Part 1 provides information on the complete compositions of Tchaikovsky including music incipits of all movements, year of creation, dedicatee, world premiere, instrumentation, documents on the history of the work, a list of the sources, references to letters or subsequent printed editions, and bibliography.Part 2 contains, for the first time, a complete survey of Tchaikovsky's literary works.

Main Sections of Contents - Preface to the 2nd Edition - Preface - Th HIstory and the Current State of Cajkovskij's Archives - Studies and Publications Concerning Cajkovskij's Manuscripts - Publishers and Publications of Cajkovskij's Works - Structure and Components of the Works' Description - Abbreviations - ISO System of Transliteration - Musical Works - I. Stage Works - 1. Operas - 2. Ballets - 3. Incidental Music - 4. Incidental Music: Seperate Items - II. Orchestral Works - 1. Symphonies - 2. Suites - 3. Overtures, Fantasies, and Other Orchestral Works - 4. Works for Solo Instrument and Orchestra - a) Concertos - b) Concert Pieces - III. Choral Works - 1. Cantatas - 2. Choruses - 3. Sacred Choral Works - IV. Chamber Instrumental Works - 1. Works for Chamber Ensemble - 2. Piano Works - 3. Instrumental Pieces with Piano Accompaniment - V. Chamber Vocal Works - 1. Romances and Songs - 2. Vocal Ensembles - 3. Album Notes and Musical Letters - VI. Student Exercises in Composition and Instrumentation - VII. Transcriptions, Arrangements, and Editions - 1. Transcriptions and Arrangements of C.'s Own Works - 2. Arrangements and Editions of Folk Songs - 3. Orchestrations, Arrangements, and Editions of Other Composers' Works - VIII. Lost Works - IX. Unfinished Works - X. Unrealized Plans - 1. Operas - 2. Ballets - 3. Works for Orchestra - 4. Concertos and Concert Pieces - 5. Cantatas - 6. Piano Works - Works for Violin or Cello with Piano - 8. Romances - 9. Vocal Ensembles - Literary Works - 1. Musical Textbooks and Other Educational Writings - 2. Articles, Reviews, Notes, Open Letters, Letters to Editors, Interviews - 3. Speeches - 4. Rhymes - 5. Translations - 6. Juvenilia - Lost Literarv Writings - 8. Uncompleted Literary Works and Unrealized Projects - Supplements - Indexes