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".
Amilcare Ponchielli
The following opera, "I Lituani" ("The Lithuanians") of 1874, was also well received, being performed later at Saint Petersburg (as "Aldona" on 20 November 1884). His most well-known opera is "La Gioconda" (1876), which his librettist Arrigo Boito adapted from the same play by Victor Hugo that had been previously set by Saverio Mercadante as "Il giuramento" in 1837 and Carlos Gomes as "Fosca" in 1873. It was first produced in 1876 and revised several times. The version that has become popular today was first given in 1880.