{"product_id":"tchaikovskys-empire","title":"Tchaikovsky's Empire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA thrilling new biography of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky—composer of some of the world’s most popular orchestral and theatrical music\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A lively, argumentative and thoughtful reflection on one of the 19th century’s most important musical figures.”—Michael O’Donnell, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTchaikovsky is famous for all the wrong reasons. Portrayed as a hopeless romantic, a suffering melancholic, or a morbid obsessive, the Tchaikovsky we think we know is a shadow of the fascinating reality. It is all too easy to forget that he composed an empire’s worth of music, and navigated the imperial Russian court to great advantage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this iconoclastic biography, celebrated author Simon Morrison re-creates Tchaikovsky’s complex world. His life and art were framed by Russian national ambition, and his work was the emanation of an imperial subject: kaleidoscopic, capacious, cosmopolitan, decentred.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMorrison reexamines the relationship between Tchaikovsky’s music, personal life, and politics; his support of Tsars Alexander II and III; and his engagement with the cultures of the imperial margins, in Ukraine, Poland, and the Caucasus. \u003ci\u003eTchaikovsky’s Empire\u003c\/i\u003e unsettles everything we thought we knew—and gives us a vivid new appreciation of Russia’s most popular composer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55416617468248,"sku":"9780300284317","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780300284317.jpg?v=1779946251","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/tchaikovskys-empire","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}