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Nicolas Slonimsky Collection

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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newspaper, periodical, journal, and magazine articles, record liner notes, radio broadcasts, and talks, published and unpublished; music composed by Slonimsky; concert programs; correspondence, among many others, with Henry Cowell, Alexandre Gretchaninoff, Roy Harris, Charles Ives, and Edgar 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; manuscripts, including many short holographic works and fragments; scrapbooks; and iconographical material, such as family photographs and those of composers and musicians from the former Soviet Union, as well as little-known musicians from the United States and elsewhere.

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General

Span Dates: 1873-1997
Bulk Dates: 1920-1990
Major Language(s): English; Russian (Cyrillic)
Repository: Music Division, Library of Congress

Physical Collection

Number of Items: 118600
Number of Containers: 354
Linear Feet: 500
Contents: Music, correspondence, books and related documents
Processing History: Processed (1998-99)
Provenance: Gift of Slonimsky, 1969, and Electra Yourke, 1999

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Access Permissions: There are no restrictions on viewing any of the material in this collection. Copyright laws apply.
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Preferred Citation: Nicolas Slonimsky collection, Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Call no.: ML31.S6