About the book: 1998 / The book is dedicated to the life and work of the brilliant Russian composer P. I. Tchaikovsky, whose creative biography is considered in the context of a complex and diverse picture of cultural and musical life only Russia, but Western Europe and America. The path of evolution of P. I. Tchaikovsky’s work is traced, in connection with which his works are examined and analyzed in detail. Over three decades, the composer created ten oners and three ballets, seven symphonies and five instrumental concerts, suites, overtures, fantasies, ensembles and choral works, over a hundred piano works, more than a hundred romances. For a wide range of readers.