{"product_id":"tchaikovskys-empire-by-simon-morrison-9780300192100","title":"Tchaikovsky's Empire","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA thrilling new biography of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky—composer of some of the world's most popular orchestral and theatrical music.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A lively, argumentative and thoughtful reflection on one of the 19th century's most important musical figures.\"—Michael O'Donnell, \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTchaikovsky is famous for all the wrong reasons. Portrayed as a hopeless romantic, a suffering melancholic, or a morbid obsessive, the Tchaikovsky we think we know is a shadow of the fascinating reality. It is all too easy to forget that he composed an empire's worth of music, and navigated the imperial Russian court to great advantage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this iconoclastic biography, celebrated author Simon Morrison re-creates Tchaikovsky's complex world. His life and art were framed by Russian national ambition, and his work was the emanation of an imperial subject: kaleidoscopic, capacious, cosmopolitan, decentred.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMorrison reexamines the relationship between Tchaikovsky's music, personal life, and politics; his support of Tsars Alexander II and III; and his engagement with the cultures of the imperial margins, in Ukraine, Poland, and the Caucasus. \u003cem\u003eTchaikovsky's Empire\u003c\/em\u003e unsettles everything we thought we knew—and gives us a vivid new appreciation of Russia's most popular composer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46796760744172,"sku":"9780300192100","price":59.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/23918743482294.jpg?v=1757107202","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/tchaikovskys-empire-by-simon-morrison-9780300192100","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}