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In this splendid volume, Richard Sylvester treats Tchaikovsky's songs with great sympathy and understanding, with special emphasis on relating the texts to the music. The songs are presented chronologically, interspersed with insightful observations about their relevance to the composer's life. This book will be welcomed by performers and scholars, but its fluent readability and avoidance of unnecessary detail make it easily accessible to the general reader. A welcome bonus is a CD with 22 songs interpreted by outstanding singers of at least two generations.

<p> It's not often that a book really does 'fill a long -- felt want', buthere is an example, and an outstanding one... [T]he core of the book is thediscussion of each poem, its author, and it significance to Tchaikovsky. These comefrom a deep knowledge of Russian poetry and ideas; they are in themselves absorbing, but they are also vital to an understanding of the literary traditions from whichRussian song came and of what inspired its greatest master. -- John Warrack, Gramophone

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