Tchaikovsky The Man Behind the Music Author:Lawrence and Elisabeth Hanson In this new study, the authors bring into proper focus the man whose works are among the glories of music throughout the world. Contributing to this fresh picture of the great Russian composer is material which has only been recently made available to the biographer. Among these sources are the thousands of letters to and from Tchaikovsky whic... more »h the Russians have been collecting, most of them at the Klin Museum, his last home, which is now a national shrine. In addition, there are contemporary reminiscences of the composer which are also being stored at Klin, many of them still available only in the original manuscript.« less