[106] A course of harmony.
[107] Rimsky-Korsakov courteously, but decidedly, declined the offer.
[108] Anna Petrovna kept her promise, and made the curtains which ornament the dining-room at Klin till this day.
[109] A series of five bars of 3/4 is evidently meant.
[110] The present Professor of Composition at the Moscow Conservatoire and Director of the Private Opera in Moscow.
[111] Caucasian villages.
[112] The celebrated Russian dramatist.
[113] Anatol’s wife.
[114] Anatol’s wife.
[115] The authoress of the well-known works, Musikalische Studienkopfe and Musik Briefe aus fünf Jahrhunderten. Tchaikovsky’s letter appears in the second volume of the latter.