ABSTRACT

First journey to America—Third Concerto for pianoforte—The Boston Symphony Orchestra and Max Fiedler—Memories of Gustav Mahler and New York—Return to Moscow—Vice-President of the Imperial Russian Musical Society as assistant to the Grand Duchess Helene Georgyevna—Differences in the “Spheres”—The Kersin-Concerts in Moscow—Rachmaninoff conductor of the Philharmonic Concerts in Moscow—The antagonism Scriabin-Rachmaninoffs—The Bells—Sojourn in Rome