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Experiencing Tchaikovsky - A Listener's Companion (Hardcover)
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Experiencing Tchaikovsky - A Listener's Companion (Hardcover)
Series: Listener's Companion
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The music of Tchaikovsky remains as much loved in the twenty-first
century as it was a hundred years ago. But it has so much more to
offer than luscious orchestration and tuneful melodies. 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. Drawing on a select, but highly representative, group of
compositions from Tchaikovsky's vast output, from his
groundbreaking ballet Swan Lake to his great opera Eugene Onegin,
Experiencing Tchaikovsky: A Listener's Companion offers in-depth
explorations without technical jargon. In addition to looking at
his ballets and some of his operas, Schroeder probes the many other
genres in which Tchaikovsky worked, from his chamber music pieces
and symphonies to his other orchestral works and concertos.
Throughout, Schroeder draws connections among the works, painting a
fuller, more coherent picture of Tchaikovsky through his thematic
interests, musical techniques, sonic signatures, and literary and
cultural focuses. For context, Schroeder describes the works of
personal significance for the composer through such contemporary
literature as Tchaikovsky's letters to Nadezhda von Meck, the
wealthy patroness whom he never met. Experiencing Tchaikovsky: A
Listener's Companion is for anyone who left a ballet performance
whistling themes from Swan Lake or humming melodies from The
Nutcracker. It is the ideal work for concertgoers, music students,
opera buffs, ballet enthusiasts, and anyone who appreciates this
musical master.
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