Cherepnin, Sergey Aleksandrovich

Cherepnin [Chiripnéen] (Tcherepnin, Tscherepnine), Sergey Aleksandrovich (2–2–1941, Issy-les-Moulineaux, near Paris). Comp. and builder of electronic mus. inst. Son of A. Cherepnin, grandson of N. Cherepnin, and brother of I. Cherepnin. Sergey Cherepnin studied violin in Paris before moving to the United States in 1949. Later he studied harmony with Nadia Boulanger and composition with his father, as well as with Earle Brown, Leon Kirchner, and Billy Jim Layton. He completed work on a B.A…