Tchaikovsky's Pathétique and Russian Culture

Contents

• 1: Secrecy 1
• 2: Before 4 February 1893
• 3: Mood Very Close to Requiem, but for Whom?
• 4: Tchaikovsky and Christ
• 5: Russian Culture, Jesus Christ and Compassion
• 6: Behind the Programme
• 7: Four Movements and their Interrelations
• 8: ‘A Skillfully Constructed Novel' 1
• 9: Intermezzo: Mysterious Waltz
• 10: Great Ambivalence
• 11: A House of Mourning
• 12: Afterword