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 : Tchaikovsky's "Lost" 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 : 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 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