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	Russian poet (b. 6/18 December 1819 in Ryazan; d. 18/30 October 1898 in [[Saint Petersburg]]), born '''''Yakov Petrovich Polonsky''''' (Яков Петрович Полонский).		Russian poet (b. 6/18 December 1819 in Ryazan; d. 18/30 October 1898 in [[Saint Petersburg]]), born '''''Yakov Petrovich Polonsky''''' (Яков Петрович Полонский).

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	* '''[[Letter 3950]]''' – 4/16 October 1889, from [[Moscow]]		* '''[[Letter 3950]]''' – 4/16 October 1889, from [[Moscow]]

	One letter from Polonsky to the composer, dating from 1889, is preserved in the {{RUS-KLč}} at [[Klin]].		One letter from Polonsky to the composer, dating from 30 September/12 October 1889, is preserved in the {{RUS-KLč}} at [[Klin]] (a{{sup\|4}}, No. 3649).

	==External Links==		==External Links==
	* [[wikipedia:Yakov_Polonsky\|Wikipedia]]		* [[wikipedia:Yakov_Polonsky\|Wikipedia]]
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	[[Category:People\|Polonsky, Yakov]]		[[Category:People\|Polonsky, Yakov]]
	[[Category:Correspondents\|Polonsky, Yakov]]		[[Category:Correspondents\|Polonsky, Yakov]]
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	* '''[[Letter 3950]]''' – 4/16 October 1889, from [[Moscow]]		* '''[[Letter 3950]]''' – 4/16 October 1889, from [[Moscow]]

	One letter from Polonsky to the composer, dating from 1889, is preserved in the [[Klin]] ~~House-Museum Archive~~.		One letter from Polonsky to the composer, dating from 1889, is preserved in the {{RUS-KLč}} at [[Klin]].

	==External Links==		==External Links==

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	* No. 7, ''Song of a Gypsy Girl'' (Песнь цыганки), from the poem of the same name (1853).		* No. 7, ''Song of a Gypsy Girl'' (Песнь цыганки), from the poem of the same name (1853).
	* No. 9, ''Night: Monologue for Baritone'' (Ночь: Монолог для баритона), from the poem of the same name (1850).		* No. 9, ''Night: Monologue for Baritone'' (Ночь: Монолог для баритона), from the poem of the same name (1850).
	* No. 10, Beyond the Window, in the Shadows (За окном в тени мелькает), from ~~Polonskys~~' poem ''The Summons'' (Вызов) (1844).		* No. 10, Beyond the Window, in the Shadows (За окном в тени мелькает), from Polonsky's poem ''The Summons'' (Вызов) (1844).

	==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==		==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==

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{{picture|file=Yakov Polonsky.jpg|caption='''Yakov Polonsky''' (1819-1898)}}
Russian poet (b. 6/18 December 1819 in Ryazan; d. 18/30 October 1898 in [[Saint Petersburg]]), born '''''Yakov Petrovich Polonsky''''' (Яков Петрович Полонский).

After graduating from [[Moscow]] University in 1844, he published his first collection of poems in the same year. In 1851 he moved to [[Saint Petersburg]], where he edited the literary journal ''Russian Word ''(Русское слово). In later life he worked in the department of the state censor, while maintaining a steady output of poetry.

==Tchaikovsky's Settings of Works by Polonsky==
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 specially written by Polonsky.

Tchaikovsky set three of Polonsky's poems in his [[Twelve Romances, Op. 60]] (1886):
* No. 7, ''Song of a Gypsy Girl'' (Песнь цыганки), from the poem of the same name (1853).
* No. 9, ''Night: Monologue for Baritone'' (Ночь: Монолог для баритона), from the poem of the same name (1850).
* No. 10, Beyond the Window, in the Shadows (За окном в тени мелькает), from Polonskys' poem ''The Summons'' (Вызов) (1844).

==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
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:
* '''[[Letter 265]]''' – 2/14 June 1872, from [[Kiev]]
* '''[[Letter 346]]''' – 11/23 April or 12/24 April 1874 (?), from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 463]]''' – 4/16 May 1876, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 3950]]''' – 4/16 October 1889, from [[Moscow]]

One letter from Polonsky to the composer, dating from 1889, is preserved in the [[Klin]] House-Museum Archive.

==External Links==
* [[wikipedia:Yakov_Polonsky|Wikipedia]]

[[Category:People|Polonsky, Yakov]]
[[Category:Correspondents|Polonsky, Yakov]]
[[Category:Writers|Polonsky, Yakov]]