18 Facts About Nicolas Slonimsky

Nicolas Slonimsky was of Jewish origin; his grandfather was Rabbi Chaim Zelig Slonimsky.

Nicolas Slonimsky's parents adopted the Orthodox faith after the birth of his older brother, and Nicolas was baptized in the Russian Orthodox Church.

In Rochester, Nicolas Slonimsky continued his composition and conducting studies, with Albert Coates and Eugene Goossens, and accompanied Rosing at many vocal recitals, including a performance at Carnegie Hall in October 1924.

Nicolas Slonimsky began writing songs and other incidental pieces, and performed as a piano soloist and vocal accompanist.

Nicolas Slonimsky was a great champion of contemporary music, and through his interest in performing it met Henry Cowell and Charles Ives.

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Nicolas Slonimsky conducted the world premieres of Ives' Three Places in New England in 1931, Edgard Varese's Ionisation for thirteen percussionists in 1933, and various other works.

In 1931 Nicolas Slonimsky married Dorothy Adlow, art critic of The Christian Science Monitor.

Nicolas Slonimsky's was active as a critic and lectured extensively around the U S, serving on panels and art juries.

In 1932, Nicolas Slonimsky conducted a series of concerts in Havana highlighting Ives, Ruggles, Cowell, Amadeo Roldan and Alejandro Garcia Caturla.

Nicolas Slonimsky then traveled to Paris, Berlin and Budapest to conduct further concerts.

Nicolas Slonimsky mentioned at the time he found conducting to be "the nearest approximation to music in motion.

Nicolas Slonimsky described himself as a "diaskeuast", a "reviser or interpolator".

Nicolas Slonimsky produced the chronology Music Since 1900, and later after travelling in Latin America, produced the first thorough coverage in English, Music of Latin America.

Nicolas Slonimsky taught at UCLA for three years, and lectured and spoke about music, introducing himself to classes by spelling out his name: "Slonimsky.

Nicolas Slonimsky became a friend of avant-garde composer and rock guitarist Frank Zappa, and performed some of his own compositions at a Zappa concert in Santa Monica, California, in 1981.

Nicolas Slonimsky named his cat Grody-to-the-Max after learning the phrase from Zappa's daughter Moon Zappa.

Nicolas Slonimsky wrote the Lectionary of Music as a "reading dictionary, " as he called it.

Nicolas Slonimsky died in Los Angeles in 1995, at the age of 101, 4 years after the Dissolution of the Soviet Union.