Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6 (Pathetique)

List of contents

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Timothy L. Jackson
• Assisted by: Julian Rushton (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2008
• EAN: 9780521646765
• ISBN: 978-0-521-64676-5
• No. of pages: 168
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 9 mm
• Weight: 220 g
• Series: Cambridge Music Handbooks
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music