Dear Dorothy - Letters from Nicolas Slonimsky to Dorothy Adlow

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.

List of contents

Foreword by Carol J. Oja
Introduction
Dorothy Adlow
Conducting in Havana, Paris, Berlin, Budapest, San Francisco, New York, 1931-32
The Hollywood Bowl, 1933
Latin America, 1941-42
The Soviet Union and Surrounding Lands, 1962-63

About the author

Nicolas Slonimsky, Electra Slonimsky Yourke

Product details

• Authors: Nicolas Slonimsky, Electra Slonimsky Yourke
• Assisted by: Electra Yourke (Editor), Electra Slonimsky Yourke (Editor)
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.12.2012
• EAN: 9781580463959
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-395-9
• No. of pages: 360
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 236 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 771 g
• Series: Eastman Studies in Music; Eastman Studies in Music
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries