Author: Steve Moretti
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 194
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Living a lie could crush one's spirit forever. But admitting the truth could be even worse. Bestowed with a rare musical gift, but burdened by demons of self-doubt and passions forbidden in 19th century Russia, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky struggled to release the music inside his head. And equally, to find romantic fulfillment that always remained just beyond his reach. He was deeply affected by the women in his life - those he loved, those he despised, and those whose affection he longed so badly to hold. Yet, aside from music, his truest passion was reserved only for men. Tchaikovsky refused to abide by the rules of the musical establishment of his time. Assailed by critics as being 'neither Russian nor German, ' he endured scathing criticism which he often took to heart, destroying many of his own 'imperfect' compositions. This compelling new work takes you inside the head of Pyotr - from age seven to his untimely death at fifty-three. It also provides a layman's guide to his music and his musical influences, and the techniques Tchaikovsky used to chart his musical destiny.
Author: Modest Chaĭkovskiĭ
Publisher: London ; New York : J. Lane
ISBN:
Category : Composers
Languages : en
Pages : 854
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Author: Jim Whiting
Publisher: Mitchell Lane
ISBN: 1545748977
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 75
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The most popular of all Russian composers, Peter Tchaikovsky is probably best known for his ballets. Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, and Nutcracker are still performed worldwide. But a good part of Tchaikovsky s career was spent writing operas. Eugene Onegin and The Queen of Spades are two of his better-known works. A precocious child, Peter could read French and German by the age of six. At seven, he wrote verses in French. In school, he studied to be a lawyer. It was not until he was twenty-one years old that he turned his focus to music. But this man who made such beautiful melodies was unhappy most of his life. He was terrified when he stood in front of an orchestra. He had an unrealistic fear that his head would fall off and he actually held his left hand under his chin to keep his head attached! However, he left a great legacy of beautiful music. From the diaries and letters he wrote, we know about the life of Peter Tchaikovsky. In this book, young adults are introduced to one of the greatest composers of all time.
Author: Constantin Floros
Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
ISBN: 9783631742297
Category : Composers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Robert Sarkissian offers biographical information about the Russian composer Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), as part of the Island of Freedom resource. Tchaikovsky composed many types of compositions and is well known for his ballet works that include "The Nutcracker" and "Sleeping Beauty." Sarkissian features an image of the composer and a list of variant spellings of Tchaikovsky's name.
Author: Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky
Publisher: Cooper Square Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 622
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The great Russian composer Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a compulsive letter writer.
Author: John Suchet
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781783963836
Category : Composers
Languages : en
Pages : 275
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's life - and premature death - has long been mythologised and misunderstood. John Suchet draws back the curtain to show us the real man behind the music. A shy, emotional child, Tchaikovsky came late to composing as a career. Doubting himself at every turn and keenly wounded by criticism, he went on to become one of the world's best-loved composers. Yet behind the success lay sadness: the death of his mother haunted him all his life, while his incessant attempts to suppress his homosexuality took a huge toll. From his disastrous marriage to his extraordinary relationship with his female patron, his many amorous liaisons and his devotion to friends and family, Suchet shows us how the complexity of Tchaikovsky's emotional life plays out in his music. Long hidden behind sanitised depictions by his brother and the Russian authorities, Tchaikovsky: The Man Revealed examines the complex and contradictory character of this great artist, and how he came to take his rightful place among the world's greatest composers.
Author: David Nice
Publisher: Pavilion Books, Limited
ISBN: 9781862050433
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 107
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Written with enthusiasm and accessible prose, the Classic fM Lifelines series will become the Everyman o f musical biographies. Titles for the series have been chose n from the Classic fM''s own listener surveys of most popular composers. '
Author: Elkhonon Yoffe
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 246
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This book is a charming account of Tchaikovsky's only visit to America--a trip he made to New York in 1891 to participate in the opening of Carnegie Hall. Told largely in Tchaikovsky's own words--making use of his letters and diary--it is at once a revealing psychological portrait of the great Russian composer and a rich picture of New York cultural life at the end of the last century.
Author: Jim Whiting
Publisher: Mitchell Lane
ISBN: 1545748934
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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Johannes Brahms was born in Hamburg, Germany, to a family that lived in extreme poverty. Yet by the time of his death he had become one of the most financially successful classical music composers who ever lived. It wasn t easy. His family had to move several times while Hannes (as he was nicknamed) was still a boy. He had to go to work when he was just 13, playing the piano in rough waterfront taverns in Hamburg. Often he wouldn t come home until dawn. Brahms received his first big break when he was 20. The composer Robert Schumann called him a genius and a young eagle. Even then, it still took him many years to become famous. While he is most noted for his symphonies and concertos, it is likely that more people know him for his Cradle Song, better known as Brahms s Lullaby, which millions of mothers have sung to their young children to lull them to sleep.
Author: Alexander Poznansky
Publisher: Schirmer Trade Books
ISBN: 9780028718866
Category : Composers
Languages : en
Pages : 679
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