Description: The autobiography of one of the 20th century's most innovative and wittiest composers/performers/authors who witnessed the birth of modern music
Brief description: Nicolas Slonimsky (1894-1995) was a Russian-born United-States-based writer, lexicographer, pianist, composer, conductor, and champion of contemporary music. His many books include Thesaurus Of Scales And Melodic Patterns; and Lexicon of Musical Invective: Critical Assaults on Composers Since Beethoven's Time.
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From the Original Reviews
"A rewarding, compelling and very funny read." - New York Times
"If you combine the Encyclopedia Britannica with a history of music written by Oscar Wilde, you will have something resembling the extraordinary Slonimsky memoirs." - Leonard Bernstein
"Rare is the book that can be praised both for its wisdom and for raucous humor. This is such a book." - Washington Post