Great Masters: Tchaikovsky—His Life and Music

Offered By: The Great Courses Plus

Course Description

Overview

Join celebrated Music Historian Dr. Robert Greenberg to dig into the complicated life of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky and examine how it was a fundamental component to his renowned compositions.

Syllabus

By This Professor
01: Introduction and Early Life
02: A Career in Music
03: The First Masterworks
04: Maturity
05: Three Women—Tatyana, Antonina, and Nadezhda
06: “My Great Friend”
07: “A Free Man”
08: The Last Years, or Don't Drink the Water

Taught by

Robert Greenberg

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