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About the Kuzmin Collection

The Kuzmin Collection presents a set of works by the Russian writer and composer Mikhail Kuzmin, together with translations, related materials, and critical commentary.

Some of the pages in this site have two versions: one in Russian, one in English. On such pages, there is a link to the corresponding page in the other language.

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Table of Contents

• Kuzmin, An Introductory Essay by John Barnstead (English only)

• Kuzmin, A Bibliography (English only)
  • Primary Sources
  • Secondary Sources
  
  
• Fuji in a Saucer
  
  Fuji in a Saucer, a poem written by Mikhail Kuzmin in 1917, was inspired by a print by the Japanese artist Hokusai. The poem and the artwork which inspired it, along with related materials, are available here:
  • Fuji in a Saucer, by Mikhail Kuzmin, in the original Russian and in English translation by John Barnstead
  • Wood Block Print by Hokusai, titled "Fuji in a Saucer"
  • Another poem inspired by the same image, by Amy Lowell, written contemporaneously
  • Notes on the poem and image from various sources
  
  
• Mikhail Kuzmin in the world of music
  
  Mikhail Kuzmin was a student of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakoff and completed four years of the seven-year program of study at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. He composed a number of popular songs, including the one reproduced here.
  • If It's Sunny Tomorrow, by Mikhail Kuzmin, performed by John Barnstead
  • Cover page of sheet music for the same song
  • Musical score for the same song

• Images relating to Kuzmin and various editions of his works