[302] The best account of his works and style is to be found in the volume Maurice Ravel et son oeuvre by Roland Manuel.
[303] Le Gibbet is without doubt the most realistic piece of musical description in our time.
[304] Witness the wonderful manifestation of these qualities by the French in the recent war.
[305] In Grove's Dictionary, under Bass, occurs this statement: This voice, found, or at least cultivated, only in Russia is by special training made to descend to FF
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[306] The writer had this statement from the lips of Tchaikowsky's own brother, Modeste.
[307] See the passage from his diary (quoted on page 504 of the Biography by his brother) in which he writes—"What touching love and compassion for mankind lie in these words: 'Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden!' In comparison with these simple words all the Psalms of David are as nothing."
[308] See the detailed program by the composer himself, cited in Nieck's Program Music.
[309] For this simile I am indebted to Mr. Philip Hale.