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Alexander Pushkin addressed the Field Marshal in the famous elegy on Kutuzov's sepulchre. The novelist Leo Tolstoy clearly idolised Kutuzov. In his influential 1869 novel War and Peace, the elderly, sick Kutuzov plays a major role in the war sections.
Mussorgsky chose six unpublished poems for the cycle by Golenishchev-Kutuzov, whom he had recently met. [1] These poems comprise a loose narrative that is nostalgic, surreal, and pessimistic, dwelling upon lost love, romantic rejection, and doubts from the protagonist's past, culminating in a contemplation of death. [ 2 ]
Golenishchev-Kutuzov: Part of a cycle: 1874: Bessel Song: Окончен праздный шумный день "The Idle Noisy Day is Ended" 1874: 1874-05-20: Golenishchev-Kutuzov: Part of a cycle: 1874: Bessel Song: Скучай "Be Bored" 1874: 1874-06-02: Golenishchev-Kutuzov: Part of a cycle: 1874: Bessel Song: Элегия "Elegy" 1874: ...
Mussorgsky in 1874. Songs and Dances of Death (Russian: Песни и пляски смерти, Pesni i plyaski smerti) is a song cycle for voice (usually bass or bass-baritone) and piano by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, written in the mid-1870s, to poems by Arseny Golenishchev-Kutuzov, a relative of the composer.
Arseny Arkadyevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (Russian: Арсе́ний Арка́дьевич Голени́щев-Куту́зов, IPA: [ɐrˈsʲenʲɪj ɐrˈkadʲjɪvʲɪdʑ ɡəlʲɪˈnʲiɕːɪf kʊˈtuzəf] ⓘ; 1848–1913), was a Russian poet known in part for writing the texts of Modest Mussorgsky's two song cycles of the 1870s: Sunless and Songs and Dances of Death.
In 1812 and 1813 Kutuzov was openly accused of blundering. The Emperor was dissatisfied with him. ... It is said that Kutuzov was a cunning court liar, frightened of the name of Napoleon and that by his blunders at Krasnoe and the Berezina, he deprived the Russian army of the glory of complete victory over the French. [196]
Kutuzov "escorted" Napoleon on the more southern roads with better supply of food and shelter, securing the south against the French army. The next battle for Kutuzov was the Battle of Krasnoi on 15 November 1812. [15] The last battle in this campaign for Napoleon was the Battle of Berezina on 26–29 November 1812.
The Battle of Tarutino (Russian: Тарутинское сражение) was a part of Napoleon's invasion of Russia.In the battle, Russian troops under the general command of Bennigsen (as part of Kutuzov's army), on instructions from Kutuzov, launched an attack and defeated French troops under the command of Joachim Murat.