Alexander Tcherepnin

American composer

Alexander Nikolayevich Tcherepnin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Черепни́н, romanized: Aleksandr Nikolayevich Cherepnin; 21 January 1899 – 29 September 1977) was a Russian-born composer and pianist.

His father, Nikolai Tcherepnin (pupil of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov), and his sons, Serge Tcherepnin and Ivan Tcherepnin, as well as two of his grandsons (sons of Ivan), Sergei and Stefan, were composers. His son Serge was involved in the earliest development of electronic music and instruments. His mother was a member of the artistic Benois family, a niece of Alexandre Benois.

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Works

The Long LineThe Long Line
  • Autour des montagnes russes
  • Bagatelle, op. 5 no. 1
  • Bagatelle, op. 5 no. 10
  • Bagatelle, op. 5 no. 2
  • Bagatelle, op. 5 no. 3
  • Bagatelle, op. 5 no. 4
  • Bagatelle, op. 5 no. 5
  • Bagatelle, op. 5 no. 6
  • Bagatelle, op. 5 no. 7
  • Bagatelle, op. 5 no. 8
  • Bagatelle, op. 5 no. 9
  • Bagatelles, op. 5
  • Canzona, op. 28
  • Dances russes, op. 50
  • Dances russes, op. 50: I. Allegro moderato
  • Dances russes, op. 50: II. Vivace
  • Dances russes, op. 50: III. Allegretto
  • Dances russes, op. 50: IV. Allegro
  • Dances russes, op. 50: V. Allegro marciale
  • Duo, op. 49
  • Duo, op. 49: I. Allegro
  • Duo, op. 49: II. Maestoso - Allegretto
  • Duo, op. 49: III. Moderato
  • Duo, op. 49: IV. Allegro
  • Duo, op. 49: V. Allegro moderato
  • Eight Preludes, op. 9
  • Eight Preludes, op. 9: No. 1. Moderato
  • Eight Preludes, op. 9: No. 2. Lent
  • Eight Preludes, op. 9: No. 3. Rubato – Più mosso Risoluto
  • Eight Preludes, op. 9: No. 4. Sostenuto
  • Eight Preludes, op. 9: No. 5. Lento
  • Eight Preludes, op. 9: No. 6. Agitato
  • Eight Preludes, op. 9: No. 7. Rubato – Vite
  • Eight Preludes, op. 9: No. 8. Sostenuto tranquillo
  • Festmusik, op. 45a
  • Festmusik, op. 45a: I. Ouverture. Presto
  • Festmusik, op. 45a: II. Einzug. Maestoso
  • Festmusik, op. 45a: III. Tanz. Allegro
  • Festmusik, op. 45a: IV. Allegro grazioso
  • Five Concert Studies, op. 52
  • Five Concert Studies, op. 52: No. 1. Shadow Play
  • Five Concert Studies, op. 52: No. 2. The Lute
  • Five Concert Studies, op. 52: No. 3. Homage to China
  • Five Concert Studies, op. 52: No. 4. Punch and Judy
  • Five Concert Studies, op. 52: No. 5. Chant
  • Le Monde en Vitrine, op. 75
  • Le Monde en Vitrine, op. 75: La Grenouille
  • Le Monde en Vitrine, op. 75: Le Cerf
  • Le Monde en Vitrine, op. 75: Le Furet
  • Le Monde en Vitrine, op. 75: Les Lévriers en verre et la vache en porcelaine
  • Le Monde en Vitrine, op. 75: Les Écrevisses
  • Magna Mater, op. 41
  • Message, op. 39
  • My Flowering Staff
  • My Flowering Staff: Epigraph, op. 17 no. 1
  • My Flowering Staff: Epilogue, op. 17 no. 10
  • My Flowering Staff: I. O God of Days, Do Not Release Your Violins, op. 15 no. 3
  • My Flowering Staff: II. If Only I Could Hear, op. 15 no. 4
  • My Flowering Staff: III. I Contemplated You, O Andromeda
  • My Flowering Staff: IV. How Damned Is My Beloved Life, op. 15 no. 2
  • My Flowering Staff: IX. The Struggle to Voice Words, op. 15 no. 1
  • My Flowering Staff: V. The Millstones Have Cooled, op. 15 no. 5
  • My Flowering Staff: VI. I Love the Feminine Water
  • My Flowering Staff: VII. Forgive Me the Enticing Mist
  • My Flowering Staff: VIII. Farewell, Night!, op. 15 no. 6
  • My Flowering Staff: X. In Agitation, As I Touch the Morning Lyre, op. 16 no. 2
  • My Flowering Staff: XI. I Am Dreaming of the Country, op. 16 no. 5
  • My Flowering Staff: XII. In the Wild Forest, op. 17 no. 2
  • My Flowering Staff: XIII. My Soul Is Happy to Hear
  • My Flowering Staff: XIV. Some of the Song in My Soul
  • My Flowering Staff: XIX. My Endless Grief, op. 16 no. 8
  • My Flowering Staff: XV. Perhaps Life Is Broken in Half, op. 17 no. 3
  • My Flowering Staff: XVI. In the Evening Quiet Hour
  • My Flowering Staff: XVII. I Know Only One Thing About God, op. 17 no. 5
  • My Flowering Staff: XVIII. Lost Souls!, op. 17 no. 9
  • My Flowering Staff: XX. The Happy Laughter, op. 17 no. 8
  • My Flowering Staff: XXI. With Tormented Spirit, op. 16 no. 4
  • My Flowering Staff: XXIII. Improbable Sunsets
  • My Flowering Staff: XXIIa.
  • My Flowering Staff: XXIIb. O Angry Idle Voice
  • My Flowering Staff: XXIV. I Do Not Know How to Be Cruel
  • My Flowering Staff: XXIX. The Flags Were Waved, op. 17 no. 4
  • My Flowering Staff: XXV. The Arrogant Silence of Evening Rivers, op. 17 no. 7
  • My Flowering Staff: XXVI. If You Want, Take from the Universe, op. 16 no. 6
  • My Flowering Staff: XXVII. I Beg, I Sing, I Adjure, op. 17 no. 6
  • My Flowering Staff: XXVIII. For More Than Ten Centuries
  • My Flowering Staff: XXX. To Sit Endlessly and Weave, op. 16 no. 3
  • My Flowering Staff: XXXII. The Solemn Dance
  • My Flowering Staff: XXXIII. Again, I Have a Desire, op. 16 no. 7
  • My Flowering Staff: XXXV. Melancholia of the Winter Day
  • My Flowering Staff: XXXVI. My Covenant with the Almighty, op. 16 no. 1
  • Piano Concerto no. 1, op. 12
  • Piano Concerto no. 2, op. 26
  • Piano Concerto no. 3, op. 48
  • Piano Concerto no. 3, op. 48: II. Allegro
  • Piano Concerto no. 4 "Fantaisie", op. 78: I. Eastern Chamber Dream. Moderato
  • Piano Concerto no. 4 "Fantaisie", op. 78: III. Road to Yunnan. Allegretto
  • Piano Concerto no. 5, op. 96
  • Piano Concerto no. 5, op. 96: I. Allegro moderato
  • Piano Concerto no. 5, op. 96: II. Andantino
  • Piano Concerto no. 5, op. 96: III. Animato, ma poco rubato
  • Piano Concerto no. 6, op. 99
  • Piano Concerto no. 6, op. 99: I. Allegro
  • Piano Concerto no. 6, op. 99: III. Animato
  • Piano Trio, op. 34: II. Allegretto
  • Seven Études, op. 56: No. 1. Moderato
  • Seven Études, op. 56: No. 3. Allegro marciale
  • Seven Études, op. 56: No. 4. Allegro
  • Seven Études, op. 56: No. 5. Allegro risoluto
  • Seven Études, op. 56: No. 7. Andantino
  • Sonata for Cello and Piano no. 1 in D major, op. 29
  • Sonata for Cello and Piano no. 1 in D major, op. 29: I. Allegro
  • Sonata in one movement for clarinet and piano
  • Sonata no. 1, op. 22: II. Andante
  • Sonata no. 1, op. 22: III. Allegro
  • Sonata no. 2, op. 94
  • Sonata no. 2, op. 94: II. Andantino
  • Songs and Dances, op. 84: I. Georgian Song
  • Songs and Dances, op. 84: IV. Kazakh Dance
  • Suite for Cello Solo, op. 76: I. Quasi cadenza (♩ = 80)
  • Suite for Cello Solo, op. 76: II. Tempo risoluto (♩ = 96)
  • Suite for Cello Solo, op. 76: III. Largo (♪ = 42)
  • Suite for Cello Solo, op. 76: IV. Vivace (♩ = 104)
  • Suite for Orchestra, op. 87
  • Suite for Orchestra, op. 87: II. Conflicts
  • Suite, op. 100
  • Suite, op. 100: I. Introduction
  • Suite, op. 100: II. Sequences
  • Suite, op. 100: V. Conclusion
  • Sunny Day, op. posth.
  • Symphonic March, op. 80: Allegro
  • Symphonic Prayer, op. 93: Maestoso
  • Symphony no. 1 in E major, op. 42
  • Symphony no. 1 in E major, op. 42: I. Maestoso - Allegro Risoluto
  • Symphony no. 1 in E major, op. 42: III. Andante
  • Symphony no. 2 in E-flat major, op. 77: I. Sostenuto - Allegro
  • Symphony no. 2 in E-flat major, op. 77: II. Lento
  • Symphony no. 2 in E-flat major, op. 77: IV. Poco Sostenuto - Allegretto
  • Symphony no. 3 in F-sharp major, op. 83: II. Allegro Pesante
  • Symphony no. 3 in F-sharp major, op. 83: IV. Allegro - Maestoso - Allegro risoluto
  • Symphony no. 4 in E major, op. 91
  • Symphony no. 4 in E major, op. 91: III. Andante Con Moto
  • Toccata no. 1, op. 1
  • Twelve Preludes, op. 85: III. Lento
  • Twelve Preludes, op. 85: IX. Allegro
  • Twelve Preludes, op. 85: V. Allegretto
  • Twelve Preludes, op. 85: VI. Lento, recitando
  • Twelve Preludes, op. 85: VII. Animato
  • Twelve Preludes, op. 85: VIII. Mesto
  • Twelve Preludes, op. 85: X. Lento marciale