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Informationen zum Autor Ludmila Korabelnikova graduated from the Moscow Conservatory with degrees in theory and musicology and has served as Director of Research at the Tchaikovsky Archive in Klin. Currently, she is Distinguished Musicologist and Lead Scientific Researcher in the Music History Department of the Russian State Institute for Art Research. Sue-Ellen Hershman-Tcherepnin has served as Adjunct Instructor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1991 and performs around the world as a professional flutist. Anna Winestein is a Ph.D. candidate in modern history at Oxford University and a former Fulbright Fellow. Klappentext She includes extended quotations by the composer himself and selective analytical commentary, based on primary sources and contemporaneous accounts. Zusammenfassung Discusses the life and times of Alexander Tcherepnin, a prolific and often emulated composer who produced four operas, 13 ballets, four symphonies, numerous orchestral and chamber works, and more than 200 piano pieces. This book focuses on the biographical elements of Tcherepnin's story, and also on his music and its technical innovations. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Preface List of Abbreviations 1. Introduction 2. In the Hills of Georgia 3. Air and Bread of Emigration 4. European Destiny: the Paris School 5. The Four Corners of the Globe 6. In the Composer's Workshop 7. The Russian Composer 8. Finale Appendix I Introduction-Tcherepnin About Himself Alexander Tcherepnin, A Short Autobiography Appendix II Introduction- Alexander Tcherepnin About His Compositional Technique Alexander Tcherepnin, Basic Elements of my Musical Language Appendix III Introduction-The Musical Heritage of Alexander Tcherepnin The Music of Alexander Tcherepnin: A Chronological Catalogue Discography Notes Index
