Publisher's Synopsis
An account of Tchaikovsky's only visit to America in 1891, this book is a revealing portrait of the composer in the last three years of his life. Much of it is written in the composer's own words, using the diary he kept during 25 days in America and on the sea voyages to and from the country. Making use of contemporary newspaper accounts, letters to and from Tchaikovsky, and other materials (many of them published here in English for the first time), Yoffe offers fresh insights into the roots of Tchaikovsky's continuing enormous popularity in America.
