“Book Descriptions: In this biography, Wilson Strutte examines the background to Tchaikovsky’s life, his philosophical attitude, and his friendship with Nadezhda von Meck, the patroness he never met in person. Tchaikovsky’s homosexuality is also assessed, and a theme of the book is that Tchaikovsky’s paranoiac unhappiness was more due to causes that stemmed from his own psychological make-up than from any outside influence. The background to the six symphonies, the ballets and the operas, as well as to such universally known works as the 1812 Overture, Romeo and Juliet, and the first piano concerto in B flat minor is traced in detail. Extensive use is made of Tchaikovsky’s letters, as well as of the recollections of contemporaries. The book is completed with a selection of illustrations taken from old engravings and paintings. There are also reproductions of Tchaikovsky’s own manuscripts and of early published editions of his music.” DRIVE
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