Russian music is getting more and more popular nowadays: works of hitherto unknown Russian composers emerge each season and are performed at our concerts beside the older standard works. The works themselves are, or at least should be, of course, the thing that matters most in this connection, and not the names or personalities of the authors. Many of us enjoy the sight of old cathedrals, and find delight in pictures or poems of anonymous painters and poets without bothering to know who the architects or authors were. One wonders if it would not be preferable—though not to some of the professional critics—to have musical works performed without indicating the names of their composers. However this may be, the general usage requires the mentioning of the composer, and this for many reasons. As long as this usage is observed, it is perhaps no pedantry to insist upon a correct and consistent spelling of the composers' names. While this requirement is pretty well satisfied in general, this is by no means the case with the names of Russian composers. Let us quote some examples.