Cherepnin [Chiripnéen] (Tcherepnin, Tscherepnine), Nikolay Nikolayevich (5–3/14–1873, P.; 6–26–1945, Issy-les-Moulineaux, near Paris). Comp., cond., and pedagogue. Father of A. Cherepnin, grandfather of I. and S. Cherepnin. Nikolay Cherepnin began his career as a pianist and gave concerts in provincial towns at an early age. After completing composition studies with N. Rimsky-Korsakov at the P. Cons. (1895–98), he was appointed to its faculty in 1905. Before World War I Cherepnin was also…