Сергей Иванович Танеев

Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev (Pronounced: Ta-'ñe-jəv) (also Taneev or Taneiev, Russian: Сергей Иванович Танеев) (November 25, 1856 – June 19 1915) ((N.S.)), a pupil of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, was a Russ

Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev (Pronounced: Ta-'ñe-jəv) (also Taneev or Taneiev, Russian: Сергей Иванович Танеев) (November 25, 1856 – June 19 1915) ((N.S.)), a pupil of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, was a Russian composer, teacher, theorist and author. His substantial output of music included nine complete string quartets (two partial), a piano quintet, two string quintets and other chamber works; four symphonies (only one published during his lifetime, and at least one incomplete), a concert suite with violin and a piano concerto, and other orchestral works; an organ composition "Choral with variations"; choral and vocal music. Among the choral works are two cantatas, "St. John of Damascus," op. 1 (also known as "A Russian Requiem"), and "Upon the Reading of the Psalm". In the choral works the composer combines the Russian melos with remarkable contrapuntal writing.
There is also one piano prelude and fugue (the prelude and fugue in G-sharp minor, published in a Dover Publications edition of Russian piano works) and an opera, Oresteia. His uncle, Alexander Sergeevich Taneyev was also a composer.

Invertible Counterpoint in the Strict Style, by Sergei Taneyev. 1962 edition, Branden Pub. Co. ISBN 0828314152. Preface written by Serge Koussevitzky.