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Nicolas Slonimsky
musicologist, conductor, pianist and composer
- From
- Sankt-Peterburg, United States
- Active
- 1894–1995
- Releases
- 0
About
Nicolas Slonimsky (April 27 [O.S. April 15], 1894 – December 25, 1995), born Nikolai Leonidovich Slonimskiy (Russian: Николай Леонидович Слoнимский), was a Russian-American musicologist, conductor, pianist, lexicographer, and composer. Best known for his writing and musical reference work, he wrote the Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns and the Lexicon of Musical Invective, and edited Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians.
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Nikolai Leonidovich Slonimskiy · Николай Леонидович Слонимский
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 5c1dcdc3-e583-4a2e-8c45-d6001353713e
- ISNI
- 0000000109071372
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