Nicolas Slonimsky: Writings on Music: Early Writings [1 ed.] 0415968658, 9780415968652, 9780203970287

Table of contents :
HALF-TITLE......Page 2
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 7
PREFACE......Page 11
A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR......Page 14
TANSMAN’S TRAITS PRODIGIOUS YOUTH, PROLIFIC COMPOSER NEW GUEST AT THE SYMPHONY CONCERTS......Page 16
STRAVINSKIANA......Page 19
THE AVIERINOS’ CONCERT......Page 22
BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION......Page 25
A WELCOMING HAIL......Page 28
YOUNG MODERNISTS HOE THEIR OWN ROW......Page 30
BY HIS FAITH, BY HIS WORK, TO THE END......Page 33
THE HAND THAT EVOKES MUSIC FROM THE ETHER......Page 37
FROM THE ETHER A “NEW” MUSIC IN NEW MANNER......Page 40
NEW STIRRINGS IN ETHER-WAVE MUSIC......Page 44
IN ARTHUR HONEGGER THE SYMPHONY CONCERTS RECEIVE A NOTABLE GUEST......Page 46
THE PATIENT, THE DOCTORS, THE VERDICTS......Page 50
COMPOSER, CONDUCTOR, COSMOPOLITE......Page 54
BY INNOVATION SHALL HEARERS RECOGNIZE HIM......Page 58
BOUNCING INTO FORTUNE’S LAP AND OUT AGAIN......Page 61
OUR JAZZING, THEIR JAZZING, REASONS WHY......Page 64
MODERNIST SPRUNG FROM THE ANCIENTS......Page 71
THE PIT THEY HAVE HOLLOWED FOR TOSCANINI......Page 74
UNALLOYED, UNDECORATED, UNDIMINISHED......Page 79
THIS AMERICA DEEP IN HIS FERVENT SOUL......Page 82
A SINGLE LINE IS GLAZUNOV’S MUSICAL LIFE......Page 86
SIDE-GLANCES AT PROKOFIEV NOW RETURNED......Page 89
IN EPITOME THE CAREER OF ROUSSEL......Page 92
WHO IS MOSSOLOV? AND WHAT IS HE?......Page 96
THE PSALMS AND PIETIES OF IGOR STRAVINSKY......Page 98
HE STRANGE CASE OF ARTHUR VINCENT LOURIÉ......Page 101
FORTUNATE YEARS FOR UNFORTUNATE COMPOSER......Page 104
WITH THE NEW CONCERTO FOR MIRROR......Page 108
FLORENT SCHMITT......Page 113
ENTER LASTLY THE YOUNGEST OF THE ANGELS......Page 116
SCIENTIFIC MIND TURNED ON MUSIC......Page 120
WELCOME FOR THE INCOMING MODERN MASTER......Page 122
FROM THE WEST COMPOSER NEW TO BOSTONIANS......Page 127
COMPOSER WHO HAS CLUNG TO HIS OWN WAY......Page 131
RANGING ROUND THE WORLD OF MUSIC......Page 135
RANGING ROUND THE MUSIC-WORLD......Page 139
RANGING ROUND THE WORLD OF MUSIC......Page 143
RANGING ROUND THE WORLD OF MUSIC......Page 147
MARGINAL NOTES ON THE RUSSIAN FILM......Page 151
MEMORANDUM ABOUT UNFAMILIAR MUSIC......Page 154
RANGING ROUND THE WORLD OF MUSIC......Page 156
MUSIC OF IVES ON NEW ENGLAND SCENE......Page 160
RANGING ROUND THE WORLD OF MUSIC......Page 162
SHOSTAKOVITCH, THE SOVIETS’ WONDER BOY......Page 165
RANGING ROUND THE MUSIC-WORLD......Page 168
VISITOR FROM MEXICO TO SYMPHONY CONCERTS......Page 172
VLADIMIR DUKELSKY, ALIAS VERNON DUKE......Page 175
NEW PLACING OF RAKHMANINOV......Page 179
INDEX......Page 182