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’s “supreme masterpieces”: I 361. The Moonlight Sonata in the Bois: 403–4, 407. The late quartets: II 142–43 (cf. 451–52; IV 51, 482, 555–56). Allusion to one of the Razumovsky quartets by Mme de Guermantes: III 715. The Pastoral Symphony played in Charlus’s house: 771. Charlus’s ogling glances at Jupien likened to Beethoven’s “questioning phrases”: IV 7. Mme de Citri finds him “a bore”: 119. Mme de Cambremer inhales the sea air like the prisoners in Fidelio: 293. Invoked by Brichot in connexion with Dechambre’s death: 400–1. Charlus on the piano transcription of Quartet No. 15: 555–56. The “Bonn Master”: V 416. His “terrible ravaged face”: VI 114. The Kreutzer Sonata played at the Princesse de Guermantes’s reception: 496.

BELLINI, Gentile, Venetian painter (1429–1507). Bloch resembles his portrait of the Sultan Mahomet II: I 134 (cf. 505). His painting of the portico of St Mark’s: 234.

BELLINI, Giovanni, Venetian painter (c. 1430–1516). The “little band” play upon their vocal instruments “with all the application and ardour of Bellini’s angel musicians”: II 666. Vinteuil’s music evokes “a grave and gentle Bellini seraph strumming a theorbo”: V 347.

BENOIS, Alexander, Russian painter and ballet designer (1870–1960): IV 193; V 497.

BERGSON, Henri, French philosopher (1859–1941). On the effect of soporific drugs on the memory: IV 520–22.

BERLIOZ, Hector, French composer (1803–69). The Childhood of Christ: IV 688; as a writer: V 288.

BERNARD, Samuel, French financier (1651–1739): II 445; III 356.

BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE, French writer, author of Paul et Virginie (1737–1814). Cited by Charlus: V 369.

BERNHARDI, General Friedrich von, German military historian (1849–1930): III 144.

BERNHARDT, Sarah, French actress (1844–1923): I 102, 283; IV 639, 659; V 311; VI 115.

BERRY, Duc de, grandson of Louis XIV (1686–1714). Cited by Saint-Simon as living his life among his lackeys: VI 116.

BERRY, Duc de, son of Charles X (1778–1820): III 735. Swann’s grandmother said to have been his mistress, hence the legend (subscribed to by the Prince de Guermantes) that Swann was his natural grandson: 792; IV 92.

BEYLE, Henri. See Stendhal.

BIDOU, Henry, French writer, military commentator of Le Journal des Débats during World War I: VI 117.

BILLOT, General, French Minister of War between 1896 and 1898: III 402.

BING, Siegfried. Franco-German art collector, pioneer of Art Nouveau (1838–1905): III 756.

BISMARCK, Prince Otto von (1815–98). Rates Norpois’s intelligence highly: II 9, 60 (cf. III 298, 303). Struck by the Prince de Borodino’s resemblance to Napoleon III: III 168.

BIZET, Georges, French composer (1838–75). Disliked by Morel: V 384–85.

BLACAS, Duc de, Restoration politician (1771–1839). Contrasted by Mme de Villeparisis with Chateaubriand: II 411.

BLANCHE DE CASTILLE, wife of Louis VIII and mother of Saint Louis (1188–1252). Subject of one of Brichot’s rodomontades: I 357.

BOIELDIEU, François-Adrien, French composer (1775–1834): II 427; III 672.

BOIGNE, Mme de (1781–1866). Friend of Sainte-Beuve, famous for her salon and for her Memoirs: III 569; V 769.

BOILEAU, Nicolas, French poet and critic (1636–1711): II 7; quotation from L’Art poétique in Gisèle’s essay: 672.

BOISDEFFRE, General de, French Army Chief of Staff 1893–98: III 134, 326; VI 118.

BOISSIER, Gaston, antiquarian and permanent secretary of the Académie Française (1823–1908): IV 620; V 443.

BONAVENTURE, Saint (1221–74). Quoted by Charlus: III 764.

BORELLI, Vicomte de, society poet of the late 19th century: I 341; III 286, 337; V 109.

BORNIER, Vicomte Henri de, French writer, author of La Fille de Roland (1825–1901): III 570–72.

BORODIN, Alexander, Russian composer (1833–87). Allusion to the Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor: V 315. Albertine plays In the Steppes of Central Asia on the pianola: 514.

BOSSUET, Jacques-Bénigne, French prelate, writer and orator (1627–1704): I 408; V 399; VI 119.

BOTHA, General (1862–1919). Boer leader, quoted by Prince Von on the subject of English ineptitude: III 722–23, 751–52, 776.

BOTTICELLI (Sandro di Mariano),