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".
Mikhail Lermontov
By now Lermontov had learnt to lead a double life. Still keeping his passions secret, he took a keen interest in Russian history and medieval epics, which would be reflected in "The Song of the Merchant Kalashnikov" and "Borodino", as well as a series of popular ballads. During what he later referred to as "four wasted years" he finished "Demon", wrote "Boyarin Orsha", "The Tambov Treasurer's Wife" and "Masquerade", his best-known drama. Through Rayevsky he became acquainted with Andrey Krayevsky, then the editor of "Russky Invalid"'s literary supplement, in a couple of years' time to become the editor of the influential journal "Otechestvennye Zapiski".