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Later that summer, he visited Bayreuth to attend "Der Ring des Nibelungen". He composed "Francesca" in Moscow in October and November. It is dedicated to his friend and former pupil Sergei Taneyev. It was first performed early in 1877 in Moscow in a concert by the Russian Musical Society, conducted by Nikolai Rubinstein.