[1] His sister Anka fell in love with Alexander Borodin, who had to write many letters to his wife to explain his daily meetings with her.
[1] Lodyzhensky began several symphonies;[2] an opera, Dmitri the Usurper (based on Alexander Pushkin's play Boris Godunov[1]); and a cantata, The Rusalka, but never finished them.
[5] The only music he ever published[6] was Six Romances for voice and piano, in 1873, which showed great promise, displaying melodic and harmonic invention.
His early work gained the respect of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov[7] and Vladimir Stasov, but he was criticised in other quarters and this may have discouraged him from continuing to compose.
He returned to Russia in 1907, where he was engaged on official duties, voluntary work, and founded the Society for the Unification of the Orthodox and Anglican Churches.