Nicolas Slonimsky Collection, 1873-1997 Span: 1873-1997 Bulk: 1920-1990 English; Russian (Cyrillic) collection 500 ft. 354 boxes Nicolas Slonimsky (1894-1995) was a musicologist, composer, conductor, and lecturer. Included are personal biographical materials; Slonimsky's writings (drafts, typescripts, reprints, etc.) of newspaper, periodical, journal, and magazine articles, record liner notes, radio broadcasts, and talks, published and unpublished; music composed by Slonimsky; concert programs; correspondence, among many others, with Henry Cowell, Alexandre Gretchaninoff, Roy Harris, Charles Ives, and Edgard Varèse; biographical materials on composers and performers mostly generated when Slonimsky was editing Baker's Biographical Dictionary and The International Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians; music collected by Slonimsky; among the manuscripts are many short holographic works and fragments; scrapbooks; and iconographical material, such as family photographs an those of composers and musicians from the former Soviet Union, as well as little known musicians from the United States and elsewhere. Music, correspondence, books and related documents Nicolas Slonimsky Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress Slonimsky, Nicolas The papers of the most distinguished American music lexicographer of the 20th century. Researchers wishing to work with special collections are advised to inquire in advance about availability of material since many special collections are stored off-site. Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply. Slonimsky, Nicolas Cowell, Henry Grechaninov, Aleksandr Tikhonovich Harris, Roy Ives, Charles Varèse, Edgard ML31.S6 Performing Arts Encyclopedia scdb Music Division, Library of Congress http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu002011 IHAS 120821 loc.natlib.scdb.200033678