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Date of Birth
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27-April-1894
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Place of Birth
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Saint Petersburg
(Russia, Northwestern Federal District)
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Nationality
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United States of America, Russia
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Also know as
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Nikolai Leonidovich Slonimsky
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Profession
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Composer, Conductor, Author, Music critic, Lexicographer
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Nicolas Slonimsky, born Nikolai Leonidovich Slonimskiy, 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.
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