Nicolas Slonimsky (1894-1995) was an influential and celebrated writer on music. Born in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1894, in his 101 years he taught and coached music; conducted the premieres of several 20th century masterpieces; composed works for piano and voice; and oversaw the 5th-8th editions of the classic Baker'sBiographical Dictionary of Musicians. Beginning in 1926, Slonimsky resided in the United States. From his arrival, he wrote provocative articles on contemporary music and musicians, many of whom were his personal friends. Working as a freelance author, he built a large file of review, articles, and even manuscripts for books that were never published. This collection brings together the cream of this material in 4 volumes.

• Volume Three Music of the Modern Era, Preface, PART l. GENERAL ARTICLES 1 Modem Music: An Airplane View (1926) 2 Music in Cuba (1933) 3 Four Modernist Composers [Harris, Varese, Cowell, Antheil] (1934) 4 Modem Italian Music (1937-38) 5 The Status of the Latin American Composer (1942) 6 The New World of Dodecaphonic Music (1950) 7 Introductory Essay (1959) 8 The Marvelous Season 1912-1913 (1963) 9 New Music in Greece (1965) 10 Music for a Twentieth-Century Violinist (1974) 11 Introduction [to Twentieth Century Music] (1984) PART II. INDIVIDUAL COMPOSERS 12 Modem Immortals [Bartok & Schoenberg] (1950) 13 Cartula of Cuba [Alejandro Caturla] (1940) 14 Chou Wen-chung (1961) 15 Henry Cowell (1933) 16 Howard Hanson: The ''American Sibelius (1944) 17 Charles Ives-Musical Rebel (1953)-Musical Prophet (1954) 18 Ulysses Kay (date unknown) 19 Benjamin Lees in Excelsis (1975) 20 Conlon Nancarrow: Complicated Problem- Drastic Solution (1962) 21 Walter Piston (1933) 22 Wallingford Riegger (date unknown) 23 Roger Sessions (1933) 24 Geometrie Sonore: Edgar Varese (1983) 25 Heitor Villa-Lobos- A Visit (1941)- The Flamboyant Chanticleer (1962) PART Ill. MONOGRAPH 26. Roy Harris: Cimarron Composer (1952)-His Life-His Music-Catalogue of Works by Harris Index.