CHAPTER V

DARGOMIJSKY

Alexander Sergeivich Dargomijsky. His meeting with Glinka. Visit to Paris. _Esmeralda_ and _The Triumph of Bacchus_. Growing interest in national music. Begins work on Poushkin's _Roussalka_. Second tour in Western Europe. Balakirev and his circle. _The Stone Guest._ His treatment of national character as compared with Glinka's......117