Alexander Tcherepnin

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.

• ForewordPrefaceList of Abbreviations1. Introduction2. In the Hills of Georgia3. Air and Bread of Emigration4. European Destiny: the Paris School5. The Four Corners of the Globe6. In the Composer's Workshop7. The Russian Composer8. FinaleAppendix IIntroduction-Tcherepnin About HimselfAlexander Tcherepnin, A Short AutobiographyAppendix IIIntroduction- Alexander Tcherepnin About His Compositional TechniqueAlexander Tcherepnin, Basic Elements of my Musical LanguageAppendix IIIIntroduction-The Musical Heritage of Alexander TcherepninThe Music of Alexander Tcherepnin: A Chronological CatalogueDiscographyNotesIndex

". . . Extensive extracts from Tcherepnin's articles, diaries, and letters offer detailed accounts of his compositional process. Among the attributes of this volume are the appendixes, which include, in addition to the one mentioned above, the composer's 'Basic Elements of My Musical Language,' e.g., 'rhythm liberated from pitch,' the nine—step scale, and bird calls used as musical material (appendix 2), and a chronological catalog of Tcherepnin's more than 100 compositions plus a discography of an even greater number of CD and LP recordings (appendix 3). . . . Recommended."—Choice". . . first monograph-length study of the composer Alexander Tcherepnin, whose career, by force of history and personal circumstance, uniquely stretched from Russia to the Caucasus to Europe to Asia to America.Vol. 68.1 Jan. 2009"—Anna Nisnevich, University of Pittsburgh"Korabelnikova's volume is an important contribution to the relatively sparse literature on Tcherepnin currently available in English. It shows Tcherepnin not only as a composer, but also as a critic, family man, and pedagogue. . . One hopes that the book will revive public interest in Tcherepnin the man and his music.Vol. 53.3 Fall 2009"—Tony H. Lin, University of California, Berkeley"Korabelnikova's Saga of a Russian Emigré Composer succeeds in its goal of becoming an important first step toward assessing and coming to terms with the creative legacy of Alexander Tcherepnin. 65.2 Dec. 2008"—Notes"It is . . . a pleasure to be able to welcome the appearance of Ludmila Korabelnikova's account of the life of Aleksandr Cherepnin, which adds significantly to our knowledge both of the composer himself and of the fate of Russian music beyond the borders of the Soviet Union.July 2009"—Slavonic & East European Review"The book is unquestionably an important contribution to the field, being the first substantial scholarly study of Tcherepnin's life and works."—Malcolm Hamrick Brown, Professor Emeritus, Indiana University