As part of an I.T. course called the Certificate in Humanities
Computing for Modern Languages (CHUCOL) at Cambridge University, I've set
up a website on Turgenev and Russian music, and one of the pages in it is
dedicated to Tchaikovsky. The address is:
http://www.turgenevmusica.info/en/tchaikovsky.html
and I was wondering whether you might like to include it in the Links
section of your very interesting and helpful site? (I've included a link
to your site in the English-language version of my Links section) I tried
to give a more or less chronological survey of Turgenev's growing
interest in Tchaikovsky's music (with a number of recordings from his
works included), and at the end some parallels between the aesthetic views
of the two artists. It also touches a bit on Tchaikovsky's attitude
towards Tolstoi (although there is a lot more that could be said about
that topic).
I also looked at the
Unfinished/projected works by Tchaikovsky section of your website and
noticed that in 1887 he was considering doing something with one of Turgenev's stories which has a lot to do with music: The Song of Triumphant Love
(1881).
With kind regards,
Luis Sundkvist
What an interesting, handsome and informative site is this one
dedicated to Turgenev and Tchaikovsky. Kudos for Mr. Sundkvist. Hopefully
one day our Tchaikovsky Forum will be equally colorful.
Al Gasparo