Mykola Leontovych
Mykola Leontovych specialised in a cappella choral music. He is remembered today mostly through the musical works he left behind, which include over 150 choral compositions. These range from artistic arrangements of folk songs, religious works (including his liturgy), cantatas, and choral compositions set to the words of various Ukrainian poets. His two most famous works are the choral miniatures "Schedryk" and "Dudaryk".
Dmitry Gorchakov
Dmitry Gorchakov was best known for his comedy plays "King for a Day" (Калиф на час, Moscow, 1786), "The Lucky Tonya" (Счастливая тоня, Moscow, 1786) and "Baba Yaga" (Баба-Яга, Kaluga, 1788). Based on Arab and Russian folklore, but featuring 'modern' characters (with 'character' names like podyachy Bribetakin), these works parodied ways of Russian petty officials, denouncing corruption, bribery and theft. Among his major influences were Gavrila Derzhavin and Nikolai Nikolev, the latter a close friend. It was the latter's anti-tyranny tragedy "Sorena and Zamir" that inspired Gorchakov to write in the late 1880s his pro-democracy, American-based tragedy which remained both untitled and unpublished. Another unpublished "comedy in verse", "The Carefree One" (Беспечный) was staged in 1799 in Saint Petersburgh. His novelet "Plamir and Raida" came out in 1796.