Tchaikovsky Author:Edwin Evans Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky showed a remarkable aptitude for music at the age of four, but could not settle himself to begin composing seriously until he was 26 years old, and then the work on his Symphony No. 1 in G Minor (opus 13) led to a nervous disorder, which was to recur and haunt the composer for the rest of his life. — In these pages, Edwi... more »n Evans, of whom Musical Times has said, "He is one of the easiest and most readable of writers on music," traces the entire career of Tchaikovsky, feeling out with penetration and sympathy the events and personal sensations in Tchaikovsky's life that gave rise to the most popular and passionate outpouring of music that has ever been written.
Dr. Evans has included four valuable apendices on the principal happenings in Tchaikovsky's life, and a full catalogue of his works, a bibliography and notes on Tchaikovsky's friends and contemporaries.« less