Nicolas Slonimsky
1894
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1995
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
genre: classical music
country of citizenship: Russian Empire, United States of America
educated at: Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Eastman School of Music, Saint Petersburg Conservatory, Saint Petersburg State University
occupation: conductor, composer, musicologist, pianist, music critic, lexicographer, lecturer
award received: Guggenheim Fellowship, Laurel Leaf Award
Nicolas Slonimsky (April 27 [O.S. April 15] 1894 – December 25, 1995), born Nikolai Leonidovich Slonimskiy (Russian: Никола́й Леони́дович Слoнимский), was a Russian-born American musicologist, conductor, pianist, and composer. Best known for his writing and musical reference work, he wrote the Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns and the Lexicon of Musical Invective, and edited Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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Lexicon of Musical Invective
Slonimsky's Book of Musical Anecdotes
Music Since 1900
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians
Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians
Music of Latin America
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians
Thesaurus of scales and melodic patterns
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians
Nicolas Slonimsky : writings on music
Baker's biographical dictionary of twentieth-century classical musicians
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