ABSTRACT
Strict discipline under Sverev in Moscow—Sverev and “his boys”—The Moscow Conservatoire—Taneyev and the teachers—Rubinstein’s visit to Moscow—The “Historical Concerts” and the hundredth performance of Demon—First meeting with Tchaikovsky—Musical antagonism between Moscow and St. Petersburg—Rachmaninoff’s arrangement of Manfred for two pianos—Summer in the Crimea—Arensky’s harmony class—First attempt at composition. Finishing examination in harmony (Tchaikovsky’s attitude)—Taneyev’s counterpoint class—Siloti as a Professor of pianoforte—Last pianoforte examination—“The Art of the fugue” with Arensky—Scriabin—Last examination in the fugue class
