Nikolai Nikolayevich Tcherepnin (Tcherepnine, Cherepnin) Born 1873, St Petersburg: died 1945 Issy-les-Moulineaux, near Paris. Russian composer, teacher and conductor. Father of Alexander and grandfather to Ivan and Serge Tcherepnin. He began his career as a pianist and gave concerts in provincial towns at an early age. From 1895-98 he studied composition with Rimsky-Korsakov at the St Petersburg Conservatoire – and in 1905 was appointed to its faculty. Before World War I he was also active as a conductor and supervised the Paris production of Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Golden Cockerel” in 1908. The following year he conducted the opening season of Diaghilev’s Ballet Russe, and his own ballet “Pavillon d’Armide” was a considered success in Paris. After touring with the Ballet Russe he returned to Russia in 1912. The revolution / civil war in 1918 forced him and his family to flee to Tbilisi, where until 1921 he directed the local conservatoire and conducted operatic productions in the Caucasus. In 1921 he took his family to Paris where Anna Pavlova commissioned his ballets “L’oiseau enchanté” and “Romance of the Mummy”. He also served as director of the Russian Conservatoire in Paris from 1925-29 and 1938-45. In 1932 he appeared as guest conductor of the Boston Symphony. He was a noted teacher and his pupils include Balanchivadze, Chernetsky, Dranishnikov, Hamburg, Gauk, Kankarovich, Kreek, Obukhov, Paliashvili, Prokofiev, Saminsky, Shaporin, Shaposhnikov, V Shcherbatchev, Tsybin and Zakaryan.
Piano works inlcude:
Op 4 “Princess Lointaine” [Rostand] Orchestral Prelude - arr. for Piano / 4 Hands [Winkler](Belaieff 1899)
Op 12 Scene dans la caverne des sorcieres de la tragedie “Macbeth” pour grand orchestra - arr. for Piano / 4 Hands [Petrov] (Belaieff 1901)
Op 17 Six Preludes (Jurgenson 1900)
[I’ve posted Nos 3, 5 & 6] #
1. G minor 2. G major 3. E minor 4. B minor 5. Db major 6. C# minor
Tcherepnine N - Op 17 No. 3 Prelude in E minor.pdf
Tcherepnine N - Op 17 No. 5 Prelude in Db major.pdf
Tcherepnine N - Op 17 No. 6 Prelude in C# minor.pdf
Op 17 bis “From Land to Land” or “Fate”: Fantaisie Dramatique for Orchestra (1903) - arr. for Piano / 4 Hands (Belaieff)
Op 18 Cinq Morceaux (Jugenson)
[I’ve posted Nos 1, 2, 4 & 5…strangely have never found a copy of No. 3 prelude]1. Melodie in G minor “Nostalgie” 2. Improvisation 3. Prelude 4. Humoresque 5. Modo religioso
Tcherepnine N - Op 18 No. 1 Melodie 'Nostalgie'.pdf
Tcherepnine N - Op 18 No. 2 Improvisation.pdf
Tcherepnine N - Op 18 No. 4 Humoresque.pdf
Tcherepnine N - Op 18 No. 5 Modo Religioso.pdf
Op 24 Trois Morceaux (Jurgenson)
1. Reverie 2. Etude 3. Idylle
Tcherepnine N - Op 24 No. 1 Reverie.pdf
Tcherepnine N - Op 24 No. 2 Etude in C minor.pdf
Tcherepnine N - Op 24 No. 3 Idylle.pdf
Op 29 Orchestral Suite from the ballet “Le Pavillon d’Armide” (Belaieff 1908) arr. for Piano / 4 hands [Sternberg]
[availble through Sibley] & Piano Solo
Op 30 Piano Concerto in C# minor (Jurgenson 1908) –arr. Two Pianos
[available through IMSLP]
Op 38 Alphabet in Pictures: Fourteen Esquisses (Belaieff 1931)
Tcherepnine N - Op 38 14 Esquisses.pdf
Op 41 “The Fisherman & the Fish” - Six Musical Pictures ( Mussektor 1907)
Tcherepnine N - Op. 41 Vom Fischer und dem Fische.pdf
Op 42 Le Masque de la Mort Rouge – Ballet in 1 Act arr. Piano solo (Jurgenson)
[availble through Sibley]
Op 55 L’Oiseau Enchanté – Ballet arr. Piano / 4 hands [J Philipp]
Op 58 Morceaux - Piano
Primitifs – Twelve Adaptations of Ancient Russian Melodies (1926)
“Tati Tati” Variations on “Chopsticks” by Borodin, Cui, Liadov, Rimsky-Korsakov etc. arr. for Piano & Orchestra (1937)
Quatre Morceaux in C major (1950)
Tcherepnine N - Four Pieces in C.pdf
Dix Pieces Gaies (Chesters)
Tcherepnine N - Dix Pieces Gaies.pdf
Dix Pieces Sentimentales [available through IMSLP]
Pieces de Bonne Humeur (1935) 1. Automate 2. Valse simple 3. Exercise 4. Movement lyrique
Douze pièce simples d’interprétation pour les commençants (Heugel)
“Narcissis” Ballet (Jurgenson) arr. Piano solo #
I suspect further Tcherepnine works may appear as Sibley scan through their collection [I’ve annoted # against those works held by the library]. Also for those interested - the British record label Toccata has a volume of Tcherepnine piano works due for release shortly [includes Op 24, 38 & 41].
Malcolm