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Tchaikovsky in America : The Composer's Visit In 1891 by Lidya Yoffe and Elkhonon Yoffe (1987, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100195041178
ISBN-139780195041170
eBay Product ID (ePID)2137097
Product Key Features
Number of Pages226 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameTchaikovsky in America : the Composer's Visit in 1891
Publication Year1987
SubjectGenres & Styles / Classical, Linguistics / General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaMusic, Language Arts & Disciplines
AuthorLidya Yoffe, Elkhonon Yoffe
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight14.4 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2009-541086
Dewey Edition19
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal780/.92/4 B
SynopsisThe opening of Carnegie Hall in May 1891 was celebrated with a spectacular gala music festival, central to which was the participation of one of the most eminent living composers: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky conducting several of his own compositions. In response to the invitation to play at this event, Tchaikovsky traveled thousands of miles from his home near Moscow and became the first great European composer to visit America. A charming account of Tchaikovsky's only visit to America, this book is a revealing psychological portrait of Tchaikovsky in his last three years. It is also a rich picture of the cultural life of New York at the turn of the century, recounting Tchaikovsky's encounters with prominent Americans, among them Andrew Carnegie, the industrialist and philanthropist, and Walter Damrosch, the well known American conductor. Much of the book is written in Tchaikovsky's own words, using the diary that he kept during his 25 days in America and on the sea voyages to and from the country. Making use of contemporary newspaper accounts, letters to and from Tchaikovsky, and other materials, Yoffe offers fresh insight into the roots of Tchaikovsky's enormous popularity in America., 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.
LC Classification NumberML410.C4Y63 1986
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