{"product_id":"tchaikovskys-empire-simon-morrison-9780300284317","title":"Tchaikovsky's Empire: A New Life of Russia's Greatest Composer","description":"\u003cb\u003eA thrilling new biography of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky--composer of some of the world's most popular orchestral and theatrical music\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A lively, argumentative and thoughtful reflection on one of the 19th century's most important musical figures.\"--Michael O'Donnell, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tchaikovsky 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Morrison 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. \u003ci\u003eTchaikovsky's Empire\u003c\/i\u003e unsettles everything we thought we knew--and gives us a vivid new appreciation of Russia's most popular composer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon Morrison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300284314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300284317\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Simon Morrison","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48454196953343,"sku":"9780300284317","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_86ef6a2e-22b5-497a-aec1-0fadc177489a.jpg?v=1777304751","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tchaikovskys-empire-simon-morrison-9780300284317","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}