Russian Biographical Dictionary [SEP] editor
Russian Biographical Dictionary
The Russian Biographical Dictionary (RBD, ) is a Russian-language biographical dictionary published by the Russian Historian Society edited by a collective with Alexander Polovtsov as the editor-in-chief. The dictionary was published in 25 volumes from 1896 to 1918 and considered as one of the most comprehensive Russian biographical sources for the 19th and early 20th century period.
External links.
- Online version
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Adams wrote the piece in tribute to his friend, the Russian-American composer, critic and musicologist Nicolas Slonimsky, who had recently died. Slonimsky, the long-time editor of "Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians," was the author of "The Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns," a book of which Adams has made frequent use. Adams describes Slonimsky as "a character of mind-boggling ability", and says that "Slonimsky's Earbox" "memorializes his wit and