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Perfect Pitch, Third Revised Edition
An Autobiography
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Nicolas Slonimsky
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Edited by:
Electra Slonimsky Yourke
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2023
About this book
The autobiography of one of the 20th century’s most innovative and wittiest composers/performers/authors who witnessed the birth of modern music.
Author / Editor information
Nicolas Slonimsky (1894–1995) was a Russian-born United-States-based writer, lexicographer, pianist, composer, conductor, and champion of contemporary music. His many books include Thesaurus Of Scales And Melodic Patterns; and Lexicon of Musical Invective: Critical Assaults on Composers Since Beethoven's Time.
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"A rewarding, compelling and very funny read." — New York Times
"If you combine the Encyclopedia Britannica with a history of music written by Oscar Wilde, you will have something resembling the extraordinary Slonimsky memoirs." — Leonard Bernstein
"Rare is the book that can be praised both for its wisdom and for raucous humor. This is such a book." — Washington Post
"A rewarding, compelling and very funny read." — New York Times
"If you combine the Encyclopedia Britannica with a history of music written by Oscar Wilde, you will have something resembling the extraordinary Slonimsky memoirs." — Leonard Bernstein
"Rare is the book that can be praised both for its wisdom and for raucous humor. This is such a book." — Washington Post
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Front Matter
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Contents
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Illustrations
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Preface
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A Note About This Edition
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ST. Petersburg
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My Grandfather Invented The Telegraph
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Joyless Youth, Joyful Revolution
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Exodus
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Paris
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Rochester
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Koussevitzkiana
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Boston Beginnings
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Three Places in New England
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Time Out
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Disaster in Hollywood
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Puella
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Lofty Baton to Lowly Pen
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Jailed Friend
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Exotic Journeys
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Interpolation: Grossmutterakkord
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Back in The Family Fold
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America Loves Russia
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I, Diaskeuast!
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Fame and Fortune
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The Future of My Past
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California, Here I Come
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The Age of Absurdity
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Oral History
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Edgard Varèse
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Heitor Villa-Lobos
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Cultural Explosion In The U.S.S.R.
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Lexicographis Secundus Post Herculem Labor
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Index
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Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
March 1, 2023
eBook ISBN:
9781438491653
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
480
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Total Illustrations: 34
eBook ISBN:
9781438491653
Keywords for this book
Film, Visual Culture, and Performing Arts : Performing Arts; General Interest : General Interest; General Interest : Autobigraphy; Film, Visual Culture, and Performing Arts : Music
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General/trade;
