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Slonimsky, Nikolai Leonidovich(Slonimsky, Nicolas)
Born: 1894 AD
Died: 1995 AD, at 101 years of age.
Nationality: Russian
Categories: Authors, Composers, Conductors
Died: 1995 AD, at 101 years of age.
Nationality: Russian
Categories: Authors, Composers, Conductors
1894 - Born on April 27th in St. Petersburg, Russia. Conductor, composer, musicologist Uncle of composer Sergei Slonimsky.
1923 - Emigrated to the United States and taught at Eastman School of Music.
1931 - Married to Dorothy Adlow on July 30th.
1933 - Conducted debut performances of works by Charles Ives, Edgard Varèse (Ionisation) and Henry Cowell.
1945 - He taught Slavonic Languages and Literatures in Harvard University.
1948 - Was a lecturer in Music at Simmons College.
1958-1991 - Responsible for overhauling Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians for its fifth edition, maintaining that reference in subsequent editions up to the eighth.
- Was a teacher in Music at University of California at Los Angeles.
1994 - Was the author of the books, Music Since 1900, Music of Latin America, The Road to Music, Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns, A Thing or Two About Music, Lexicon of Musical Invective, Lectionary of Music, Perfect Pitch: A Life Story and an anthology, Nicolas Slonimsky: The First Hundred Years.
1995 - Died on December 25th in Los Angeles, California.
1923 - Emigrated to the United States and taught at Eastman School of Music.
1931 - Married to Dorothy Adlow on July 30th.
1933 - Conducted debut performances of works by Charles Ives, Edgard Varèse (Ionisation) and Henry Cowell.
1945 - He taught Slavonic Languages and Literatures in Harvard University.
1948 - Was a lecturer in Music at Simmons College.
1958-1991 - Responsible for overhauling Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians for its fifth edition, maintaining that reference in subsequent editions up to the eighth.
- Was a teacher in Music at University of California at Los Angeles.
1994 - Was the author of the books, Music Since 1900, Music of Latin America, The Road to Music, Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns, A Thing or Two About Music, Lexicon of Musical Invective, Lectionary of Music, Perfect Pitch: A Life Story and an anthology, Nicolas Slonimsky: The First Hundred Years.
1995 - Died on December 25th in Los Angeles, California.
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