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NikolaiNikolayevichTcherepnin(Russian:;May15[O.S.May3]187326
June1945)wasaRussiancomposer,pianist,andconductor.HewasborninSaintPetersburgandstudied
underNikolaiRimskyKorsakovattheSaintPetersburgConservatory.HeconductedforthefirstParis
seasonofSergeiDiaghilev'sBalletsRusses.

Contents
1 Life
2 Works
2.1 Opera
2.2 Ballet

NikolaiTcherepnin

2.3 Choral
2.4 Orchestral
2.5 ChamberMusic
2.6 OrchestrationsandCompletions
3 References
4 Externallinks
5 Sources

Life
NikolaiTcherepninwasbornin1873toawellknownandwealthyphysicianofthesamename.TheelderNikolaimovedinelitecirclesofartists
includingFyodorDostoyevskyandModestMussorgsky.YoungNikolai'smotherdiedwhenhewasababy,andwhenhisfatherremarried,was
replacedbyanambivalentstepmother.Asachild,Nikolai'sfatherbeathimregularlyandenforcedageneralcodeofstrictdiscipline.[1]
Athisfather'sinsistence,Nikolaiearnedalawdegree,thoughduringthistimehecomposedsteadily.In1895hegraduatedwithhisdegreeinlaw
fromtheUniversityofSaintPetersburg.In1898,heearnedadegreeincompositionunderNikolaiRimskyKorsakovandadegreeinpianounder
K.K.FanArkh.HistalentsandhighfamilystatusearnedhimajobastheorchestralteacherattheCourtChapelin1899.Forsixyearshetaught
therebeforereturningtotheSt.PetersburgConservatorytoteachthere.Duringhis13yeartenure(from1909onwardasprofessor)hetaught
manynotablestudents,includingSergeiProkofiev,AleksandrGauk,YuriShaporin[2]andLazareSaminsky.[3]
In1902hebecametheregularconductoroftheRussianSymphonyConcertsandlatermadeguestappearanceswiththeRussianMusicalSociety,
theMoscowPhilharmonicSociety,theSilotiConcertsandIvanVasilenkosHistoricConcertsaswellconductingattheMariinskyTheatre(19069).
AmemberoftheBelyayevcircle,hewasalsoinvolvedwiththeKruzhoksovremennoymuzki(TheContemporaryMusicCircle)andworkedwith
theMiriskusstva(WorldofArt)movement.[4]TcherepninwasafriendofthemusicologistAlexanderOssovsky.
In1907,duringhistimeattheConservatory,hewrotepossiblyhismostfamouswork,theballetLePavillond'Armide.Twoyearslater,Tcherepnin
conductedtheballetatthepremiereperformanceofDiaghilev'slegendaryBalletsRusses.Heconductedfortheentirefirstseasonandreturned
toconductmultipletimesoverthenextfiveyears.HeconductedperformanceswiththeBalletsRussesinBerlin,MonteCarlo,Paris,Rome,and
theRoyalOperaHouseatCoventGardeninLondon.[5]InadditiontohisprofessorshipandhiscommitmentswiththeBallet,in1908,hebecame
conductorattheMariinskyTheatre.Atthispost,hedirectedtheParispremiereofNikolaiRimskyKorsakov'soperaTheGoldenCockerel.[6]
From1905to1917,hewasprincipaloftheconservatoryofSt.Petersburg,wherehetaughtconducting.In1918hewasinvitedtotakethepostof
directoroftheNationalConservatoryofTbilisi,thecapitaloftheDemocraticRepublicofGeorgia.FollowingtheBolsheviktakeoverofGeorgiain
1921,hemovedtoParisandlivedtherefortherestofhislife.WhileinFrance,heworkedwithAnnaPavlovaandherballettroupeascomposer
andconductor(19224)andmadeconcerttoursaroundEuropeandtheUnitedStatesbutabandonedhisconcertcareerin1933becauseofa
deteriorationinhishearing.In1925hefoundedtheRussianConservatoryinParisandservedasitsdirectorforanumberofyears(19259and
193845).In1926hebecameamemberoftheboardoftrusteesoftheBelyayevpublishinghouse,wherehelaterbecamepresidentfrom1937
untilhisdeathin1945.[4]
HewasthefatherofthecomposerandpianistAlexanderTcherepnin.

Works
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Opera
TheMatchmaker(1930)
VankatheSteward(1933)

Ballet
LePavillond'Armide(1907)
NarcisseetEcho(1911)
TheMasqueoftheRedDeath(1915)
Bacchus(1922)
AMagicalRussianFairytale(1923)
TheRomanceoftheMummy(1924)

Choral
2Choruses(1899)
TheSongofSappho(1899)
TheDescentoftheVirginMarytoHell(Oratorio,1934)(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai9k_n0pnsY)onYouTube

Orchestral
Laprincesselointaine(preludetoaplaybyE.Rostand),Op.4(1896)
Macbeth(afteract4,scene1),Op.12(1902)
FromLandtoLand(1903)
PianoConcertoinC#minor,Op.30(1905)
Mar'yaMorevna(symphonicpoem)(1909)
TheEnchantedKingdom(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPmXKHjpYo0)onYouTube(1910)
6MusicalIllustrationstoPushkinsTaleabouttheFishermanandtheFish(1917)
Destiny(1938)

ChamberMusic
LyricalPoem,forstringquartet(1898)
Melody,forviolinandpiano(1902)
5PiecesforPiano(1904)
6HornQuartets(1910)
TheAlphabetinPictures,forPiano(1910)
Cadencefantastique,forViolinandPiano(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtBz2Huf0ZY)onYouTube(1915)

OrchestrationsandCompletions
Musorgsky:SorochinskyFair(1923)
Sokolovsky:TheMillerWizard,CheatandMatchmaker(1925)

References
1.Nikolai'sbiographyontheTcherepninSocietyWebsite(http://www.tcherepnin.com/nikolai/bio_nik.htm)
2.SeearticleontheTcherepninfamilyintheGroveDictionary(http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/)
3.BeateSchroderNauenburg,DerEintrittdesJudischenindieWeltderKunstmusik,Wiesbande,2007,p.151
4.Savenko,GroveMusicOnline
5."NewsoftheMusicWorld"(PDF).NewYorkTimes.October8,1911.Retrieved20080716.
6.Naxos'sbiography(http://www.naxos.com/composerinfo/Nikolai_Tcherepnin/23878.htm)

Externallinks
BiographyattheTcherepninSocietyWebsite(http://www.tcherepnin.com/nikolai/bio_nik.htm)
MemoirsbyNikolaiTcherepninattheTcherepninSocietyWebsite(http://www.tcherepnin.com/nikolai/memoirs_nik.htm)
FreescoresbyNikolaiTcherepninattheInternationalMusicScoreLibraryProject

Sources
Tcherepnin,NikolaybyChristopherPalmer,in'TheNewGroveDictionaryofOpera',ed.StanleySadie(London,1992)ISBN0333734327
Savenko,Svetlana,etal."Tcherepnin:(1)NikolayTcherepnin".2002.NewGroveDictionaryofMusicandMusicians.7June2008.[1]
(http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/)
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