Tchaikovsky's Empire: A New Life of Russia's Greatest Composer by Simon Morrison poetry пока не наткнулась на старые

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His fascinating study challenges popular depictions of Russia as an opportunistic anti-Western actor

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Tchaikovsky's Empire: A New Life of Russia's Greatest Composer by Simon Morrison poetry пока не наткнулась на старыеTchaikovsky is famous for all the wrong reasons. Portrayed as a hopeless romantic or a suffering melancholic, the man we think we know is only a shadow of reality. Simon Morrisons iconoclastic biography recreates his complex world, music, life, ambitions and navigation of Imperial Russia, offering a vivid new appreciation of the famed composer. Tchaikovsky is famous for all the wrong reasons. Portrayed as a hopeless romantic, a suffering melancholic,