ABSTRACT
Mental change after the failure of the First Symphony—As conductor of Mamontov’s Private Opera in Moscow—Disagreeable experiences as a beginner in conducting opera—Envious Esposito—Fedor Chaliapine—Appearance at the London Philharmonic Society—Relapse into his former apathy—Princess Lieven and Leo Tolstoy—Dr. Dahl, the hypnotiser—The Second Concerto for pianoforte—Rachmaninoff’s marriage to Natalie Satin—The honeymoon and return to Moscow
