POETRY IN SONG

Russian poetry classics, set to song

THE poems4music CATALOGUE

Poets & rights

Meet the poets whose words are heard, or may one day be heard, on poems4music. Each group explains what the channel may use.

Public domain

The poem texts are in the public domain. Still check the rights to the specific edition, translation, music, and recording before publication.

17

  1. Afanasy Fet

    Life dates: 1820–1892

  2. Alexander Blok

    Life dates: 1880–1921

  3. Alexander Pushkin

    Life dates: 1799–1837

  4. Alexey Apukhtin

    Life dates: 1840–1893

  5. Alexey Koltsov

    Life dates: 1809–1842

  6. Fyodor Sologub

    Life dates: 1863–1927

  7. Fyodor Tyutchev

    Life dates: 1803–1873

  8. Ivan Krylov

    Life dates: 1769–1844

  9. Ivan Nikitin

    Life dates: 1824–1861

  10. Konstantin Batyushkov

    Life dates: 1787–1855

  11. Marina Tsvetaeva

    Life dates: 1892–1941

  12. Mikhail Lermontov

    Life dates: 1814–1841

  13. Nikolai Nekrasov

    Life dates: 1821–1878

  14. Sergei Yesenin

    Life dates: 1895–1925

  15. Vasily Zhukovsky

    Life dates: 1783–1852

  16. Vladimir Mayakovsky

    Life dates: 1893–1930

  17. Yevgeny Baratynsky

    Life dates: 1800–1844

Possible from the stated year

Suggestions can be accepted with a date note. The channel will review rights before using the work; this status is not approval to publish now.

1

  1. Ivan Bunin

    Life dates: 1870–1953

    Estimated public domain from: 2028

    Note: Under channel rules, use may be possible from 2028. Until then, separate rights clearance is required.

Not for channel use

The channel is not currently permitted to use these poets’ work. This is a clear restriction, not an invitation to request an exception.

7

  1. Anna Akhmatova

    Life dates: 1889–1966

    Estimated public domain from: 2037

    Note: Under channel rules, poems are not currently used; the reference year is 2037. A request will be parked with an explanation.

  2. Boris Pasternak

    Life dates: 1890–1960

    Estimated public domain from: Year not established; no transition date promised

    Note: Under channel rules, poems are not currently used. No availability year is confirmed; a request will be parked pending a rights review.

  3. Eduard Asadov

    Life dates: 1923–2004

    Estimated public domain from: Year not established; no transition date promised

    Note: Under channel rules, poems are not currently used. No availability year is confirmed; a request will be parked pending a rights review.

  4. Joseph Brodsky

    Life dates: 1940–1996

    Estimated public domain from: Year not established; no transition date promised

    Note: Under channel rules, poems are not currently used. No availability year is confirmed; a request will be parked pending a rights review.

  5. Robert Rozhdestvensky

    Life dates: 1932–1994

    Estimated public domain from: Year not established; no transition date promised

    Note: Under channel rules, poems are not currently used. No availability year is confirmed; a request will be parked pending a rights review.

  6. Vladimir Vysotsky

    Life dates: 1938–1980

    Estimated public domain from: Year not established; no transition date promised

    Note: Under channel rules, poems are not currently used. No availability year is confirmed; a request will be parked pending a rights review.

  7. Yevgeny Yevtushenko

    Life dates: 1932–2017

    Estimated public domain from: Year not established; no transition date promised

    Note: Under channel rules, poems are not currently used. No availability year is confirmed; a request will be parked pending a rights review.

Protection after rehabilitation

Rehabilitation restarted or affects the protection term in Russia. The channel parks these suggestions until rights have been cleared.

5

  1. Daniil Kharms

    Life dates: 1905–1942

    Estimated public domain from: Year not established; no transition date promised

    Note: Rehabilitation affects the protection term in Russia. No year is confirmed; under channel rules, a request will be parked pending a rights review.

  2. Nikolai Gumilyov

    Life dates: 1886–1921

    Estimated public domain from: 2062

    Note: Rehabilitation restarted the protection term in Russia. Under channel rules, the reference year is 2062; a request will be parked.

  3. Nikolai Klyuev

    Life dates: 1884–1937

    Estimated public domain from: Year not established; no transition date promised

    Note: Rehabilitation affects the protection term in Russia. No year is confirmed; under channel rules, a request will be parked pending a rights review.

  4. Nikolai Zabolotsky

    Life dates: 1903–1958

    Estimated public domain from: Year not established; no transition date promised

    Note: Rehabilitation affects the protection term in Russia. No year is confirmed; under channel rules, a request will be parked pending a rights review.

  5. Osip Mandelstam

    Life dates: 1891–1938

    Estimated public domain from: 2058

    Note: Rehabilitation restarted the protection term in Russia. Under channel rules, the reference year is 2058; a request will be parked.