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Yakov Petrovich Polonsky (Russian: Яков Петрович Полонский; 18 December [O.S. 6 December] 1819 – 30 October [O.S. 18 October] 1898) was a leading Pushkinist poet who wrote poems faithful to the traditions of Russian Romantic poetry during the heyday of realistic prose.
Yakov Petrovich Polonsky was a leading Pushkinist poet who wrote poems faithful to the traditions of Russian Romantic poetry during the heyday of realistic prose.
Polonsky is a poet of real stature and considerable philosophic depth, not just the writer of a few felicitous romances which qualify him for a brief mention in the histories of literature.
- Tchaikovsky's Settings of Works by Polonsky
- Correspondence with Tchaikovsky
Polonsky provided the libretto for Tchaikovsky's opera Vakula the Smith (1874, revised in 1885 as Cherevichki), based on the story Christmas Eve (Ночь перед Рождеством) by Nikolay Gogol(1809-1852). The texts of Tchaikovsky's Cantata for the Opening of the Polytechnic Exhibition (1872) and the chorus A Greeting to Anton Rubinstein(1889) were both sp...
4 letters from the composer to Yakov Polonsky have survived, dating from 1872 to 1889, all of which have been translated into English on this website: 1. Letter 265 – 2/14 June 1872, from Kiev 2. Letter 346 – 11/23 April or 12/24 April 1874 (?), from Saint Petersburg 3. Letter 463 – 4/16 May 1876, from Moscow 4. Letter 3950 – 4/16 October 1889, fro...
Yakov Petrovich Polonsky was a leading Pushkinist poet who tried to uphold the waning traditions of Russian Romantic poetry during the heyday of realistic prose.
Yakov Polonsky. (1819-1898) The routine of Polonsky's uneventful life was compounded of teaching, editorial work and long years of service in the censorship department. It is true that he traveled abroad and spent some years in the Caucasus, but this did not interrupt the even tenor of his ways.
Yakov Polonsky. Works [ edit] The Cosmic Fabric. Sorrow's Madness. Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted.
