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- Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
- ISBN: 039332009X
- WAPI (Tower ID): 101789480
- Release Date: July 1, 2000
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #153798 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
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- #73 in Genres & Styles - Classical (See Top 100 Genres & Styles - Classical Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "Lexicon of Musical Invective" by Nicolas Slonimsky to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Lexicon of Musical Invective"Browse more products related to "Nicolas Slonimsky"Publisher's noteA snakeful of critical venom aimed at the composers and the classics of nineteenth- and twentieth-century music. Who wrote advanced cat music? What commonplace theme is very much like Yankee Doodle? Which composer is a scoundrel and a giftless bastard? What opera would His Satanic Majesty turn out? Whose name suggests fierce whiskers stained with vodka? And finally, what third movement begins with a dog howling at midnight, then imitates the regurgitations of the less-refined or lower-middle-class type of water-closet cistern, and ends with the cello reproducing the screech of an ungreased wheelbarrow? For the answers to these and other questions, readers need only consult the "Invecticon" at the back of this inspired book and then turn to the full passage, in all its vituperation. Among the eminent reviewers are George Bernard Shaw, Virgil Thomson, Hans von Bulow, Friedrich Nietzsche, Eduard Hanslick, Olin Downes, Deems Taylor, Paul Rosenfeld, and Oscar Wilde. Itself a classic, this collection of nasty barbs about composers and their works, culled mostly from contemporaneous newspapers and magazines, makes for hilarious reading and belongs on the shelf of everyone who loves-or hates -classical music. With a new foreword by Peter Schickele ("P.D.Q. Bach"). If You Enjoy "Lexicon of Musical Invective (Paperback)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Lexicon of Musical Invective (Paperback)" by Nicolas Slonimsky (Author)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Genres & Styles - Classical Bestsellers
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