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Nicolas Slonimsky Collection, 1873-1997 [collection]
- Title
- Nicolas Slonimsky Collection, 1873-1997 [collection]
- Dates Created
- Span: 1873-1997
- Bulk: 1920-1990
- Language
- English; Russian (Cyrillic)
- Form
- collection
- Physical Description
- 500 ft.
- 354 boxes
- Abstract
- Nicolas Slonimsky (1894-1995) was a musicologist, composer, conductor, and lecturer. Included are personal biographical materials; Slonimsky's writings (drafts, typescripts, reprints, etc.) of newspaper, periodical, journal, and magazine articles, record liner notes, radio broadcasts, and talks, published and unpublished; music composed by Slonimsky; concert programs; correspondence, among many others, with Henry Cowell, Alexandre Gretchaninoff, Roy Harris, Charles Ives, and Edgard Varèse; biographical materials on composers and performers mostly generated when Slonimsky was editing Baker's Biographical Dictionary and The International Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians; music collected by Slonimsky; among the manuscripts are many short holographic works and fragments; scrapbooks; and iconographical material, such as family photographs an those of composers and musicians from the former Soviet Union, as well as little known musicians from the United States and elsewhere.
- Contents Note
- Music, correspondence, books and related documents
- Preferred Citation
- Nicolas Slonimsky Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress
- Access Permissions
- Researchers wishing to work with special collections are advised to inquire in advance about availability of material since many special collections are stored off-site.
- Copyright
- Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply.
- Subjects
- Slonimsky, Nicolas
- Cowell, Henry
- Grechaninov, Aleksandr Tikhonovich
- Harris, Roy
- Ives, Charles
- Varèse, Edgard
- Call Number
- ML31.S6
- Repository
- Music Division, Library of Congress
- Finding Aid
- http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu002011
Last Updated: 08-21-2012