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100 1  Brown, David, |d1929-2014. |=^A55878
245 10 Tchaikovsky : |ba biographical and critical study / |cby David Brown.
260    London : |bV. Gollancz, |c1978.
300    volumes : |billustrations, portraits, music ; |c24 cm
336    text |2rdacontent
337    unmediated |2rdamedia
338    volume |2rdacarrier
504    Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
505 00  |gVolume I. |tThe early years (1840-1874). |tAntecedents and childhood I: Votkinsk -- |tChildhood II: Alapayevsk and St Petersburg -- |tCivil servant and music student -- |tStudent and teacher: The Storm and first symphony -- |tFirst opera: enter Balakirev -- |tBalakirev again: Romeo and Juliet. |tA note on Desiree Artot, Fatum, and the first piano concerto -- |tFirst quartet and The Oprichnik -- |tHigh nationalism I: second symphony -- |tTchaikovsky as music critic: Snow Maiden to second quartet -- |tHigh nationalism II: Vakula the Smith.
505 00  |gVolume II. |tThe crisis years: 1874-1878. |tFirst piano concerto to third symphony -- |tThird quartet and Swan Lake -- |tThe crisis begins: Francesca da Rimini -- |t1877 - the year of fate I: marriage -- |t1877 - the year of fate II: fourth symphony and Eugene Onegin. |tA note on the Russianness of Eugene Onegin -- |gInterlude. |tNadezhda von Meck: benefactress and confidante -- |tSwitzerland and Italy: violin concerto -- |tReturn to Russia: break with the conservatoire.
505 00  |gVolume III. |tThe years of wandering: 1878-1885. |tFirst suite and The Maid of Orleans. |tA note on the first suite, and on certain persons and places -- |tA new home: second piano concerto -- |tUkrainian summer: total isolation -- |tResurgent individuality: piano trio -- |tFurther uncertainties: Mazepa -- |tA time of children: second suite. |tA note on the second suite, and on certain persons -- |tIntimate insights and marks of rehabilitation: third suiet -- |tA home of his own -- |tBalakirev resurgent: Manfred symphony.
520    Here is the first full-scale study of Tchaikovsky's life and music to appear in English, or possibly in any Western European language.
600 10 Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, |d1840-1893. |=^A27244
650  0 Composers |zRussia |vBiography. |=^A417025
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