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Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (Russian: Алексе́й Никола́евич Плеще́ев; 4 December [O.S. 22 November] 1825 – 8 October 1893) was a radical Russian poet of the 19th century, once a member of the Petrashevsky Circle.
- Biography
- Tchaikovsky and Pleshcheyev
- Tchaikovsky's Settings of Works by Pleshcheyev
- Bibliography
Born into a gentry family, Aleksey spent his childhood in Nizhny Novgorod and enjoyed a good education at home. In 1839, he was sent to the School of Guard Ensigns in Saint Petersburg, but he disliked the atmosphere there and left after a year and a half. He eventually enrolled at the Oriental Faculty of Saint Petersburg University in 1843. The lea...
Tchaikovsky first met the poet when he moved to Moscow in January 1866 to teach music theory and began attending gatherings of the Artistic Circle, a club that had been set up by Nikolay Rubinstein and Aleksandr Ostrovsky a few years earlier and which brought together many of the city's leading artists. In her memoirs of Tchaikovsky, Sofya Nyuberg-...
Completed
1. Spring ("I Walk Out Into the Old Garden...") (1853) — set to music by Tchaikovsky as Spring Song (Весенняя песня), No. 13 of the Sixteen Songs for Children, Op. 54(1883). 2. In imitation of the Polish (1856), a translation from the Polish of Ludwik Kondratowicz's poem Oracz de skowronka (1851) — set to music by Tchaikovsky as Little Bird (Птичка), No. 2 of the Sixteen Songs for Children, Op. 54(1883). 3. My Little Garden (1858) — set to music by Tchaikovsky as My Little Garden (Мой садик),...
Unrealised
1. The Beggars (1861) — textual notes for a song The Beggars (Нищие), made by Tchaikovsky in 1883 for the Sixteen Songs for Children, Op. 54, but not subsequently used. 2. Night Flew Past Over the World, poem No. 6 in the cycle Summer Songs (1862), made by Tchaikovsky in 1883 for the Sixteen Songs for Children, Op. 54, but not subsequently used.
M. Ya. Polyakov, introductory article in А. Н. Плещеев. Полное собрание стихотворений(Moscow/Leningrad, 1964)Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev was a radical Russian poet of the 19th century, once a member of the Petrashevsky Circle. Pleshcheyev's first book of poetry, published in 1846, made him famous: "Step forward!
Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (Russian: Алексе́й Никола́евич Плеще́ев; 4 December [O.S. 22 November] 1825 – 8 October 1893) was a radical Russian poet of the 19th century, once a member of the Petrashevsky Circle. Pleshcheyev's first book of poetry, published in 1846, made him famous: "Step forward! Without fear or doubt..."
Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (Russian: link=no|Алексе́й Никола́евич Плеще́ев; 8 October 1893) was a radical Russian poet of the 19th century, once a member of the Petrashevsky Circle. Pleshcheyev's first book of poetry, published in 1846, made him famous: "Step forward! Without fear or doubt..."
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Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (Russian: Алексе́й Никола́евич Плеще́ев; 4 December [O.S. 22 November] 1825 – 8 October 1893) was a radical Russian poet of the 19th century, one of the Petrashevsky Circle. Pleshcheyev's first book of poetry, published in 1846, made him famous: "Step forward!
1. In 1849, as a member of Petrashevsky Circle, Aleksey Pleshcheyev was arrested, sent to Saint Petersburg and spent 8 months in Peter and Paul Fortress. 2. Many of Aleksey Pleshcheyev's poems have been set to music to become popular Russian romances. 3.
