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Author:   Nicolas Slonimsky ,  Electra Slonimsky Yourke
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   Excelsior Editions
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.227kg
ISBN:  

9781438491639

ISBN 10:   1438491638
Pages:   480
Publication Date:   01 March 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Preface Electra Slonimsky Yourke A Note about This Edition I. Perfect Pitch 1. St. Petersburg 2. My Grandfather Invented the Telegraph 3. Joyless Youth, Joyful Revolution 4. Exodus 5. Paris 6. Rochester 7. Koussevitzkiana 8. Boston Beginnings 9. Three Places in New England 10. Time Out 11. Disaster in Hollywood 12. Puella 13. Lofty Baton to Lowly Pen 14. Jailed Friend 15. Exotic Journeys 16. Interpolation: Grossmutterakkord 17. Back in the Family Fold 18. America Loves Russia 19. I, Diaskeuast! 20. Fame and Fortune 21. The Future of My Past 22. California, Here I Come 23. The Age of Absurdity II. Oral History and Other Writings Oral History Edgard Varèse 1. Conversation with Nicolas Slonimsky on Edgard Varèse 2. Analysis of Ionisation Heitor Villa-Lobos 1. A Visit 2. The Flamboyant Chanticleer Cultural Explosion in the U.S.S.R. Lexicographis Secundus Post Herculem Labor Index

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From the Original Reviews A rewarding, compelling and very funny read. - New York Times If you combine the Encyclopedia Britannica with a history of music written by Oscar Wilde, you will have something resembling the extraordinary Slonimsky memoirs. - Leonard Bernstein Rare is the book that can be praised both for its wisdom and for raucous humor. This is such a book. - Washington Post

Author Information

Nicolas Slonimsky (1894–1995) was a Russian-born United-States-based writer, lexicographer, pianist, composer, conductor, and champion of contemporary music. His many books include Thesaurus Of Scales And Melodic Patterns; and Lexicon of Musical Invective: Critical Assaults on Composers Since Beethoven's Time.

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