexander Mikhailov ; Vladimir Gerard ; Rudolph Kündinger ; Arkady Raich ; Modest Tchaikovsky. -- II. The music student (1863-1865): Modest Tchaikovsky ; Vassily Bessel ; Herman Laroche ; Ivan Klimenko ; Adelaida Spasskaya ; Alexander Rubets. -- III. The conservatory professor (1866-1876): Rostislav Genika ; Mariya Gurye ; Alexandra Amfiteatrova-Levitskaya ; Alexander Litvinov ; V.A. ; Ivan Klimenko. -- IV. The socialite (1866-1876): Modest Tchaikovsky ; Konstantin de Lazari ; Alexandra Sokolova. -- V. Marriage (1877): Antonina Tchaikovskaya ; Nikolay Kashkin. -- VI. The composer (1878-1892): Alexander Glazunov ; Eduard Nápravník ; Vladimir Pogozhev ; Romain Rolland ; Herman Klein ; Julius H. Block ; Varvara Tsekhovskaya. -- VII. The man (1878-1892): Konstantin de Lazari ; Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich ; Boris Vietinghoff-Schell ; Vasily Korganov ; Vasily Bertenson ; Konstantin Varlamov ; Nazar Litrov. -- VIII. The celebrity (1891-1892): Musical courier ; New York herald ; Novosti dnia ; Peterburgskaia zhizn ; Peterburgskaia gazeta. -- IX. The national treasure (1892-1893): Leonid Sabaneyev ; Mikhail Bukinik ; Anton Door ; Abram Kaufman ; Konstantin Dumchev ; Isaak Bukinik ; Ivan Klimenko ; Vasily Sapelnikov ; Yulian Poplavsky. -- X. Death (1893): Modest Tchaikovsky ; Vladimir Nápravník ; Yury Davydov ; Vasily Bertenson ; Lev Bertenson ; Nikolay Mamonov ; Modest Tchaikovsky ; Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich ; Yulian Poplavsky.