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Batyuskhov's poem ''Epitaph for a Shepherdess'' (Надпись на гробе пастушки), published in 1810, was used by Tchaikovsky in Polina's Romance (Act I, No. 8) of the opera ''[[The Queen of Spades]]'' (1890). | Batyuskhov's poem ''Epitaph for a Shepherdess'' (Надпись на гробе пастушки), published in 1810, was used by Tchaikovsky in Polina's Romance (Act I, No. 8) of the opera ''[[The Queen of Spades]]'' (1890). | ||
The short verse ''Apophthegm of Melchizedek'' (Изречение Мельхиседека), written around 1821 but not published until 1834, was quoted in the concert programme | The short verse ''Apophthegm of Melchizedek'' (Изречение Мельхиседека), written around 1821 but not published until 1834, was quoted in the concert programme of Tchaikovsky's symphonic fantasia ''[[Fatum]]'' (1868), although it was apparently unknown to the composer at the time the fantasia was written. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
* [[wikipedia:Konstantin Batyushkov|Wikipedia]] | * [[wikipedia:Konstantin Batyushkov|Wikipedia]] | ||
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[[Category:People|Batyushkov, Konstantin]] | [[Category:People|Batyushkov, Konstantin]] | ||
[[Category:Writers|Batyushkov, Konstantin]] | [[Category:Writers|Batyushkov, Konstantin]] | ||
[[Category:Translators|Batyushkov, Konstantin]] | [[Category:Translators|Batyushkov, Konstantin]] | ||
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Russian poet, essayist, translator and diplomat (b. 18/29 May 1787 in Vologda; d. 7/19 July 1855 in Vologda), born Konstantin Nikolayevich Batyushkov (Константин Николаевич Батюшков).
Tchaikovsky's Settings of Works by Batyuskhov
Batyuskhov's poem Epitaph for a Shepherdess (Надпись на гробе пастушки), published in 1810, was used by Tchaikovsky in Polina's Romance (Act I, No. 8) of the opera The Queen of Spades (1890).
The short verse Apophthegm of Melchizedek (Изречение Мельхиседека), written around 1821 but not published until 1834, was quoted in the concert programme of Tchaikovsky's symphonic fantasia Fatum (1868), although it was apparently unknown to the composer at the time the fantasia was written.
