Still active at age 100, Nicolas Slonimsky is probably best known for his writing. Slonimsky has been admired as much for his style as for the information he has shared. A tribute to his career as a conductor, composer, teacher, and writer, this compendium celebrates Slonimsky's life and work. Featuring selections from "Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians", "Music Since 1900", "Lexicon of Musical Invective". "Lectionary of Music", Slonimsky's autobiography "Perfect Pitch", and his notorious paper "Sex and the Music Librarian", Nicolas Slonimskv compiles 60 years of classic commentary.
- ISBN10 0028718453
- ISBN13 9780028718453
- Publish Date 2 May 1994
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 16 December 1999
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 432
- Language English