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Conducted debut performances of works by <a href="/people/225/000092946/">Charles Ives</a>, <a href="/people/756/000086498/">Edgard Var鑣e</a> (<i>Ionisation</i>, 1933), and <a href="/people/227/000092948/">Henry Cowell</a>. Responsible for overhauling <i>Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians</i> for its fifth edition in 1958, maintaining that reference in subsequent editions up to the eighth in 1991.<p><b>Father:</b> Leonid Slonimsky<br><b>Mother:</b> Faina Vengerova<br><b>Wife:</b> Dorothy Adlow (m. 30-Jul-1931, d. 1964)<br><b>Daughter:</b> Electra Yourke<br><p> University: St. Petersberg Conservatory (1910-18)<br> Teacher: <a href="/edu/267/000120904/">Eastman School of Music (1923-25)</a><br> Teacher: <a href="/edu/473/000068269/">Slavonic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University (1945-47)</a><br> Teacher: <a href="/edu/660/000082414/">Lecturer in Music, Simmons College (1948-49)</a><br> Teacher: <a href="/edu/471/000068267/">Music, University of California at Los Angeles (1964-67)</a><br><p> <a href="/event/582/000051429/">Naturalized US Citizen</a> 1931<br><p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR</font><br> <a href="/films/703/000088439/">Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (29-Jan-1994)</a> · Himself<br><p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>Music Since 1900</i> (<tt>1937</tt>)<br><i>Music of Latin America</i> (<tt>1945</tt>)<br><i>The Road to Music</i> (<tt>1947</tt>)<br><i>Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns</i> (<tt>1947</tt>)<br><i>A Thing or Two About Music</i> (<tt>1948</tt>)<br><i>Lexicon of Musical Invective</i> (<tt>1952</tt>)<br><i>Lectionary of Music</i> (<tt>1988</tt>)<br><i>Perfect Pitch: A Life Story</i> (<tt>1988</tt>, memoir)<br><i>Nicolas Slonimsky: The First Hundred Years</i> (<tt>1994</tt>, anthology, ed. <a href="/people/504/000048360/">Richard Kostelanetz</a>)<br><p> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=119678" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>