Tchaikovsky's Pathétique and Russian Culture

Contents

• Contents: Preface
• Secrecy
• Before 4 February 1893
• Mood very close to requiem, but for whom?
• Tchaikovsky and Christ
• Russian culture, Jesus Christ and compassion
• Behind the programme
• Four movements and their interrelations
• 'A skillfully constructed novel'
• Intermezzo: mysterious waltz
• Great ambivalence
• A house of mourning
• Afterword
• Select bibliography
• Index.