Night on Bald Mountain 25 December 1858, has been interpreted as an indication of Mussorgsky's intent to write an opera on the subject of Gogol's short story "St. John's Eve" (, "Vecher nakanune Ivana Kupala", "St. John's Eve"). Gogol's tale contains the elements of witchcraft common to other stories in the "Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka" collection, but does not feature a witches' sabbath. No further plans for this project were mentioned. The theme of a witches' sabbath, the central theme in all subsequent "Night on Bald Mountain" projects, appears to have been derived from the nonextant play "The Witch" (, "Ved′ma") by
Ray Bare later, Bare held the same Orioles squad to two earned runs and got the win in a 6–2 Tigers victory. Bare had a strong outing against the White Sox on July 22, 1976, as the Tigers won 5–1, and Bare allowed only five hits and one run in 7 innings. Bare got his final major league win on September 10, 1976 at Fenway Park. He shut out the Red Sox in a rain-shortened five-inning game, as the Tigers won, 1–0. Ben Oglivie hit a home run to win it for Bare and the Tigers. In 1977, Bare's ERA ballooned to