[16] Under this sobriquet were grouped the followers of the New Russian School: Dargomijsky, Cui, Balakirev, Rimsky-Korsakov, and others.
[17] The river at Kamenka.
[18] In my volume upon Tchaikovsky I have called this work Destiny.—R. N.
[19] Madame Rimsky-Korsakov, née Pourgold. In his final arrangement Tchaikovsky omitted these chords himself.
[20] Conductor at the Opera House.
[21] Constantine Ivanovich Rioumin, the guardian of Vladimir Shilovsky.
[22] Short for Vladimir.
[23] Modeste.
[24] Op. 9. Three pieces for piano—“Reverie,” “Polka de Salon,” “Mazurka.”
[25] “So schnell vergessen.”