Tchaikovsky through others' eyes
Alexander Poznansky (Editor)
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
Print Book, English, ©1999
Indiana University Press, Bloomington, ©1999
collective biographies
xix, 311 pages : portraits, pls. ; 25 cm.
9780253335456, 0253335450
39905999
List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsNote on transliteration, names spellings, and datesAbbreviationsIntroductionI. The Schoolboy (1840-1863)Fanny Dürbach, Fyodor Maslov, Ivan Turchaninov, Alexander Mikhailov, Vladimir Gerard, Rudolph Kündinger, Ippolit Tchaikovsky, Arkady Raich, Modest TchaikovskyII. The Music Student (1863-1865)Modest Tchaikovsky, Vasily Bessel, Herman Laroche, Ivan Klimenko, Adelaida Spasskaya, Alexander RubetsIII. The Conservatory Professor (1866-1876)Rostislav Genika, Mariya Gurye, Alexandra Amfiteatrova-Levitskaya, Samuil Litvinov, V. A., Ivan KlimenkoIV. The Socialite (1866-1876)Modest Tchaikovsky, Konstantin de Lazari, Alexandra SokolovaV. Marriage (1877)Antonina Tchaikovsky, Nikolay KashkinVI. The Composer (1878-1892)Alexander Glazunov, Eduard Nápravník, Vladimir Pogozhev, Romain Rolland, Herman Klein, Julius 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 LitrovVIII. The Celebrity (1891-1892)Musical Courier, New York Herald, News of the Day, Petersburg Life, Petersburg GazetteIX. The National Treasure (1893)Leonid Sabaneyev, Mikhail Bukinik, Anton Door, Abram Kaufman, Konstantin Dumchev, Isaak Bukinik, Yulian Poplavsky, Ivan Klimenko, Vasily Sapelnikov X. Death (1893)Modest Tchaikovsky, Vladimir Nápravník, Yury Davydov, Vasily Bertenson, Lev Bertenson, Nikolay Mamonov, Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich, Yulian Poplavsky