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 Lensky
Lensky debuted as an actor at the Maly Theatre in 1824, but found success as a writer of vaudeville acts. His best known work is "Lyov Gurych Sinichkin ili provintsiabmia debiutantka" ("Lev Gurych Sinichkin, or A Provincial Debutante").