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Nicolas Nabokov with his cousin, the writer Vladimir Nabokov in 1950. (Left to right.)

Nicolas Nabokov (Николай Дмитриевич Набоков; 17 April [O.S. 4 April] 1903 – 6 April 1978) was a Russian-born composer, writer, and cultural figure. He became a U.S. citizen in 1939.[1]

  1. ^ Nabokov, Nicolas (1951). Old Friends and New Music (memoir). Boston: Little, Brown. OCLC 756321.
    • Nabokov, Nicolas (1975). Bagázh: Memoirs of a Russian Cosmopolitan. New York: Atheneum. ISBN 0-689-10656-4.
    • "Nicolas Nabokov Papers, Biographical Sketch at the University of Texas". Archived from the original on 1 September 2006. Retrieved 7 January 2007.
    • Wellens, Ian (2002). Music on the Frontline: Nicolas Nabokov's Struggle against Communism and Middlebrow Culture. Aldershot: Ashgate. ISBN 0-7546-0635-X

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Vladimir Nabokov

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and politics. His cousins included the composer Nicolas Nabokov. His paternal grandfather, Dmitry Nabokov (1827–1904), was Russia's Justice Minister during...

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CIA and the Cultural Cold War

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more conservative approach, as outlined under its General Secretary, Nicolas Nabokov, and concentrated its efforts on presenting older European works that...

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Sergey Nabokov

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liberation of the concentration camp, Sergey Nabokov died of dysentery and hunger. Ivan Nabokov (the son Nicolas Nabokov and cousin of Vladimir and Sergey) remembered...

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Chester Kallman

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libretto of Love's Labour's Lost (based on Shakespeare's play) for Nicolas Nabokov (1973). Additionally, they wrote the libretto "Delia, or, A Masque...

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Congress for Cultural Freedom

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neoconservatism," was also present. During the Berlin conference, Nicolas Nabokov proclaimed: "With this Congress we must build a war organization"....

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Archibald MacLeish

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In 1934, he wrote a libretto for Union Pacific [ru], a ballet by Nicolas Nabokov and Léonide Massine (Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo); it premiered in...

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List of Russian composers

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(1839–1881) Mansur Muzafarov (1902–1966) Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881–1950) Nicolas Nabokov (1903–1978) Vyacheslav Nagovitsin (born 1939) Aleksey Nasedkin (1942–2014)...

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Dmitri Shostakovich

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press conference where he was expected to read a prepared speech. Nicolas Nabokov, who was present in the audience, witnessed Shostakovich starting to...

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Chronological list of Russian classical composers

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Khachaturian (1903–1978) Matvey Blanter (1903–1990) Yuliy Meitus (1903–1997) Nicolas Nabokov (1903–1978) Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904–1987) Gavriil Popov (1904–1972)...

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Stephen Spender

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(2004) Trial of a Judge (1938) Rasputin's End (opera libretto, music by Nicolas Nabokov, 1958) The Oedipus Trilogy (1985) The Burning Cactus (1936, stories)...

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Isaiah Berlin

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Bowra, Roy Beddington, Stephen Spender, Inez Pearn, J. L. Austin and Nicolas Nabokov. In 1940, he presented a philosophical paper on other minds to a meeting...

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April 1978

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South African rugby union player; in Nelspruit, South Africa Died: Nicolas Nabokov, 74, Russian-American composer and writer A partial solar eclipse was...

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April 17

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Aleksander Klumberg, Estonian decathlete and coach (d. 1958) 1903 – Nicolas Nabokov, Russian-American composer and educator (d. 1978) 1903 – Gregor Piatigorsky...

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List of symphony composers

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symphonies Saburō Moroi (1903–1977), Japanese composer of 5 symphonies Nicolas Nabokov (1903–1978), Russian–American composer of 3 symphonies Priaulx Rainier...

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Sviatoslav Richter

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(forbidden) love". salon. Retrieved September 8, 2007. letter from Nicolas Nabokov to Igor Stravinsky, February 3, 1963, Stravinsky, selected correspondence...

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List of compositions for cello and piano

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sonata, Op. 12 in D (1911) Cello sonata, Op. 81 in A minor (1948–49) Nicolas Nabokov Prelude, Four Variations and Finale Luis Naon Tango del desamparo (1987)...

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List of First Edition Records releases

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Orchestra / Passacaglia, Adagio And Finale LP LOU-58-1 1958 Alexei Haieff, Nicolas Nabokov Ballet In E / Symboli Chrestiani For Baritone And Orchestra LP LOU-58-2...

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List of works influenced by Don Quixote

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Garayev 1965 Don Quixote, a ballet by George Balanchine, with music by Nicolas Nabokov, dedicated to and starring Suzanne Farrell. 1965 Man of La Mancha,...

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