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".
Adam Mickiewicz
He is known chiefly for the poetic drama "Dziady" ("Forefathers' Eve") and the national epic poem "Pan Tadeusz". His other influential works include "Konrad Wallenrod" and "Grażyna". All these served as inspiration for uprisings against the three imperial powers that had partitioned the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth out of existence.