Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (Pathétique)

Contents

• Introduction;
• 1. 'Pathetic' metaphors for sexuality and race, gambling and destiny;
• 2. Background and early reception;
• 3. Form and large-scale harmony;
• 4. The 'not-so-secret' program - a hypothesis;
• 5. Compositional genesis: the Six Romances Op. 73 and the Pathetique;
• 6. Deconstructing homosexual Grand Passion Pathetique;
• 7. Platonic postlude.