Project Gutenberg 2014-03-29 Public domain in the USA. 296 Chaikovskii, Modest 1850 1916 Tchaikovsky, Modeste Чайковский, Модест Ильич Newmarch, Rosa 1857 1940 Newmarch, R. (Rosa) Jeaffreson, Rosa 05040982 The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky The Life and Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky Reading ease score: 70.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) "The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky" by Modest Chaikovskii is a biographical account written in the early 20th century. The work is an exploration of the life and personal correspondence of the renowned Russian composer Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky. This biography delves into Tchaikovsky's character, family background, and artistic journey, revealing not just his musical achievements but also the intimate thoughts and feelings noted in his letters to friends and family. The opening of the book introduces Tchaikovsky's ironic attitude toward his noble lineage and his deep-rooted pride in his Russian heritage. Modeste Tchaikovsky provides an insight into the composer's early life, detailing his family's modest background and Tchaikovsky's early education. The narrative emphasizes his precocious abilities as a child, particularly in music, while also portraying the emotional struggles he faced, especially the profound impact of his mother’s absence from his life. It sets the stage for a deep understanding of not only Tchaikovsky's contributions to music but also the context of his life experiences that shaped his genius. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45259/45259-h/images/cover.jpg en Composers -- Russia -- Biography Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893 ML Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Music 1899183 1898332 2024-10-19T05:11:30.620457 2023-09-19T16:11:51.559059 text/html text/html 1885556 2021-01-25T08:41:48 text/html; charset=utf-8 7145683 2021-01-25T08:41:48 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 7396371 2024-10-19T05:12:22.381231 application/epub+zip 7407892 2024-10-19T05:11:43.842399 application/epub+zip 797381 2024-10-19T05:11:35.973470 application/epub+zip 9191203 2024-10-19T05:12:43.471130 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 8934892 2024-10-19T05:12:08.917276 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1162580 2022-09-20T16:25:17.774801 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1651935 2024-10-19T05:11:24.161541 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1664949 2014-03-29T15:32:10 text/plain; charset=utf-8 610581 2014-03-29T15:42:32 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1651265 2014-03-29T15:32:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 608107 2014-03-29T15:42:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 21590 2024-10-19T05:12:43.736157 application/rdf+xml 25658 2024-10-19T05:11:36.293452 image/jpeg 3870 2024-10-19T05:11:36.135466 image/jpeg 7222804 2024-10-19T05:11:31.077457 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog