Nicolas Slonimsky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nicolas Slonimsky

Russian composer

Date of Birth: 15-Apr-1894

Place of Birth: Saint Petersburg

Date of Death: 25-Dec-1995

Profession: composer, conductor, pianist, music critic, lecturer, musicologist, lexicographer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Nicolas Slonimsky (April 27 [O.S.
April 15] 1894 – December 25, 1995), born Nikolai Leonidovich Slonimskiy (Russian: ??????´? ?????´????? ???´???????), was a Russian-born American conductor, author, pianist, composer and lexicographer.
Best known for his writing and musical reference work, he wrote the Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns and the Lexicon of Musical Invective, and edited Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians.