Lexicon of Musical Invective

Lexicon of Musical Invective
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 348
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ISBN-10 : 039332009X
ISBN-13 : 9780393320091
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Download or read book Lexicon of Musical Invective written by Nicolas Slonimsky and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2000-08 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of critical assaults on well-known composers and their works written by the late Nicolas Slonimsky--writer, lexicographer, pianist, composer, conductor, teacher, and in his own words, "legendary...musicologist of manifold endeavors [and] failed wunderkind." It also includes his "Invecticon," an index to the nasty words and phrases found in the book. This is a reprint of the 1953 edition with a new foreword by Peter Schickele who describes the collection as "funny and instructive." c. Book News Inc.


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