Slonimsky, Nicolas 1894 1995 (2 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Anchor books edition ; 521 pages ; 24 cm ; ISBN: 0385414218; 9780385414210 LCCN: 90-34995 ; LC: ML100; Dewey: 780/.3 ; OCLC: 21374430 ; "Originally published in hardcover by McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. in 1989" ; "Joyously idiosyncratic, witty and wise, this Lectionary of Music is a reader's encyclopedia which offers a change of pace from the usual dull entries in music reference texts. Slonimsky offers thumnbnail essays on just about all things musical, including plots of operas, histories of instruments, and much more." ; "Nicolas Slonimsky is author or editor of numerous books on music, including Music Since 1900, Lexicon of Musical Invective, Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns, and the redoubtable Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians." ; "Defines musical terms, and identifies important works, forms, and movements" ; stamp of The Carter Center, Atlanta on front endpaper ; VG. Book.

unbound. 1 page, 11 x 8.5 inches, Los Angeles, October 5, 1969, in part: "I am honored indeed by the inclusion of my name in your Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Music. I enclose herewith a list of my principal works." Accompanied by a two-page form, 14 x 8.5 inches, completed by hand and signed on page 2. Also accompanied by a four-page typed curriculum vitae, 11 x 8.5 inches and stapled, with handwritten corrections. The letter and form have staples in the upper left corners. All items are in very good condition.