Balakirev, die zelf geboren en getogen was in Nizjni Novgorod, nam de zichzelf wegcijferende jonge pianist en componist onder zijn vleugels en hield toezicht op zijn vroege composities, even grondig als hij dat eerder had gedaan met de leden van zijn Machtige Hoopje.
Balakirev, who had himself been born and bred in Nizhny Novgorod, took Lyapunov under his wing, and oversaw his early compositions as closely as he had done with the members of his circle during the 1860s, now known as The Five.WikiMatrix WikiMatrix