Experiencing Tchaikovsky

In Experiencing Tchaikovsky: A Listener’s Companion, historian and scholar David Schroeder looks beyond traditional views of Tchaikovsky to explore the dramatic impact of his music by walking readers through the remarkable range of works by this great Russian composer.

David Schroeder is professor emeritus at Dalhousie University. His previous books include Haydn and the Enlightenment, Mozart in Revolt: Strategies of Resistance, Mischief and Deception, Our Schubert: His Enduring Legacy (Scarecrow, 2009), and Hitchcock's Ear: Music and the Director's Art.

Series Editor's Foreword Introduction List of Abbreviations Timeline Chapter 1: Symphonic Poems, Shakespeare, and Music with Meaning Chapter 2: A Little Help from my Friends: Concertos Chapter 3: For the Love of Mozart: Chamber Music, Suites, and Serenades Chapter 4: Ballet's New Way: Swan Lake Chapter 5: Pushkin's Gentle Mockery, Tchaikovsky's Immoderate Ardor: Eugene Onegin Chapter 6: Symphony as Opera Chapter 7: Sorcery, Caprice, Blindness, Saints, and Stacked Decks: More Operas Chapter 8: Two Fairytale Ballets Chapter 9: Above and Beyond: From His Death to the Present Glossary Selected Reading Selected Listening Index About the Author