Nicolas Slonimsky

Nicolas Slonimsky

Nicolas Slonimsky (April 27 [O.S. April 15] 1894 – December 25, 1995), born Nikolai Leonidovich Slonimskiy (Russian: Никола́й Леони́дович Слoнимский), was a Russian-American musicologist, conductor, pianist, lexicographer, and composer. Best known for his writing and musical reference work, he wrote the Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns and the Lexicon of Musical Invective, and edited Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians.

Birth and Death Data: Born Saint Petersburg (federal city and former capital of Russia), Died December 25, 1995 (Los Angeles (seat of Los Angeles County, and largest city in California, United States) )

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1934

Roles Represented in DAHR: conductor

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Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role	Audio
Columbia	W152759	10-in.	6/1/1934	Ionisation	Instrumental ensemble (unidentified; Columbia Records) ; Nicolas Slonimsky	Percussion ensemble	conductor
Columbia	W152760	10-in.	6/1/1934	Ionisation	Instrumental ensemble (unidentified; Columbia Records) ; Nicolas Slonimsky	Percussion ensemble	conductor

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Slonimsky, Nicolas," accessed December 25, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/101914.

Slonimsky, Nicolas. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 25, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/101914.

"Slonimsky, Nicolas." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 25 December 2025.

Fast: https://id.worldcat.org/fast/3796 - https://id.worldcat.org/fast/3796

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