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Nicolas Nabokov : a life in freedom and music /

This first biography of Nicolas Nabokov (1903-78) reevaluates the role of the Russian-born American composer as a postwar cultural force, notably as secretary general of the Congress for Cultural Freedom in the 1950s and 1960s, and the contribution to twentieth-century music of this collaborator of...

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Main Author: Giroud, Vincent (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Nabokov, Nicolas, > 1903-1978.
Nabokov, Nicolas, > 1903-1978
Composers > Biography.
Compositeurs > Biographies.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Classical.
MUSIC > Reference.
Composers
Electronic books.
collective biographies.
Biographies
Biographies.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This first biography of Nicolas Nabokov (1903-78) reevaluates the role of the Russian-born American composer as a postwar cultural force, notably as secretary general of the Congress for Cultural Freedom in the 1950s and 1960s, and the contribution to twentieth-century music of this collaborator of Diaghilev, Stravinsky, and Balanchine.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0199399905
9780199399901
9780199399932
019939993X
0199399913
9780199399918