From left to right—Leonide Massine, dancer; Leon Bakst, costume and scene designer, and Igor Stravinsky, composer
SUPPLEMENTARY READING
| A SHORT HISTORY OF RUSSIAN MUSIC | By Arthur Pougin |
| THE RUSSIAN OPERA | By Rosa Newmarch |
| THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF TCHAIKOVSKY | By Modeste Tchaikovsky |
| ANTON RUBINSTEIN’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY | |
| PEASANT SONGS OF GREAT RUSSIA | By Eugenie Lineff |
| A HISTORY OF RUSSIAN MUSIC | By M. Montagu-Nathan |
THE OPEN LETTER
RUSSIAN BALLET
A scene from “Soleil de Nuit,” one of Serge de Diaghileff’s ballets. The ballet was arranged by Massine, who occupies the center of the group. The music is by Rimsky-Korsakov, and the scenery and costumes were designed by Leon Bakst’s favorite pupil, M. Larionoff
Russian composers of our time are in luck. A wealthy timber merchant named Balaiev (bah-lah-ee-ev) appointed himself their special patron a number of years ago. In 1885 he founded a publishing house at Leipzig, and spent large sums of money printing the works of Russian composers and financing productions of Russian music all over the world.
