Nicolas Slonimsky (
April 27,
1894 -
December 25,
1995) was a
Russian-
American composer and conductor,
music critic, and a musician an author. He immigrated to the
United States in 1923. Slonimsky authored
Baker's Dictionary of Music & Musicians and was head editor until
1992. He also authored the work
The Lexicon of Muscial Invective, which lashed out at blunders made in the music industry. He died at age 101.