Abstract
For the first time, the “Prelude” to “The Lexicon of Musical Invective,” written by Nicolas Slonimsky (1894–1995), a Russian and American musicologist, conductor, lexicographer and composer, will be published in Russian. It was originally published in 1953 and is the “anthology of critical assaults upon composers since the time of Beethoven.” In his introduction, titled “Non-Acceptance of the Unfamiliar,” the author informs that “the Lexicon of Musical Invective cites biased, unfair, ill-tempered, and singularly unprophetic judgments” and quotes the statements from various periodicals and books. The translation was made by Olga Egorova.
Keywords
F. Liszt,
R. Strauss,
J. Brahms,
L. van Beethoven,
R. Wagner,
music journalism,
musical criticism,
history of musical criticism,
F. Chopin,
R. Schumann,
P. I. Tchaikovsky
For citation
Slonimsky, N. L. “Non-acceptance of the unfamiliar. Prelude to a ‘Lexicon of Musical Invective’,” trans. from English by O. Egorova, Muzykal’naya akademiya [Music Academy], no. 4, 2024, pp. 98–119, doi:10.34690/434. (In Russ.)
Acknowledgments
The editors of the “Music Academy” journal express gratitude to the daughter of Nicolas Slonimsky, Electra York, and the publishing house “W. W. Norton & Company” for the publication permission.
Published
25.05.2023
Approved
18.06.2023
Submitted
18.12.2024
© Слонимский Н. Л., Егорова О. И., 2024
