The fascinating letters of conductor-author Nicolas Slonimsky
(1894-1995) to his wife, sharing his adventures as he traveled
around the world to conduct new American music. In the
mid-twentieth century renowned musicologist, conductor, and
lexicographer Nicolas Slonimsky traveled to cities throughout the
world to play and conduct music of the American avant-garde. From
trips to Paris, Berlin, Havana,New York, Los Angeles, Buenos Aires,
Rio de Janeiro, and Moscow, Slonimsky wrote letters to his wife,
the art critic Dorothy Adlow, vividly and humorously describing his
adventures. Dear Dorothy: Letters from NicolasSlonimsky to Dorothy
Adlow is a collection of these missives. Though personal, they
chronicle Slonimsky's work as an ambassador of modern music who
introduced twentieth-century composers, particularly American
composers, to audiences worldwide. Full of his admired wit and
energy, the letters recount his performances, rehearsals, lectures,
day-to-day activities in foreign cities and concert halls, and the
anxieties of stretching limited funds to cover an ever-expanding
itinerary. They also reveal a side of Slonimsky not seen from his
other published writings: a man with deep devotion to his wife and
family. Annotated and with an introduction by Slonimsky's daughter,
Electra Slonimsky Yourke, this collection documents the meeting of
historic musical cultures-Old World Europe, the Soviet Union, and
the vibrant countries of Latin America-with the modernist music of
the United States. Written in a lively, humorous style, these
letters will be of interest to scholars and students of American
music and social historians as well as musicians, music lovers, and
concertgoers. Electra Slonimsky Yourke is the daughter ofNicolas
Slonimsky and Dorothy Adlow, and editor of several collections of
her father's work, including The Listener's Companion and the
four-volume Writings on Music. Nicolas Slonimsky (1894-1995) was a
Renaissance man in the modern-music world of the mid-twentieth
century. Composer, conductor, critic, and lexicographer, he
authored many books including Lexicon of Musical Invective:
Critical Assaults on Composers since Beethoven's Time and a memoir,
Perfect Pitch.
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