Number one of Ten chorales for organ in Imitation of Old Masters.

Mikael Leonovich Tariverdiev (Tbilisi, August 15, 1931 - Soči July 25, 1996) was a prominent Soviet composer of Armenian descent. He headed the Composers' Guild of the Soviet Cinematographers' Union from its inception and is most famous for his movie scores, primarily the score to Seventeen Moments of Spring.

Mikael Tariverdiev was born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR to Armenian parents, but lived and worked in Russia. He studied at the Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan for two years and then graduated from the Moscow Gnessin Institute in the class of Aram Khachaturian in 1957.
Tariverdiev wrote over 100 romances and four operas, including the comic opera Count Cagliostro and the mono-opera "The Waiting". However, he is mostly known for his scores to many popular Soviet movies (more than 130 in total), including "Seventeen Moments of Spring" and "The Irony of Fate"
He received many awards, including the USSR State Prize in 1977 and the Prize of the American Music Academy in 1975. In 1986 he was awarded the title of People's Artist of Russia. In 1990, he won three Nika Awards for Best Composer.
The Best Music prize at the largest Russian National Film Festival Kinotaur is named after Tariverdiev.
Upon his death in 1996, a group of admirers of his music organized the Tariverdiev International Organ Competition.
The works for organ
• 1985 Concerto No. 1 for organ “Cassandra” in four parts
• 1988 Symphony for reciter “Chernobyl” in two parts: 1. “Zone”, 2. “Quo vadis”
• 1988 Concerto No. 2 for organ. Polyphonic notebook in four parts.
• 1989 Concerto No. 3 for organ in four parts: 1.“Reflections”, 2.“Moving”, 3.”Choral”, 4.”Walking in C-Major”.
• 1995 Ten chorales for organ (“Imitation of Old Masters”). Dedicated to the Spanish Infanta Helen