[46] It is inexplicable why Liszt should have frequently spoken of his “blue eyes.”
[47] A very long winter overcoat, made by Boy, in which his friends said he cut a very comical figure.
[48] The bandmaster Kurpinski, who because he gave scarcely any operas but Rossiniʼs, was often called a Rossinist. There is no doubt that he wrote the anonymous article referred to.
[49] A Polish national opera by Kurpinski.
[50] A Polish poet, died 1849.
[51] Another instance of Chopinʼs inclination to superstition.
[52] A castle of the King of Prussia, beautifully situated at the foot of the Riesengebirge.
[53] A reference to his attachment to Mlle. Gladkowska.
[54] General Rozniecki, who was then president of the National Theatre.
[55] Chopin places the instruments in this order.