Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Sketch
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1894, Apr. 27 | Born, St. Petersburg (Nikolai Leonidovich) |
| 1900, Nov. 6 | Studied piano with his aunt, Isabelle Vengerova |
| 1919 | Composition lessons with Glière |
| 1920 | Instructor, Yalta Conservatory Piano accompanist for singers |
| 1921 | Arrived in Paris Secretary and rehearsal pianist for Serge Koussevitzky |
| 1923 | Coach, Eastman School of Music opera department Studied composition with Selim Palmgren; conducting with Albert Coates |
| 1925 | Worked for Koussevitzky in Paris and Boston Composed "Make This a Day of Pepsodent," "No More Shiny Nose," "Children Cry for Castoria" (singing commercials) |
| 1927 | Fired by Koussevitzky Organized the Chamber Orchestra of Boston |
| 1927-1929 | Conducted the Pierian Sodality at Harvard |
| 1928 | Studies in Black and White for piano |
| 1928-1930 | Directed the Apollo Chorus |
| 1931, Jan. 10 | Conducted first performance of Charles Ives' Three Places in New England, Town Hall, New York |
| 1931 | Married Dorothy Adlow (died 1964) Became naturalized US citizen |
| 1931-1932 | Conducted concerts of modern American, Cuban and Mexican music in Paris, Berlin, and Budapest under the auspices of the Pan-American Association of Composers |
| 1932 | Conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic |
| 1933 Mar. | Premiere Varèse's Ionisation |
| 1933 | First appearance at Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles |
| 1937 | Invented the term "Pandiatonicism" Published Music Since 1900. New York: W.W. Norton |
| 1942 | My Toy Balloon |
| 1945 | Gravestones Published Music of Latin America. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company |
| 1945-1947 | Lectured in Slavic languages and literatures at Harvard |
| 1946 | Edited The International cyclopedia of music and musicians, 4th edition. New York: Dodd, Mead |
| 1947 | Published Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns. New York: Coleman-Ross Company Published The Road to Music. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company |
| 1952 | Published Lexicon of Musical Invective. New York: Coleman-Ross |
| 1962-1963 | Traveled in Russia, Poland, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania, Greece, and Israel under the auspices of the Office of Cultural Exchange, U.S. Department of State |
| 1965, May 5 | Möbius Strip-Tease performed at UCLA |
| 1968, Feb. 2 | Sex and the Music Librarian |
| 1971 | Published Music Since 1900, 4th edition. New York: C. Scribner's Sons |
| 1971-1977 | Minitudes |
| 1987 | Translated Boris de Schloezer's biography of Scriabin into English Perfect Pitch |
| 1988 | Published Lectionary of Music. New York: McGraw-Hill |
| 1995, Dec. 25 | Died, Los Angeles |
| 1996, Jan. 22 | Memorial service at UCLA |