Vladimir Benediktov
Tchaikovsky Research
Russian poet and translator (b. 5/17 November 1807 in Saint Petersburg; d. 14/26 April 1873 in Saint Petersburg), born Vladimir Grigoryevich Benediktov (Владимир Григорьевич Бенедиктов).
Tchaikovsky's Settings of Works by Benediktov
A Russian translation of Friedrich Schiller's 1785 German poem An die Freude (To Joy), made in 1843 by Benediktov with Konstantin Aksakov (1817-1860) and Mikhail Dmitriyev (1796–1866), was used by Tchaikovsky in his cantata Ode to Joy (1865).
