Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin in Full Score

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by - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky

Based on the verse novel by Aleksandr Pushkin, the composer's operatic masterpiece relates a tale of thwarted romance. Lavish melodies, expressive harmonies, and masterly orchestration abound in the sumptuous work, a staple of opera houses around the world. This attractive and modestly priced edition is reprinted from an authoritative early score. Authoritative Russian ed.

Eugene Onegin

in Full Score

Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky

Eugene Onegin, the most popular of Tchaikovsky's operas, is widely considered a theatrical masterpiece. Adapted from a novel in verse form by Aleksandr Pushkin, it is the tale of a jaded Russian aristocrat who scorns the love of Tatyana, an attractive young girl of the provincial petty nobility. After years of aimless wandering, Onegin returns to St. Petersburg to find Tatyana much changed and married to a prince. Onegin falls in love, but this time she rejects him in favor of marital fidelity.

The theme and treatment of Pushkin's text so strongly appealed to Tchaikovsky that he devoted himself to the opera's execution with single-minded fervor, drawing the libretto from the poet's own lines as far as possible. The composer's passionate attachment to the work was undoubtedly interlocked with analogous events in his private life: at the time of the opera's creation Tchaikovsky was involved in a disastrous marriage that swiftly led to his emotional breakdown.

Today, Eugene Onegin is a staple of the operatic repertoire, moving audiences everywhere with its richly melodic score and imaginative orchestration. Musicians and music lovers will welcome this inexpensive high-quality edition, reprinted from an authoritative early score.

Unabridged Dover (1997) republication of an authoritative early score. Prefatory material translated by Stanley Appelbaum. 512pp. 8 3/8 x 11 1/4. Paperbound.

Free Dover Music Catalog (59057-7) available upon request.

A DOVER EDITION DESIGNED FOR YEARS OF USE!

We have made every effort to make this the best book possible. Our paper is opaque, with minimal show-through; it will not discolor or become brittle with age. Pages are sewn in signatures, in the method traditionally used for the best books, and will not drop out. Books open flat for easy reference. The binding will not crack or split. This is a permanent book.

Cover design by Teresa Delgado

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Stock#: 5860
Publisher: Dover
Pub. Code: 29964-3
ISBN: 0486299643
Subject: Opera
Pages: 512
Weight (lbs): 2.63
Dimensions: 8 3/8 x 11¼ in.
Year: © 1998
List: 34.95
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