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From: Daniel Wolf <djwolf@snafu.de>
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Subject: Nicholas Nabokov
Nicholas (Nikolaj) Nabokov (*17.4.03 Lubscha (Minsk) +6.4.78 New York) was a
naturalized American composer of minor talent and cousin of the writer. He
studied with Rebikoff in Moscow and Busoni in Berlin. His music was generally
neo-classical, reflecting his strong affinity for Stravinsky. In 1945, largely on the
basis of his linguistic skills, he was assigned to the US Army of Occupation in
Germany, where he took the first of a long series of positions advising American
authorities on cultural affairs and political policy. He was largely responsible for
rebuilding the cultural life in West Berlin. From 1952-63, as general secretary of the
C.I.A.-connected Congress for Cultural Freedom, he was a chief agent of cold
war cultural policy in Europe, which continued from 1963-68 in his role as
director of the Berliner Festwochen.
He was personally close to Igor and Vera Stravinsky (see Stravinsky,
_Selected Correspondence_ Vol. II) who took great concern with Nabokov's
choices for wives. Stravinsky, whose work featured strongly in Nabokov's
Berlin concerts, called N.N. "the culture generalissimo".
Daniel Wolf
http://home.snafu.de/djwolf/
----- Original Message -----
From: Donald Barton Johnson <chtodel@humanitas.ucsb.edu>
To: <NABOKV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2000 6:08 PM
Subject: Nikolai Nabokov : A Query (fwd)
> In conversations/commentary about Russian music one often comes across the
> name Nikolai Nabokov. Is he a relative of VN? He is quoted for example in
> "The New Shostakovich" and in quite a few commentaries on Stravinsky.
>
> Cheers!
> yours
> Kiran
>
> "Anything goes in Quantum Mechanics."
> -Prof. David McKenzie