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Nicolas Slonimsky

(1894-1995)
Russian-born American musicologist
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Nicolas Slonimsky (April 27 [O.S. April 15] 1894 – December 25, 1995), born Nikolai Leonidovich Slonimskiy (Russian: Никола́й Леони́дович Сло́нимский), was a Russian-born American conductor, author, pianist, composer and lexicographer. Best known for his writing and musical reference work, he wrote the Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns and the Lexicon of Musical Invective, and edited Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians.

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27 April 1894
Saint Petersburg, Russia
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25 December 1995 (aged 101)
Los Angeles, California, United States
Zodiac Taurus
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