Music Since 1900

by Nicolas Slonimsky

This indispensable music reference provides a day-by-day account of events and accomplishments in the world of music since the turn of the century. This new edition combines the 1971 fourth edition and the 1986 Supplement, and adds 500 new entries covering the years 1986-1991. It provides a complete history of this century's music in one volume. Includes a dictionary of terms and index.

Genres: Music, Reference, Nonfiction

1260 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1937

About the author

Nicolas Slonimsky (April 27 [O.S. April 15] 1894 – December 25, 1995), born Nikolai Leonidovich Slonimskiy was a Russian-American musicologist, conductor, pianist, lexicographer, and composer.

Throughout his life, Slonimsky wrote extensively for periodicals and newspapers, produced program and liner notes, and contributed to numerous reference works. He is best known for editing Theodore Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians.