- Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: Indiana University Press; Pap/Com edition (30 Mar 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0253216761
- ISBN-13: 978-0253216762
- Product Dimensions: 15.4 x 2.5 x 23.4 cm
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"It is a model of research and organization, an indispensable handbook for students of Tchaikovsky's work, singers, musicians and musicologists and lovers of vocal music. However, this volume is much more... [E]merging from the whole is the story of an inspired life in an extrarodinary era... [I]t is a unique portrait of the cultural world of 19th century Russia, and the international swirl of art, friendship and performance in which Tchaikovsky dwelled." --Nancy Ries, Colgate Scene--Nancy Ries, Colgate Scene
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Besides his symphonies and concerti, operas and ballets, Tchaikovsky wrote 103 "romances," or songs, which are among his most popular works in Russia. The lyrics to these songs, by poets famous and obscure, have never been studied. All 103 song texts are collected here for the first time, in Russian, with transliterations and translations. The texts are illuminated by commentaries on the songs' historical context and performance histories, an extensive discography of singers and recordings, and a 73-minute CD including performances of 22 songs. For Tchaikovsky specialists, this work provides significant new information.
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All the songs and much more
11 Mar 2004
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"splendid... its fluent readability and avoidance of unnecessary detail make it easily accessible to the general reader. A welcome bonus is a CD with 22 songs interpreted by outstanding singers of at least two generations."
-George Jellinek, author, critic, and host of WQXR's nationally syndicated program "The Vocal Scene"
-George Jellinek, author, critic, and host of WQXR's nationally syndicated program "The Vocal Scene"
"as user-friendly a guide to Tchaikovsky song as the general reader could wish for."
-Andrew Green, "Classical Music"
"indispensable... each short chapter, focused on a different song, is a snapshot of a creative moment in Tchaikovsky's career, and emerging from the whole is the story of an inspired life in an extraordinary era."
-Nancy Ries, "The Colgate Scene"
"It's not often that a book really does 'fill a long-felt want,' but here is an example, and an outstanding one... The core of the book is the discussions of each [lyric], its author and its significance to Tchaikovsky. These come from a deep knowledge of Russian poetry and ideas... The three-page introduction to Tchaikovsky's finest set, for instance, the Op 73 group, is ideal preparation for enjoyment of these amazing songs."
-John Warrack, "Gramophone"
"... an unexpected, long-overdue, and welcome labor of love, imbued with intelligent scholarship... much more than a song anthology or pedantic study." -Elizabeth Blades-Zeller, "Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association"
"presents an enormous amount of information in a convenient format, with comprehensible translations and a coherent organization, making these songs more accessible to the non-Russian speaker than perhaps any Russian vocal music has heretofore been."
-Leslie Kearney, "Slavic Review"
"Sylvester ... sweeps the reader into the creative world of Tchaikovsky, describing the 'romances,' and, in the process, the cultural and political times in which the composer lived... [sharing] a wealth of information with a storyteller's knack."
-Debra Greschner, "Journal of Singing"
"Richard Sylvester has wrapped Tchaikovsky's songs in such vibrant, illuminating layers of information-linguistic, musical, biographical, poetic-that they emerge from this volume as living events, resonant with stories of their own. With these scrupulous contextualizations, a new standard is set for scholarship on Russian song."
-Caryl Emerson, Princeton University, author of "The Life of Musorgsky"
Indispensible Guide to Tchaikovsky's Song
24 April 2011
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This book is a godsend to English speakers who wish to perform Tchaikovsky's songs. It gives useful background to each and every song and provides transliterations that are idiomatically accurate, without the literal schoolboy howlers that one finds on some other sites. The translations are very well done. The texts in both languages are very clear and anyone wishing to perform any song can immediately feel the spirit of the poet and decide whether the song is suitable for him or her. A considerable bonus is the listing of all who have recorded each song, for this enables those interested to establish easily whether the song is appropriate for a male singer, or a female singer, or both. The only fault is that the Russian headings at the top of each song are in modified cursive script, which is, of course, rather different from printed script and is somewhat confusing for the letters "t" and "ee". This is a superb book and I wish that I had had it years ago.
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