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Nicolas Slonimsky (1894–1995)

Auteur van Schirmer Pronouncing Pocket Manual of Musical Terms

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Nicolas Slonimsky, writer, lexicographer, pianist, composer, conductor, teacher. He died in 1995 at the age of 101

Werken van Nicolas Slonimsky

Schirmer Pronouncing Pocket Manual of Musical Terms (1905) — Redacteur — 223 exemplaren
Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians (1940) — Redacteur — 116 exemplaren
Lectionary of Music (1989) 82 exemplaren
Perfect Pitch: A Life Story (1988) 66 exemplaren
Music Since 1900 (1971) 20 exemplaren
The road to music (1947) 11 exemplaren
Baker's Dictionary of Music (1997) 6 exemplaren
Music of Latin America (1972) 5 exemplaren
A THING OR TWO ABOUT MUSIC (1948) 4 exemplaren
Supplement to Music since 1900 (1986) 3 exemplaren
The Road To Music (1966) 1 exemplaar

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Geboortedatum
1894-04-27
Overlijdensdatum
1995-12-25
Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
USA
Russia (birth)
Geboorteplaats
St. Petersburg, Russia
Plaats van overlijden
Los Angeles, California, USA
Woonplaatsen
Paris, France
Rochester, New York, USA
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
Opleiding
St. Petersburg Conservatory
Beroepen
professor
musicologist
conductor
pianist
composer
lexicographer (toon alle 7)
music writer
Relaties
Wengeroff, Pauline (grandmother)
Sazonova, Yulia Slonimskaya (sister)
Slonimsky, Mikhail (brother)
Adlow, Dorothy (wife)
Organisaties
American Academy of Arts and Letters (American Honorary ∙ 1991)
Boston Chamber Orchestra (founder)
Korte biografie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas...

Nicolas Slonimsky was born Nikolai Leonidovich Slonimskiy to a family of the intelligentsia in St. Petersburg, Russia. His maternal aunt, Isabelle Vengerova, later a founder of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, was his first piano teacher. After studying at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, he fled the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 first to Kyiv, then ultimately to Paris, where his sister Yulia Slonimskaya Sazonova was already living. He settled in Rochester, New York, in 1923. After two years, he moved to Boston, where he taught music theory at the Boston Conservatory and the Malkin Conservatory, and began to write music articles for The Boston Evening Transcript, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Etude magazine. In 1927, he formed the Boston Chamber Orchestra, and championed contemporary music, which he conducted around the world. In 1931, he married Dorothy Adlow, art critic of The Christian Science Monitor, with whom he had a daughter Electra, who later edited his letters and collected works. Throughout his life, Slonimsky wrote extensively for periodicals and newspapers, produced program and liner notes, and contributed to numerous reference works. When his active conducting career slowed, he spent more time writing about music. In 1947, he published the Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns, one of his most influential works for composers and performers. Two books for children followed, The Road to Music and A Thing or Two About Music. In 1952, Slonimsky brought out the Lexicon of Musical Invective, a collection of insulting contemporary critiques of musical greats in their time. In 1958, he became editor of Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, and remained its chief editor until 1992. In 1964, Slonimsky's wife died, and he moved to Los Angeles. He taught at the University of California at Los Angeles for three years, and lectured and spoke about music. In 1988, he published his autobiography, Perfect Pitch, filled with anecdotes about musical figures of the 20th century.

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So, so amusing! And it's useful for reception history research! (Well, sometimes.) A fascinating look at the most colorful critical insults on various famous (and some not-so-famous) composers throughout history. Notes available for further research.
 
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karimagon | 3 andere besprekingen | Jun 23, 2022 |
Critics are so awesome in the creative critiques of music they don't like, especially from the early 1800s, before political correctness. The whole scholarly introduction is quite wonderful, basically saying "Music tastes change" when in reality, the whole point of this book is to put together horrible reviews for the amusement of readers.

My favourite review goes something like this "This piece of music sounds like a bunch of nails, and occasionally the hammer dropping". I don't remember who said it of which composer, but the quote is awesome. And strangely, I can totally imagine this piece of music.… (meer)
 
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TheDivineOomba | 3 andere besprekingen | Oct 27, 2013 |
This is a very handy little book for all students of music and also for professionals, who come across unusual terms in the course of their work. This book is well laid out and fits comfortably in a pocket or the palm of your hand.
 
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nigelmcbain | Dec 1, 2010 |
This has to be my favourite dictionary. Its witty, lively and sometimes a bit subversive. Its a book to take to bed and to wonder at the amazing lives and phenomena of the most elusive of the arts.
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ChrisWildman | Feb 5, 2010 |

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