ABSTRACT
The “hermitage” in the “Sidonienstrasse”—Nikisch and Ernst von Schuch—Nikolai von Struve—The “Russian Music Publishing Firm” of M. and Mme Koussevitsky—New orchestral works: The Isle of Death and the Second Symphony—Plan for an opera, Monna Vanna—Conductor of the Moscow Philharmonic Concerts—The first “Saison Russe” in Paris—Meeting with Scriabin and Rimsky-Korsakov—Recollections of the “Moscow Art Theatre” (Stanislavsky) and Anton Tchekhov—Activities as a landed proprietor. Undertaking to run the Satins’ estate, “Ivanovka,” in Tambov.
