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2003561017 abstract "Collection contains materials collected by Slonimsky throughout his lifetime that document his life and work as musicologist, composer, conductor, lecturer and author. 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newspaper, periodical, journal, and magazine articles, record liner notes, radio broadcasts, and talks, published and unpublished; music composed by Slonimsky, manuscript and printed; concert programs; correspondence, among many others, with Henry Cowell, Alexandre Gretchaninoff, Roy Harris, Charles Ives, and Edgar Varèse; biographical materials on composers and performers mosly generated when Slonimsky was editing Baker's and The international cyclopedia; music collected by Slonimsky, manuscript and printed and multi-composer collections; 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.".
2003561017 accessRights "Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply.".
2003561017 accessRights "Not all materials in this collection may be readily accessible; please request accessibility information well in advance of your visit".
2003561017 accessRights "Open to research.".
2003561017 accrualMethod "Acquisition".
2003561017 contributor B9788132.
2003561017 contributor B9788133.
2003561017 date "1873".
2003561017 description "Collection contains materials collected by Slonimsky throughout his lifetime that document his life and work as musicologist, composer, conductor, lecturer and author. 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newspaper, periodical, journal, and magazine articles, record liner notes, radio broadcasts, and talks, published and unpublished; music composed by Slonimsky, manuscript and printed; concert programs; correspondence, among many others, with Henry Cowell, Alexandre Gretchaninoff, Roy Harris, Charles Ives, and Edgar Varèse; biographical materials on composers and performers mosly generated when Slonimsky was editing Baker's and The international cyclopedia; music collected by Slonimsky, manuscript and printed and multi-composer collections; 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.".
2003561017 description "Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Performing Arts Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu002011".
2003561017 description "Nicholas Slonimsky Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress.".
2003561017 description "Nicholas Slonimsky, lexicographer, composer, and writer on music, was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Apr. 27, 1894. He studied the piano with his aunt, Isabelle Vengerova, a well-known piano pedagogue, at the St. Petersburg Conservatory and composition with Glière. He taught at the Eastman School of Music (1923¡1925). He was Serge Koussevitzky's secretary for two years and conducted the Boston Chamber Orchestra (1927¡1934) and the Harvard University Orchestra (1927¡1930). In the 1930s and early 1940s he became known for conducting first performances of Ives, Varèse, Riegger, Cowell, Chàvez, and other composers of the Americas. He was a lecturer at Colorado College (1940, 1947¡1949), the Peabody Conservatory (1956¡1957), and the University of California at Los Angeles (1964¡1967). Slonimsky was author or editor of major music reference works, including Music Since 1900, Music of Latin America, The international cyclopedia of music and musicians, 4th ed., Thesaurus of scales and melodic patterns, Lexicon of musical invective, and many editions of Baker's biographical dictionary. He died on Dec. 25, 1995, in Los Angeles.".
2003561017 description "Part of collection Acquisition Electra Yourke 1999".
2003561017 description "Part of collection Acquisition Nicholas Slonimsky 1969".
2003561017 extent "around 118,600 items (354 boxes, 500 linear feet).".
2003561017 identifier eadmus.mu002011.
2003561017 identifier eadmus.mu002011.3.
2003561017 issued "1873".
2003561017 language "mul".
2003561017 rights "Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply.".
2003561017 subject "Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965 Correspondence.".
2003561017 subject "Grechaninov, Aleksandr Tikhonovich, 1864-1956 Correspondence.".
2003561017 subject "Harris, Roy, 1898-1979 Correspondence.".
2003561017 subject "Ives, Charles, 1874-1954 Correspondence.".
2003561017 subject "ML31 .S6".
2003561017 subject "Music 20th century.".
2003561017 subject "Slonimsky, Nicolas, 1894-1995 Correspondence.".
2003561017 subject "Slonimsky, Nicolas, 1894-1995 Manuscripts.".
2003561017 subject "Slonimsky, Nicolas, 1894-1995.".
2003561017 subject "Varèse, Edgard, 1883-1965 Correspondence.".
2003561017 title "Nicolas Slonimsky collection, 1873-1997 (bulk 1920-1990).".
2003561017 type "collection".