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.
| Nicolas Slonimsky | |
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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 |
| Progenitores |
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| Irmão(ã)(s) | Yulia Slonimskaya Sazonova, Mikhail Slonimsky, Aleksandr Slonimsky |
| Alma mater |
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| Ocupação | maestro, compositor, musicólogo, pianista, crítico de música, lexicógrafo, lecturer |
| Distinções |
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| Empregador(a) | Conservatório de Boston em Berklee, Conservatório de Música da Nova Inglaterra |
| Instrumento | piano |
Composições
editarPiano
editar- 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
editar- Muss Perpetuo
- Suite (Сюита)
- Piccolo Divertimento
- Quaquaversal Suite
Comercial e sátira
editar- 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 e outros escritos
editarLivros
editar- Music Since 1900 (1937)[a]
- Supplement to Music since 1900 (1986)[b]
- Music of Latin America (1945)[c]
- Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns (1947)[d]
- The Road to Music New York (1947)[e]
- A Thing or Two about Music (1948)[f]
- Lexicon of Musical Invective (1953)[g]
- Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians (1958).[h]
- The Concise Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians (1987)[i]
- Perfect Pitch (1988)
- Lectionary of Music (1989)[j]
Escritos coletados
editar- Nicolas Slonimsky: The First Hundred Years (1994)[k]
- The Great Composers and Their Works (Reissued as The Listener's Companion) (2000)[l]
- Nicolas Slonimsky: Writings on Music (2004)[m]
- Dear Dorothy - Letters from Nicolas Slonimsky to Dorothy Adlow (2012)[n]
Referências
editar- ↑ Slonimsky, Nicolas (1988). Perfect Pitch: A Life Story. London, England: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-315155-3.
Notas
editar- ↑ 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.
