[146] He had succeeded Taneiev as Director of the Moscow Conservatoire.
[147] Siloti had taken a smaller house, and made over part of his furniture to Tchaikovsky, thinking it would be a kindness to him, for the composer’s household lacked many comforts. Siloti did not reclaim the furniture after Tchaikovsky’s death, and it stands at present in the house at Klin.
[148] One of the most eminent of Russian poets.
[149] A Dream on the Volga.
[150] “Do not forget, and think of me sometimes.”
[151] To compose an opera in one act and a ballet for the season 1891-2.
[152] Incidental music to the tragedy Hamlet, for Guitry’s benefit.
[153] An opera in one act, afterwards known as Iolanthe.
[154] A Dream on the Volga (the Voyevode).
[155] The opening ceremony of the new Carnegie Hall in New York.