Slonimsky Slonimsky's Book of Musical Anecdotes

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-135-36860-9
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 314 Seiten

Scathing reviews, whimsical stories, and diverting games fill the pages of this utterly engaging kaleidoscope of skewed tales on the world of Classical music. It dishes out a marvelous feast of tales served up by a master storyteller whose reach extends around the world and to the beginnings of civilization.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Slonimsky, Nicholas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Incidental Music
Not to Be Found in Authorized Biographies
This Modern Stuff
Musicians Are Like That
Red, White and Blue Notes
The Carnival of Animals
Verse and Worse

Über Autor(innen)

Nicolas Slonimsky (1894-1995) was an influential writer, editor and translator of musical essays. Born in Russia, he became a preeminent composer and conductor in America. A prolific writer, some of his authored works include Music Since 1900 and Lexicon of Musical Invective. He also edited five editions of Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Music.