Deems Taylor (1885–1966)
- Brody, Elaine. “The King’s Henchman: Fifty Years Later.” Notes34–2 (De-
cember 1977): 319–322.
The premiere at the Metropolitan Opera was 17 February 1927. The opera
had 14 performances over three seasons. Brody discusses it in the light of a let-
ter by Taylor that described his intentions for the work and gave his views on
the function of opera.
Petr Il’ich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
Various Roman alphabet spellings (transliterations) of the name are common. The
Library of Congress now accepts T chaikovsky in place of Chaikovsky, with the first
names as shown here.
Editions
- T chaikovsky, Peter Ilich. New Edition of the Complete Works = Novoe polnoe
sobranie sochinenii. Ed. Ljodmila Z. Korabel’nikova et al. Moscow: Muzyka;
Mainz: Schott, 1993–. M3 .C42.
In progress. V.1–21 will include all the stage works.
Biographies
- Brown, David. Tchaikovsky: A Biographical and Critical Study.New York:
Norton, 1978–1991. 4v. ISBN 0-393-07535-2. ML410 .C4 B87.
A strong life and works, with extensive material on the operas. For each there
is genesis and background information, synopses, program notes, and techni-
cal observations. Many musical examples and thorough documentation with
primary sources. Name and title index.
See also New Grove Russian Masters 1 (#2642) and Richard Taruskin’s valuable entry
in NGDO4, 662–672.
Operas in General
Program notes on all the operas appear in Abraham, Slavonic and Romantic Music
(#2634).
Individual Works
Eugene Onegin (Evgenii Onegin)
ASO43 (1982), ENOG 38 (1988), Rororo (1985). See also Abraham, On Russian
Music (#2636).
The Queen of Spades (Pique dame; Pikovaia dama)
ASO119/120 (1989).
The Smith (Kuznets Vakula)
See Taylor (#1563).
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