Nicolas Slonimsky
Nicolas Slonimsky (São Petersburgo, 27 de abril de 1894 - São Francisco, 25 de dezembro de 1995)[1] foi um maestro, autor, pianista, compositor e lexicógrafo americano nascido na Rússia, que fez sua carreira nos EUA. Mais conhecido por sua obra literária e de referência musical, ele escreveu o Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns e o Lexicon of Musical Invective, e editou Baker Biographical Dictionary of Musicians.
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| Nascimento | 27 de abril de 1894 São Petersburgo |
| Morte | 25 de dezembro de 1995 (101 anos) Los Angeles |
| Cidadania | Império Russo, Estados Unidos |
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| Irmão(ã)(s) | Yulia Slonimskaya Sazonova, Mikhail Slonimsky, Aleksandr Slonimsky |
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| Ocupação | maestro, compositor, musicólogo, pianista, crítico de música, lexicógrafo, lecturer |
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| Empregador(a) | Conservatório de Boston em Berklee, Conservatório de Música da Nova Inglaterra |
| Instrumento | piano |
Composições
Piano
- Minitudes
- Variations on a Kindergarten Tune
- Yellowstone Park Suite
- Russian Nocturne
- Two Etudes
- Silhouettes Iberiennes
- Russian Prelude
- Modinha
- Variations on a Brazilian Tune (My Toy Balloon)
- Studies in Black and White
Música de câmara
- Muss Perpetuo
- Suite (Сюита)
- Piccolo Divertimento
- Quaquaversal Suite
Comercial e sátira
- Five Advertising Songs
- Gravestones at Hancock, New Hampshire (1945)
- A Very Great Musician
- I Owe a Debt to A Monkey (A Humorous Encore Song)
Livros
- Music Since 1900 (1937)[lower-alpha 1]
- Supplement to Music since 1900 (1986)[lower-alpha 2]
- Music of Latin America (1945)[lower-alpha 3]
- Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns (1947)[lower-alpha 4]
- The Road to Music New York (1947)[lower-alpha 5]
- A Thing or Two about Music (1948)[lower-alpha 6]
- Lexicon of Musical Invective (1953)[lower-alpha 7]
- Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians (1958).[lower-alpha 8]
- The Concise Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians (1987)[lower-alpha 9]
- Perfect Pitch (1988)
- Lectionary of Music (1989)[lower-alpha 10]
Escritos coletados
- Nicolas Slonimsky: The First Hundred Years (1994)[lower-alpha 11]
- The Great Composers and Their Works (Reissued as The Listener's Companion) (2000)[lower-alpha 12]
- Nicolas Slonimsky: Writings on Music (2004)[lower-alpha 13]
- Dear Dorothy - Letters from Nicolas Slonimsky to Dorothy Adlow (2012)[lower-alpha 14]
Referências
- Slonimsky, Nicolas (1988). Perfect Pitch: A Life Story. London, England: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-315155-3.
Notas
- First published 1937 by Coleman-Ross. Republished in 2001 by Schirmer Reference, New York.
- Charles Scribner's Sons, New York.
- First published 1945 by Thomas Y. Crowell. Republished in 1972 by Da Capo Press, New York.
- Coleman-Ross. Republished in 1975 by Music Sales, New York.
- Dodd, Mead. Republished in 1966.
- New York: Allen, Towne & Heath. Reprinted in 200 as Slonimsky's Book of Musical Anecdotes, Routledge.
- Coleman-Ross. Republished in 2000 by W. W. Norton.
- G. Schirmer. Republished in 2000 by Schirmer Books.
- New York by Schirmer Books.
- McGraw-Hill. Republished in 1990 by Anchor Books.
- Ed. Richard Kostelanetz. New York: Schirmer Books.
- Ed. Electra Slonimsky Yourke, 2 vols. Schirmer Books, New York.
- Ed. Electra Slonimsky Yourke, 4 vols. Routledge, New York.
- Ed. Electra Slonimsky Yourke, University of Rochester Press.
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