[22] Actually, it was not E, but the chord of the sixth of A-flat, in high position, that constantly rang in Smetana's ear.
[23] His operas are: Der König und der Köhler (1874), Die Dickschädel (1882), Wanda (1876), Der Bauer ein Schelm (1877), Dimitrije (1882), Jacobin (1889), Der Teufel und die wilde Käthe (1899), Roussalka (1901), Armida (1904).
[24] Oscar Nedbal (born 1874), pupil of Dvořák, conductor, and viola of the well-known Bohemian Quartet.
[25] It consisted of the following movements: 'The Council,' 'The Siege,' 'The Last Farewell,' 'The Prayer' and 'The Attack.'
[26] Arranged for string quartet by Kún László, published by Rózsavölgyi in Budapest.
[27] It is touching to read in his brilliantly written autobiography (3 volumes, 1910), where, as if he had foreseen the terrible present war, he remarks: 'If God will help me, I will write a book for men with one arm, and the book will be published in five languages!'
[28] In Biographie universelle des musiciens, p. 687.
[29] Jenö Hubay, born in 1858 in Budapest, son of Carl Huber, professor of violin at the National Academy of Music and conductor of the National Theatre in Budapest.
[30] Composer and head of the theory department of the Royal Hungarian Academy.