[36] Boris Godounov, Moussorgsky; The Stone Guest, Dargomijsky; Ratcliff and Angelo, Cæsar Cui.
[37] His sister, Madame Davidov.
[38] Allgemeine Zeitung, No. 148 (1874), “Musikalisches aus Italien.”
[39] A fellow-student of Tchaikovsky’s, dame de compagnie of Anton Rubinstein’s class and the intimate friend of the master. Afterwards teacher of pianoforte at the St. Petersburg Conservatoire.
[40] Tchaikovsky had to visit Kiev for the first performance of The Oprichnik in that city.
[41] An opera by Cæsar Cui.
[42] Rimsky-Korsakov’s Second Symphony, or “Eastern Suite,” Op 9.
[43] No. 3, Op. 30.
[44] There is no real English equivalent for the term “goloubouska.”
[45] A characteristic Russian dance.