There was but one person on intimate terms with Tschaikovsky - Nadyezhda von Meck. Yet it was an intimacy of correspondence.
只有一个人跟柴可夫斯基有着亲密的关系,那就是娜蒂契达·冯·梅克,但这仅限于通信来往。
In the first place, it is easier to pin a meaning-word on a Tschaikovsky piece than on a Beethoven one.
首先,对柴可夫斯基的作品比对贝多芬的作品要容易找表达意义的词。
Although Tschaikovsky himself thought of the Pathetic symphony as his crowning masterpiece, the premiere on October 28 1893, in St. Petersburg proved a disappointment.
The experience was so shattering to Tschaikovsky that he attempted to end his life by standing up to his neck at night in the freezing waters of the Neva River.
The strange friendship continued between Tschaikovsky and the woman who knew of his physical appearance only through the photographs he sent her, yet who knew his most intimate thoughts.