Cherlitsky, Ivan Karlovich

Cherlitsky [Chirléetsky], Ivan Karlovich (Genrikhovich) (9–20–1809, Kazan; 6–6–1865, P.). Organist, pianist, pedagogue, and comp. Studied with his father, then worked in churches and taught. In 1831 became a pf student of Field, whose influence is evident in Cherlitsky's Pf Conc. Cherlitsky perf. J. S. Bach's works as early as the 1820s and may have been the first to publish pf transcriptions of the latter's organ music, incl. over 35 large compositions and over 50 chorale preludes. Works: Sort…