The blind musician (Korolenko)

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The blind musician ( Russian музыкант Слепой , Slepoi musykant) is a story of the Russian writer Vladimir Korolenko , in the 1886 Moscow newspaper Russkiye Vedomosti published. The title has been present on the German-speaking market since 1891. The work was translated into 21 languages ​​and also made into a film in 1960.

Vladimir Korolenko

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At a young age, the Volhynian Maximilian Jazenko - named Uncle Max in the text - fought against the Austrians in Garibaldi's freelance group . The latter had furiously "chopped to the bone" the little Russian bully. Years later, Max returns to his homeland in southwestern Russia with a wooden leg and a badly damaged left hand. He is staying with his sister Anna Mikhailovna. Anna married Mr. Popelski. The hobbyhorse of this wealthy landowner is mill construction .

Anna makes her brother Max an uncle. The boy Peter is blind from birth. Uncle Max, who has calmed down after years of convalescence, as a limping veteran inevitably has a new passion - the intensive study of philosophical works. As soon as Max looks up from his books and looks at the blind nephew, he starts pondering: How can we help?

Uncle Max wants to turn Peter into someone with a task in life. Initially, the war disabled immersed himself in the study of physiology , psychology and pedagogy . All book wisdom only leads Uncle Max to the realization that there is nothing to be done. Even if his little nephew's hearing and sense of touch are particularly pronounced, the visual perception apparatus is apparently irreparably defective. Years go by.

Peter turns to the groom Jochem. He teaches the boy to play the reed pipe . The mother trumps the servant; has a Viennese pianino come from the city . Peter, who soon learned to play the piano, recognizes the more diverse expressive possibilities of the Austrian keyboard instrument compared to the South Russian self-made flute.

Again years pass. Junker Peter falls in love with the blonde Eveline Jakulski, daughter of Valentin Jakulski. Mr. Jakulski manages a neighboring property.

The blind man resigns himself, because as a cripple he shouldn't stand in the way of the happiness of the perfectly healthy Eveline, in his opinion. When she wanted to marry him in spite of all this, he came to life and his wonderful piano playing was not only admired and applauded by the landlords in the neighborhood. The analysis of a professional musician among the audience gives hope and Uncle Maxen's comment is: "You hear it ... you too will have your work."

Peter wants to see the beloved Eveline. Of course that doesn't work. Melancholy alternates with nervousness. Uncle Max heartily helps the blind nephew to overcome self-pity .

Eveline and Peter get married. Both of you child sees. Max can experience another upswing. His nephew made a successful pianist debut in Kiev . Max has completed his educational work.

German-language editions

  • The blind musician. A novelistic study. Translated from Russian by Hugo Rasel. 144 pages. Hobbing, Leipzig 1891
  • The blind musician. Study. Translated from the Russian by S. Mandelkern. 133 page (Meyers Volksbücher). Bibliographical Institute, Leipzig and Vienna (around 1895)
  • The blind musician and other stories. Translated from Russian by Julius Grünberg and Arthur Luther . 142 pages. Publishing house Philipp Reclam, Leipzig 1922
  • The blind musician. A study. Translated from the Russian by Günter Dalitz. 149 pages. Insel-Bücherei No. 1087. Insel Verlag Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig 1991, ISBN 3-458-19087-2

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Russian Vladimir Korolenko Bibliography
  2. ^ Translations: VIAF entries
  3. ↑ Entry of the film on kino-teatr.ru (Russian), accessed on January 6, 2020