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Slonimsky, Nicolas

composer, Dirigent, Komposition, piano, writer on music


born: 27 Apr 1894 St. Petersburg, Russia Source: 1  

Berlin Philharmonic: debut as soloist/conductor: 05 Mar 1932  

The Music Sack has 123 items with information about Nicolas Slonimsky
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 1994

Nicolas Slonimsky : Centenarian Lexicographer and Musicologist
Inter-American Music Review, 14-1, 1994, p. 149-156

Number of People : 1


 1993

Taub, P.
Nicolas Slonimsky's wit
Flute Talk 12:17-18 Feb 1993
       biog ports

Number of People : 1


 1993

Fowler, W.
Sahasrabuddhe, H.
Letters Dancing about architecture? J
Computer Music Journal 17:7 N3 1993

Number of People : 1


 1992

Heister, Hanns-Werner
Sparrer, Walter-Wolfgang
Komponisten der Gegenwart
Edition Text+Kritik
Herausgegeben von Hanns-Werner Heister und Walter-Wolfgang Sparrer
1992

Number of People : 480


 1992

Singer, R.
Mencher, S.
Just fifty
Symphony: 43:86 N4 1992

Number of People : 1


 1992

Toff, N.
The many careers of Nicolas Slonimsky
Flutist Quarterly: 17:31 Summer 1992
       biog port

Number of People : 1


 1992

Taub, P.
Nicholas [sic] to the max
Flutist Quarterly: 17:38-41 Fall 1992
       ports
       Note: interview

Number of People : 1


 1991

Cummings, David M.
McIntire, Dennis K.
International who's who in music and musician's directory
(in the classical and light classical fields)
Twelfth edition 1990/91
Consultant editors David M. Cummings; Dennis K. McIntire
Cambridge, England: International Who's Who in Music, 1991

Number of People : 8,178


 1991

Slonimsky honored.
Instrumentalist: 45:42 Jun 1991

Number of People : 1


 1991

Demsey, D.
Chromatic third relations in the music of John Coltrane
Annual Review of Jazz Studies 5:145-80 1991
       bibliog mus

Number of People : 1


 1991

Slonimsky, Nicolas
Further light on Tchaikovsky
Musical Quarterly: 75:70-73 N4 1991
       Note: October 1938

Number of People : 1


 1990

Notes for Notes The Music Library Association has announced its awards for 1988.
Notes 46:937-8 N4 1990

Number of People : 1


 1990

Kostelanetz, Richard
Conversation with Nicolas Slonimsky about his composing
Musical Quarterly: 74:458-72 N3 1990
       mus

Number of People : 1


 1990

Kostelanetz, Richard
Nicolas Slonimsky
Musical America 110:49-52 N2 1990
       biog port

Number of People : 1


 1990

Rich, Alan
Arkatov, James
Slonimsky, Nicolas
Stern, Isaac
Masters of music : great artists of work
Text by Alan Rich
Preface by Nicolas Slonimsky
Foreword by Isaac Stern
Photographs by James Arkatov
Santa Barbara, California: Capra Press, 1990, 200 p.

Number of People : 88


 1990

Kostelanetz, Richard
Conversation with Nicolas Slonimsky about his composing
Musical Quarterly: 74:458-72 N3 1990
       mus

Number of People : 1


 1990

Taub, P.
Sergei and Nicolas Slonimsky
An American premiere
Flutist Quarterly: 15:22-3 Fall 1990
       biog port

Number of People : 1


 1989

Fry, Stephen M.
Slonimsky celebrated
Cum Notis Variorum N135:19-20 Sep 1989
       Note: 95th birthday

Number of People : 1


 1989

Stone, R.
The peregrination of Slonimsky's Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns
Jazz Research Papers (Naje) 9:239-45 1989
       biog

Number of People : 1


 1989

Rich, Alan
Nagy, K.
Nicolas Slonimsky at ninety-five
Cum Notis Variorum N133:1+ Jun 1989

Number of People : 1


 1988

Soundpage exclusive : Nicolas Slonimsky
Keyboard 14:66-9+ Nov 1988
       biog ports
       Note: interview
       Note: includes soundsheet). Freff

Number of People : 1


 1988

Slonimsky, Nicolas
Three Places in New England
Symphony: 39:28-30+ N2 1988
       port

Number of People : 1


 1988

Schnabel, Tom
Stolen moments : conversations with contemporary musicians
Los Angeles: Acrobat Books, 1988

Number of People : 57


 1988

Register

p. 205-216 In:
Willimann, Joseph
50 Jahre Pro Musica Ortsgruppe Zurich ...
Zurich: Atlantis Musikbuch Verlag, 1988, 216 p.

Number of People : 836


 1986

Slonimsky, Nicolas
My adventures in American music
Keyboard Classics & Piano Stylist: 6:8-10 N4 1986
       port

Number of People : 1


 1986

Weschler, Lawrence
Profiles Boy wonder
New Yorker: 62:54-6+ Nov 17 1986
       biog port

Number of People : 1


 1986

Lyman, Darryl
Great jews in music
New York: Jonathan David Publishers, Inc., 1986

Number of People : 573


 1986

Weschler, Lawrence
Profiles Boy wonder
New Yorker: 62:52-4+ Nov 24 1986

Number of People : 1


 1986

Sadie, Stanley
Hitchcock, H. Wiley
The new Grove dictionary of American music
edited by H. Wiley Hitchcock and Stanley Sadie
New York, N.Y. : Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1986. 4 v.

Number of People : 3,993


 1986

Grimes, E.
Conversations with American composers
Music Clubs Magazine 66:8-9 N1 1986
       biog
       Note: interview

Number of People : 1


 1986

Grimes, E.
Conversations with American composers
Music Educators Journal 72:40-43 Mar 1986
       biog port

Number of People : 1


 1985

Wilson, Lyle G.
A dictionary of pianists
London: Robert Hale, 1985

Number of People : 2,597


 1985

La musa inepta
Pauta 4:100 N13 1985
       Note: quotes from the Lexicon of Musical Invective

Number of People : 1


 1985

Nicolas Slonimsky : documents et souvenirs
Revue Musicale, la N383-384-385:183-98 1985
       Note: reviews of performances of works by Varese, 1931-1932

Number of People : 1


 1985

Communication de Nicolas Slonimsky
Revue Musicale, la N383-384-385:47-53 1985
       illustr.
       Note: remembrances of Edgar Varese

Number of People : 1


 1984

Meyer, Ernst Hermann
Yubilyara privetstvuyut
Sovetskaya Muzyka N12:41-2 Dec 1984

Number of People : 1


 1984

Wallis, E.
Goldsmith, R.R.
Correspondence Celebrating Slonimsky
Ovation 5:68 Sep 1984

Number of People : 1


 1984

Nott, C.
The many-sided musical mind of Nicolas Slonimsky
Ovation 5:20-25 Jul 1984
       ports

Number of People : 1


 1984

Butterworth, Neil
A dictionary of American composers
New York: Garland, 1984

Number of People : 525


 1983

Slonimsky, Nicolas
The strange history of the singing commercial : Was I really the first?
Keyboard Classics & Piano Stylist: 3:10-11 N3 1983
       il port
       Note: includes complete music for No More Shiny Nose p20-21

Number of People : 1


 1983

Press, Jaques Cattell
Who's who in American music : classical
First edition
Edited by Jaques Cattell Press
New York: R. R. Bowker, 1983

Number of People : 6,738


 1983

Angelov, K.
Zarubezhnye muzykanty o sovetskoy muzykal'noy kul'ture
Sovetskaya Muzyka N1:90-92 Jan 1983

Number of People : 1


 1982

Holmes, John L.
Conductors on record
London: Victor Gollancz, 1982, 734 p.

Number of People : 1,800


 1982

Anderson, E. Ruth
Contemporary American composers
A biographical dictionary
Second edition
Compiled by E. Ruth Anderson
Boston: G. K. Hall, 1982, 578 p.

Number of People : 3,986


 1982

[Orchestra Members]

The above item is part of :
Muck, Peter
Einhundert Jahre Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester. Darstellung in Dokumentation im Auftrag des Berliner Orchesters. Dritter Band
Die Mitglieder des Orchesters, die Programme, die Konzertreisen ...
Verfassst von Peter Muck
Tutzing: Verlegt bei Hans Schneider, 1982, 509 p.

Number of People : 5,035


 1982

Slonimsky, Nicolas
Critics ain't what they used to be
The sad decline of musical invective
Keyboard Classics & Piano Stylist: 2:24-6 N1 1982
       port

Number of People : 1


 1981

Meyer, K.
Swiadek historii
Ruch Muzyczny 25:15-17 N22 1981
       port
       Note: interview

Number of People : 1


 1980

Performer Index : Conductors

p. 417-446 In:
Myers, Kurtz
Index to record reviews
Compiled and edited by Kurtz Myers
Vol. 5: indexes
Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1980, 664 p.

Number of People : 2,281


 1980

Performer Index : Instrumentalists

p. 311-366 In:
Myers, Kurtz
Index to record reviews
Compiled and edited by Kurtz Myers
Vol. 5: indexes
Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1980, 664 p.

Number of People : 6,053


 1980

Press, Jaques Cattell
ASCAP biographical dictionary of composers, authors and publishers
Fourth edition
Compiled for the American Society of Composers, Authors and publishers by Jaques Cattell Press
New York: R. R. Bowker, 1980, 589 p.

Number of People : 8,161


 1980 Source: 1

Sadie, Stanley
The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians
London: Macmillan, 1980

Number of People : 20,506


 1979

Awards and competitions
Music Educators Journal 65:23 Apr 1979
       Note: American Music Center Letters of Distinction

Number of People : 1


 1979

Nicolas Slonimsky on his 85th Birthday
Inter-American Music Review, 01-2, 1979, p. 116

Number of People : 1


 1979

Lichtenwanger, William
Nicolas Slonimsky on his 85th birthday
Inter-American Music Review 1:116 N2 1979

Number of People : 1


 1979

Robijns, Jozef
Zijlstra, Miep
Algemene muziek enciclopedie
hoofdred., J. Robijns en Miep Zijlstra
Haarlem: De Haan, [1979]-1984

Number of People : 16,262


 1979

Stevenson, R.
Muses and lexicons
Inter-American Music Review 1:117-30 N2 1979
       bibliog biog il score

Number of People : 1


 1978

Muses and lexicons.
Inter-American Music Review. 1 (1978/79), S. 117-130.
       Mit Abb.

Number of People : 1


 1976

Resch, Rita Marje
Carman, Judith E.
Gaeddert, William Kenneth
Art-song in the United States 1801-1976
An annotated bibliography
By Judith E. Carman, William K. Gaeddert, Rita M. Resch
National Association of Teachers of Singing, Inc., 1976, 308 p.

Number of People : 370


 1976

Anderson, Ruth
Contemporary American composers
A biographical dictionary
1st ed.
Boston: G. K. Hall, 1976, 513 p.

Number of People : 3,758


 1975

Sundstrom, Einar
Morin, Gosta
Moberg, Carl-Allan
Sohlman's musiklexikon
2. rev. och utvidgade uppl.
Redaktion: Gosta Morin, Carl-Alan Moberg och Einar Sundstrom
Stockholm: Sohlman Forlag, 1975-1979, 5 v.

Number of People : 10,962


 1974

Bull, Storm
Index to biographies of contemporary composers
Vol. II
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1974, 567 p.

Number of People : 6,198


 1974

Vinton, John
Dictionary of contemporary music
Edited by John Vinton
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1974, 834 p.

Number of People : 1,053


 1974

Charles Ives Centennial Festival-conference
Sponsored by Institute for Studies in American Music, Brooklyn College, City University of New York and School of Music Yale University
New York: 1974, 96 p.

Number of People : 65


 1974

Claghorn, Charles Eugene
Biographical dictionary of American music
West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co., 1974, 491 p.

Number of People : 3,156


 1974

Rosner, Helmut
Bulling, Burchard
Frank, Paul
Noetzel, Florian
Kurzgefasstes Tonkunstler Lexikon
Fortfuhrt von Burchard Bulling, Florian Noetzel, Helmut Rosner
Wilhelmshaven: Heinrichshofen, 1974
       Note: Zweiter Teil: Erganzungen und Erweiterungen seit 1937

Number of People : 16,276


 1969

Composers of the Americas
Biographical data and catalog of their works
Volume 15
Washington, D.C.: Secretaria General, organizacion de los Estados Americanos, 1969

Number of People : 28


 1965

Slonimsky, Nicolas
Modern composition in Rumania.
Musical Quarterly, 51, Jan. 1965, p. 236-43

Number of People : 1


 1965

Slonimsky, Nicolas
New music in Greece.
Musical Quarterly, 51, Jan. 1965, p. 225-35

Number of People : 1


 1964

Bull, Storm
Index to biographies of contemporary composers
New York: Scarecrow Press, 1964, 405 p.

Number of People : 5,157


 1962

Slonimsky, Nicolas
Slonimsky on Cowell.
Music Magazine 164, May 1962, p. 12
       Note: Reprinted from Cowell's book American composers on American music (NewYork, Ungar. 1962)

Number of People : 2


 1962

Slonimsky, Nicolas
The flamboyant chanticleer.
Show, 2, Nov. 1962, p. 76+

Number of People : 2


 1962

Townend, P.
Who's who in music and musicians' international directory 1962
New York: Hafner Publishing Co., 1962, 331 p.

Number of People : 3,194


 1961

Slonimsky, Nicolas
Chou Wen-Chung.
A.C.A. bull., 9, 1961, no. 4, p. 2-9.
       illus., mus.
       Note: Includes a detailed catalogue of works

Number of People : 2


 1960

Slonimsky, Nicolas
The weather at Mozart's funeral.
Musical Quarterly, 46, Jan. 1960, p. 12-21

Number of People : 2


 1959

Gelatt, R.
Music makers.
High Fidelity, 9, Mar. 1959, p. 53.
       illus

Number of People : 1


 1957

Ewen, David
Living musicians : first supplement
Compiled and edited by David Ewen
New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1957, 178 p.

Number of People : 456


 1956

Slonimsky, Nicolas
The story of Roy Harris : American composer.
Etude, 74, Dec. 1956, p. 11+.
Etude, 75, Jan. 1957, p. 12+
       illustr.

Number of People : 2


 1954

Supplementary Chapter One : 1945-1954

A1 In:
Lyons, James
Howard, John Tasker
Our American music : three hundred years of it
Third edition, revised and reset.
With supplementary chapters by James Lyons
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1954, 841 p.

Number of People : 334


 1954

Lyons, James
Howard, John Tasker
Our American music : three hundred years of it
Third edition, revised and reset.
With supplementary chapters by James Lyons
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1954, 841 p.

Number of People : 649

More Details : (1 Section)


 1954

Pena, Joaquin
Angles, Higinio
Querol Gavalda, Miguel
Diccionario de la musica labor
Iniciado por Joaquin Pena
Continuado por Higinio Angles
Con la colaboracion de Miguel Querol y otros distinguidos musicologos espanoles y extranjeros
Barcelona: Editorial Labor, 1954, 2V, 2318P.

Number of People : 7,942


 1954

Slonimsky, Nicolas
Charles Ives : America's musical prophet.
Musical America, 74, 15 Feb. 1954, p. 18-19.
      reprinted in:
Pan pipes, 47, Jan. 1955, p. 20
       illustr.

Number of People : 2


 1953

Perlman, William J.
Spaeth, Sigmund
Music and dance in the New England states
Sigmund Spaeth, editor-in-chief
William J. Perlman, director & managing editor
New York: Bureau of Musical Research, 1953, 374 p.

Number of People : 511

More Details : (1 Section)


 1953

Slonimsky, Nicolas
Musical rebel.
Americas, 5, Sep. 1953, p. 6-8+.
       illus., mus

Number of People : 2


 1951

Mize, J.T.H. / Dr.
The international who is who in music
Fifth (Mid-Century) Edition
Dr. J.T.H. Mize Editor-in-Chief
Chicago: Who is Who in Music, 1951, 576 p.

Number of People : 2,918

More Details : (1 Section)


 1951

Moberg, Carl-Allan
Sundstrom, Einar
Sohlman's musiklexikon : nordiskt och allmant upplagsverk for tonkonst, musikliv och dans
Redaktion: Gosta Morin, Carl Allan Moberg [och] Einar Sundstrom
Stockholm: Sohlman Forlag, [1951-]

Number of People : 8,662


 1951

Sendrey, Alfred
Bibliography of Jewish music
By Alfred Sendrey
New York: Columbia University Press, 1951, 404 p.

Number of People : 1,408


 1951

Slonimsky, Nicolas
The Koussevitzky mission.
Saturday Review, 34, 3O June 1951, p. 41+.
       illus

Number of People : 2


 1950

Overseas section

p. 315 In:
Pine, L.G.
Who's who in music
First post-war edition (1949-50)
London: Shaw Publishing, 1950, 419 p.

Number of People : 1,023


 1949

Saleski, Gdal
Famous musicians of Jewish origin
New York: Bloch Publishing Company, 1949, 716 p.

Number of People : 384

More Details : (3 Sections)


 1949

Slonimsky, Nicolas
Unique American composer.
Etude, 67, Mar. 1949, p. 138

Number of People : 2


 1948

Slonimsky, Nicolas
Musical children : prodigies or monsters?
Etude, 66, Oct. 1948, p. 591-2.
       illus

Number of People : 1


 1948

Slonimsky, Nicolas
Chopiniana : some materials for a biography.
Musical Quarterly, 34, Oct. 1948, p. 467-86.
       Illus. 2 p. 1

Number of People : 2


 1948

Slonimsky, Nicolas
Bringing Ives alive.
Saturday Review, 31, 28 Aug. 1948, p. 45.
       illus

Number of People : 2


 1947

Reis, Claire Raphael
Composers in America : biographical sketches of contemporary composers with a record of their works
Revised and enlarged edition
New York: MacMillan, 1947, 399 p.

Number of People : 331


 1947

Slonimsky, Nicolas
Roy Harris.
Musical Quarterly, 33, Jan. 1947, p. 17-37.
       illus., mus.
       Note: Includes a list of Harris's compositions

Number of People : 2


 1947

Mayer-Serra, Otto
Musica y musicos de Latinoamerica
Mexico City: Atlante, 1947, 2V; 1134P.

Number of People : 934


 1943

Thompson, Oscar
The internatinoal cyclopedia of music and musicians
New York: 1943

Number of People : 669


 1941

Bio-bibliographical index of musicians in the United States of America since colonial times
Prepared by the District of Columbia Historical Records Survey Division of Community Service Programs Works project Administration
Washington, DC: 1941, 439 p.

Number of People : 10,576


 1941

Barone, J.
Who is who in music
1941 edition
Chicago: Lee Stern Press, 1941

Number of People : 3,908


 1941

Slonimsky, Nicolas
Composers of Peru.
Modern Music, 18, Mar-Apr. 1941, p. 155-8.
       illus., mus

Number of People : 4


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