In like manner these Russian composers took the three syllables of the name of their friend Belaieff, and, Be standing for B♭, la for the sixth note A of the natural scale, and eff for the note F, they used the theme—
B la F
as the leading motive of a composition, consisting of (1) an Allegro by Rimsky-Korsakoff, (2) Scherzo by A. Liadoff, (3) Serenata alla Spagnola by A. Borodin, and (4) Finale by A. Glazounoff. The composition begins in this manner:—
N. Rimsky-Korsakoff.
B la F