Download or read book Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns written by Nicolas Slonimsky and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-17 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its publication in 1947, great musicians and composers of all genres, from Arnold Schoenberg and Virgil Thomson to John Coltrane and Freddie Hubbard, have sworn by this legendary volume and its comprehensive vocabulary of melodic patterns for composition and improvisation. Think about this book as a melodic reference manual or plot wheel. Looking for new material to add to your playing instruction, improvisations, or composition? This book has more than you'll ever be able to use. Many serious musicians have a copy of this lying around somewhere.
Download or read book Repository of Scales and Melodic Patterns written by Yusef Lateef and published by . This book was released on with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dear Dorothy written by Nicolas Slonimsky and published by University Rochester Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Lexicon of Musical Invective written by Nicolas Slonimsky and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns for Guitar written by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation and published by Music Sales Amer. This book was released on 2013-03-27 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Music Sales America). This book is a condensed, made-for-guitar version of Nicolas Slonimsky's publication Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns the book that musicians as diverse as John Coltrane and Frank Zappa used for ideas and inspiration. Musicians familiar with the original Thesaurus know that it contains a daunting amount of information crammed in its over 230 pages. But there is a definite symmetry and logic in these Slonimsky examples. What appear to be random patterns are actually mathematical combinations of some or all of the twelve notes in music. As the musician/student plays through the examples, the patterns will unfold and become more obvious.
Download or read book Slonimsky s Book of Musical Anecdotes written by Nicholas Slonimsky and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scathing reviews, whimsical stories, and diverting games fill the pages of this utterly engaging kaleidoscope of skewed tales on the world of Classical music. It dishes out a marvelous feast of tales served up by a master storyteller whose reach extends around the world and to the beginnings of civilization.
Download or read book The Road to Music written by Nicolas Slonimsky and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lectionary of Music written by Nicolas Slonimsky and published by Anchor. This book was released on 1990 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defines musical terms, and identifies important works, forms, and movements
Download or read book Perfect Pitch written by Nicolas Slonimsky and published by Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pianist, composer, conductor and now musical lexicographer recounts in fascinating detail a life that spans the whole of 20th-century music, ranging from his childhood in St. Petersburg through the Russian Revolution to his present career as a musical lexicographer. Illustrated.
Download or read book Schirmer Pronouncing Pocket Manual of Musical Terms written by Music Sales Corporation and published by Omnibus Press. This book was released on 1998-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Scriabin written by Boris de Schloezer and published by Berkeley : University of California Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Depicts the life of the Russian composer, Alexander Scriabin, and examines the influence of his mystical beliefs on his music.
Download or read book The Portable Baker s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians written by Nicolas Slonimsky and published by Schirmer Trade Books. This book was released on 1995 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This concise edition contains edited down entries from Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians 8th edition, and covers artists in the contemporary genres of jazz, rock and the blues. The rich and effective writing of Nicolas Slonimsky is given special attention.
Download or read book Perfect Pitch written by Nicolas Slonimsky and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slonimskyâs 1988 autobiography, expanded in 2002 by his daughter Electra Yourke, tells the fascinating story of his life as pianist, composer, conductor and musical lexicographer.
Download or read book Webster s New World Dictionary of Music written by Nicolas Slonimsky and published by Webster's New World. This book was released on 1998 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highly readable and authoritative, Webster's New World(TM) Dictionary of Music covers the world of music from A to Z, past and present, classical to reggae. This handy desktop reference is packed with over 12,000 entries covering everything you want to know about composers, conductors, theory, terms, instruments, musicians, singers, and more. Expanded entries give you detailed information about the most significant people, concepts and developments in music, such as: acoustics Beethoven Debussy, dodecaphonic music film music Gershwin Gottschalk harmony jazz Karajan leitmotiv Mendelssohn micronality Mozart Rimsky-Korsakov Rolling Stones Sibelius Slonimsky Velvet Underground Wagner whole-tone scale Webster's New World(TM) Dictionary of Music is the most up-to-date and complete music dictionary available in a compact paperback format. It is the perfect music reference for student, professional, casual listener, and aficionado alike.
Download or read book Selected Letters of Sergei Prokofiev written by Sergey Prokofiev and published by UPNE. This book was released on 1998 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume collects for the first time in English the most representative and enlightening of Prokofiev's letters, including some previously suppressed missives that have never before been published. Expertly translated and annotated by Harlow Robinson, the correspondence presented here covers Prokofiev's earliest years at St. Petersburg Conservatory, his extensive worldwide travels, and his return to Moscow. Among the correspondents are childhood friend Vera Alpers, harpist Eleonora Damskaya, ballet impresario Sergei Diaghilev, theatrical director Vsevolod Meyerhold, Soviet critic Boris Asafiev, composers Vernon Duke and Nikolai Miaskovsky, soprano Nina Koshetz, musicologist Nicolas Slonimsky, violinist Jascha Heifetz, conductor Serge Koussevitsky, and film director Sergei Eisenstein. Prokofiev vividly describes, often with dramatic flair and a quirky sense of humor, concerts, performances, his compositions, political events, and meetings with other musicians and composers. His observations are peppered with musical gossip as well as eccentric, original, and disarmingly apolitical insights.
Download or read book Nicolas Slonimsky Slonimskyana written by Nicolas Slonimsky and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2004 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the beginning, it was not at all obvious how to organize this collectionof Slonimsky writings, numbering in the hundreds. Clearly, Russian andSoviet music would be central. But also American music, North and South. Modern music cuts across all geographical categories. The articles variedconsiderably in length, tone, depth, intended readership. Written overmore than fifty years, their historic perspective and writing style shift andevolve.
Download or read book Baker s Student Encyclopedia of Music A G written by Laura Diane Kuhn and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 1999 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about various aspects of music, covering musicians, composers, compositions, instruments, musical terms, facts, and anecdotes; and includes illustrations and an index.
