Knaifel A. A Fawn Again. For piano (Coll. Works)

Alexander Knaifel (born 1943) is one of the most eminent modern composers. A “Petersburger by nationality”, he was educated at the Special Musical School of the Leningrad Conservatory (1950–1961), the Moscow (1961–1963) and Leningrad (1963–1967) Conservatories. He lists Mstislav Rostropovich, the poet Sergei Vakulenko and the Surozh metropolitan Antonii amongst his teachers.

In piece “A Fawn Again” the verbal text serves as a guide to the intonation on the piano–in this case it is the English folk song, a children’s favorite, on the twins Tweedledum and Tweedledee (Tik and Tak in Knaifel’s version) from Carroll’s Alice Through the Looking-Glass.