Experiencing Tchaikovsky
Subtitle: a listener's companion
By: David Schroeder
Series: Listener's companion; Listener's companion
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9781442232990
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Music appreciation; Criticism and interpretation
Description: 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.
Notes: "Timeline": pages xiii-xv; "Glossary": pages 195-202.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-205), discography (page 208), videography (page 207), and index.
Table of contents: title: Symphonic poems, Shakespeare, and music with meaning; title: A little help from my friends : concertos; title: For the love of Mozart : chamber music, suites, and serenades; title: Ballet's new way : Swan lake; title: Pushkin's gentle mockery, Tchaikovsky's immoderate ardor : Eugene Onegin; title: Symphony as opera; title: Sorcery, caprice, blindness, saints, and stacked decks : more operas; title: Two fairy-tale ballets; title: Above and beyond : from his death to the present.