Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (Pathetique)

Klappentext This book discusses the conception! genesis! reception! and structure of Tchaikovsky's final symphony! the Pathetique. Zusammenfassung Tchaikovsky's final symphony has fascinated generations of music lovers since its first performance. Professor Jackson explores the question of the Pathetique's program and its relation to Tchaikovsky's homosexuality and death. The book covers the work's conception! genesis! and reception! and presents an in-depth analysis of its remarkable formal structure. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. 'Pathetic' metaphors for sexuality and race, gambling and destiny; 2. Background and early reception; 3. Form and large-scale harmony; 4. The 'not-so-secret' program - a hypothesis; 5. Compositional genesis: the Six Romances Op. 73 and the Pathétique; 6. Deconstructing homosexual Grand Passion Pathétique; 7. Platonic postlude.

Product details

• Authors: Timothy L. Jackson, Timothy L. (University of North Texas) Jackson
• Assisted by: Julian Rushton (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.10.1999
• EAN: 9780521641111
• ISBN: 978-0-521-64111-1
• No. of pages: 168
• Series: Cambridge Music Handbooks
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > Miscellaneous