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The Listener's Companion: Great Composers and Their Works
Author(s): Nicolas Slonimsky (Author), Electra Slonimsky Yourke (Author)
- Publisher: Schirmer Trade Books
- Publication Date: April 1, 2002
- Language: English
- Print length: 350 pages
- ISBN-10: 0825672783
- ISBN-13: 9780825672781
Book Description
Renowned for his literary style as well as his musical scholarship, Nicolas Slonimsky wrote many program notes and articles for newspapers and other periodicals, in addition to his well-known books. These shorter writings, edited by Slonimsky’s daughter, Electra Yourke, are collected for the first time in this excellent introduction to the classical repertoire, from Bach to Shostakovich. Arranged chronologically by composer, the chapters begin with biographical sketches and go on to describe some of each composer’s most popular and imporant works.
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About the Author
Nicolas Slonimsky (1894-1995) was a Russian-born American musicologist, pianist, composer, conductor, writer, and teacher. His encyclopedic knowledge of music and musicians, combined with an irreverent sense of humor, led him to create some of the most reliable and beloved music reference books ever written, including Music Since 1900 and the fifth through eighth editions of Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, a work now inextricably linked to his name. Electra Yourke, his daughter, formerly a journalist and writer, is a specialist in anti-discrimination programs.
