Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. 'Pathetic' metaphors for sexuality and race, gambling and destiny; 2. Background and early reception; 3. Form and large-scale harmony; 4. The 'not-so-secret' program - a hypothesis; 5. Compositional genesis: the Six Romances Op. 73 and the Pathétique; 6. Deconstructing homosexual Grand Passion Pathétique; 7. Platonic postlude.

Promotional Information

This book discusses the conception, genesis, reception, and structure of Tchaikovsky's final symphony, the Pathetique.