Music in the life and works of Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev

The article deals with the role of music in the life and literary works of Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev. Music played an important part in his life, partly owing to his friendship with the mezzo-soprano Pauline García Viardot, who remained his muse for forty years, until his death. Turgenev was familiar with several musical genres, especially classical music, and knew personally many lead-ing musicians and composers of the time, such as Liszt, Berlioz, Gounod and Saint-Saëns. Different musical impressions found an important place in the works of the writer, and some of the musical fragments of Turgenev’s works are quoted and discussed in the article. Keywords: Turgenev, Pauline García Viardot; Classical music; Italy; Opera; Rossini; Russian ro-mance.