Table of Contents

Foreword by Carol J. Oja
Introduction
Dorothy Adlow
Conducting in Havana, Paris, Berlin, Budapest, San Francisco, New York, 1931-32
The Hollywood Bowl, 1933
Latin America, 1941-42
The Soviet Union and Surrounding Lands, 1962-63

Reviews

These are delightful letters, elegantly written, fastidiously edited, and, in addition to the valuable contextual information they provide, create a picture of a uniquely positive and generous human being.
*MUSIC & LETTERS*

Even franker than Slonimsky's 1988 memoirs Perfect Pitch: A Life Story. . . . Slonimsky was alert to piano gossip during his trips. . . . A genial wit.
*INTERNATIONAL PIANO*

Slonimsky (1894-95) was an important adjunct to the world of 'modern' music during much of the 20th century. . . . The letters . . . are affectionate, charming, . . . sometimes astonishing. They reveal much . . . about Slonimsky's travels and concert giving, and the difficulties composers faced (between 1931 and 1963).
*CHOICE*

This remarkable, edifying collection of letters vividly illuminates the personality, unique ideas, and musical journeys of Nicolas Slonimsky, one of the most eloquent musical figures of the twentieth century. --
*Sabine Feisst, author of Schoenberg's New World: The American Years*

Readers join Dorothy Adlow as her husband, the indefatigable Nicolas Slonimsky, regales her with his musicological adventures and journeys of self-discovery. Thanks to his epistolary habit and her archivist inclinations, we see the personal Slonimsky as well as the 'roving ambassador from the world of new music,' the proud linguist and humorist, the collector of scores and acquaintances, and one of the twentieth century's most beloved musical polymaths at work. --
*Denise Von Glahn, professor of musicology, Florida State University.*