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{{picture|file=Vladimir Sollogub.jpg|caption='''Vladimir Sollogub''' (1813-1882)}} | {{picture|file=Vladimir Sollogub.jpg|caption='''Vladimir Sollogub''' (1813-1882)}} | ||
Russian poet, writer, artist and ethnographer (b. 8/20 August 1813 in [[Saint Petersburg]]; d. | Russian count, poet, writer, artist and ethnographer (b. 8/20 August 1813 in [[Saint Petersburg]]; d. 17 June 1882 {{NS}} in Bad Homburg), born '''''Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sollogub''''' (Владимир Александрович Соллогуб). | ||
==Tchaikovsky's Settings of Works by Sollogub== | ==Tchaikovsky's Settings of Works by Sollogub== | ||
Sollogub was the author of the libretto for Tchaikovsky's 1869 opera ''[[Undina]]'' (Ундина), based on a translation by [[Vasily Zhukovsky]] (1783–1852) of the novel ''Undine'' (1811) by [[Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué]] (1777–1843). Sollogub's libretto had originally been written for the composer Aleksey Lvov's opera of the same name, which premiered in 1848 production in [[Saint Petersburg]]. | Sollogub was the author of the libretto for Tchaikovsky's 1869 opera ''[[Undina]]'' (Ундина), based on a translation by [[Vasily Zhukovsky]] (1783–1852) of the novel ''Undine'' (1811) by [[Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué]] (1777–1843). Sollogub's libretto had originally been written for the composer Aleksey Lvov's opera of the same name, which premiered in an 1848 production in [[Saint Petersburg]]. | ||
The words of Tchaikovsky's song ''Tell Me, What in the Shade of the Branches?'' (Скажи, о чем в тени ветвей), No. 1 of the [[Six Romances, Op. 57]] (1884), are taken from Marta Petrovna's romance in Sollogub's comedy-vaudeville ''Trouble from a Tender Heart'' (Беда от нежного сердца) (1850). | The words of Tchaikovsky's song ''Tell Me, What in the Shade of the Branches?'' (Скажи, о чем в тени ветвей), No. 1 of the [[Six Romances, Op. 57]] (1884), are taken from Marta Petrovna's romance in Sollogub's comedy-vaudeville ''Trouble from a Tender Heart'' (Беда от нежного сердца) (1850). | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
* [[ | * [[wikipedia:Vladimir Sollogub|Wikipedia]] | ||
* {{viaf|14947145}} | |||
[[Category:People|Sollogub, Vladimir]] | [[Category:People|Sollogub, Vladimir]] | ||
[[Category:Writers|Sollogub, Vladimir]] | [[Category:Writers|Sollogub, Vladimir]] | ||
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Russian count, poet, writer, artist and ethnographer (b. 8/20 August 1813 in Saint Petersburg; d. 17 June 1882 [N.S.] in Bad Homburg), born Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sollogub (Владимир Александрович Соллогуб).
Tchaikovsky's Settings of Works by Sollogub
Sollogub was the author of the libretto for Tchaikovsky's 1869 opera Undina (Ундина), based on a translation by Vasily Zhukovsky (1783–1852) of the novel Undine (1811) by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué (1777–1843). Sollogub's libretto had originally been written for the composer Aleksey Lvov's opera of the same name, which premiered in an 1848 production in Saint Petersburg.
The words of Tchaikovsky's song Tell Me, What in the Shade of the Branches? (Скажи, о чем в тени ветвей), No. 1 of the Six Romances, Op. 57 (1884), are taken from Marta Petrovna's romance in Sollogub's comedy-vaudeville Trouble from a Tender Heart (Беда от нежного сердца) (1850).
