The Fisherman and the Fish, Op.41 (Tcherepnin, Nikolay)

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Publisher. Info. Moscow: Muzgiz, 1921. Plate 199.
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Publisher. Info. Moscow: P. Jurgenson, n.d.[1913]. Plate 36573.
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Work Title The Fisherman and the Fish
Alternative. Title 6 Musical Illustrations after the Pushkin Tale, O rybake i rybke
Composer Tcherepnin, Nikolay
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.41
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. INT 5
Key E minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 6
  1. Andantino commodo - Poco tranquillo (E minor)
  2. Moderato assai (E minor)
  3. Moderato assai, Molto risoluto - Andantino semplice (E minor/C major?)
  4. Andantino mosso (F minor)
  5. Allegro Marciale. Molto pesante e Maestoso. (C minor)
  6. Andantino con moto - Andantino tranquillo e semplice (opens in C minor, ends in E minor)
First Performance. 1920 ca. (orchestral version, first known public performance)
First Publication. 1913 (piano version)

1921 (orchestra)

Librettist Composer, after a story by Aleksandr Pushkin (1799–1837)
Dedication his son Sasha
Average DurationAvg. Duration 18 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Early 20th century
Piece Style Early 20th century
Instrumentation Narrator ; Orchestra: 3 flutes (3rd also piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 3 clarinets (B/A)
basset horn (F), 2 bassoons, contrabassoon
4 horns (F), 3 trumpets (C), 3 trombones, tuba
timpani, percussion, celesta, upright (small) piano, 2 harps, strings
bass drum, small side drum, xylophone, triangle,
tubular bells, tambourine, cymbals, tam-tam
External Links Study Score Preface by David Witten, 2017
Extra Information "The piano version was completed before 1915 [when a partial piano performance was given], and Tcherepnin later published an orchestral version in 1921"