[41] Dictionary of Music and Musicians (Grove), vol. i. p. 226.
[42] Dictionary of Music and Musicians (Grove), vol. ii. p. 497.
[43] Riemann’s Dictionary of Music.
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The original text consistently misspelled "Dvořák" with the caron over the o; this has been corrected. The inconsistent use of ’s or s’s for the possessives of proper names ending in s has been normalized to s’s (e.g., “Brahms’s”). Other obvious printer errors have been corrected without note.
Some illustrations have been moved so as not to interrupt the flow of the text. Some page numbers are missing as a result.
The opening of the Arensky quartet on [p. 171] is actually from Op. 35, not Op. 35a as indicated in the original.
In [Appendix A], Prince Rasumowsky is erroneously listed under 1808. He was actually born in 1752, per Wikipedia.