TCHAIKOVSKY AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES A Centennial Symposium
Edited by Alexaiidar Mihailovic
Prepared under the auspices of Hofstra University
Contributions to the Study of Music and Dance, Number 49
Greenwood. Press Westport, Connecticut • London Contents
Acknowledgments xi A Note from the Editor xiii Introduction: Tchaikovsky as Our Contemporary Alexandar Mihailovic 1 Part I: Changing Perspectives on the Composer 1 Tchaikovsky: A New View—A Centennial Essay Richard Taruskin 17 2 Tchaikovsky and His Music in Anglo-American Criticism, 1890s-1950s Malcolm Hamrick Brown 61 3 The Tchaikovsky Myths: A Critical Reassessment Alexander Poznansky ' 75
Part II: Tchaikovsky and His Musical Contemporaries 4 Tchaikovsky and Wagner: A Reassessment Rosamund Bartlett 95 5 Analysis and Influence: A Comparison of Rhythmic Structures in the Instrumental Music of Schumann and Tchaikovsky Joseph C. Kraus 117 6 . Truth vs. Beauty: Comparative Text Settings by Musorgsky and Tchaikovsky Leslie Kearney . 129 viii Contents
Part III: The Oprichnik: Tchaikovsky's "Lost" Opera 7 Culture and Nationalism: Tchaikovsky's Visions of Russia in The Oprichnik Susan Beam Eggers 139 8 The Intrigue of Love and Illusion in Tchaikovsky's The Oprichnik Anne Swartz 147
Part IV: The Mature Operatic Composer 9 Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin: Tatiana and Lensky, the Third Couple Truman Bullard 157 10 "But Was My Eugene Happy?": Musical and Dramatic Tensions in Eugene Onegin Byron Nelson 167 11 Musical Historicism in The Queen of Spades James ParakUas Yll
Part V: Tchaikovsky, Russian Orthodoxy, and Nationalism 12 Tchaikovsky's Roots in the Russian Choral Tradition OlgaDolskaya 189 13 A Stranger in a Strange Land: Tchaikovsky as a Composer of Church Music Vladimir Morosan 197 14 Tchaikovsky, the Tsars, and the Tsarist National Anthem William H. Parsons 227
Part VI: Other Perspectives, Contemporary and Modern 15 Tchaikovsky: The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name Samuel Lipman . . 237 16 The Image of the Composer in Modest Tchaikovsky's Play The Symphony Stephany Gould 245 17 Exploding the Romantic Myth: Ken Russell's The Music Lovers James H. Krukones 251
Part VII: Round-Table Discussions 18 Biographical Issues in Tchaikovsky Scholarship Moderator John Marcus Panelists: Malcolm Hamrick Brown, Malcolm Crocker, Alfred Mann, Alexander Poznansky, Valentino Rubtsova, Polina Vaidman 263 Contents ix
19 Tchaikovsky in American and Russian Musical Education Moderator: Joel Sachs Panelists: Gina Levinson, John J.N. Mutter 275 20 Tchaikovsky's Ballets: Interpretation and Performance Moderator: Jeanne Fuchs Panelists: Cynthia Gregory, Anna Kisselgoff, Solomon Volkov, Gayle Young 295
Appendix 1: Musical Examples 315 Appendix 2: Conference Program 371 Index 403 Notes on Contributors 415