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demo 1, noun (oh)



[C]
[Date: 1900-2000; Origin: demonstration]
a recording containing an example of someone's Music that is sent to a record company so that they can decide whether to produce it or not
::a demo tape
BrE informal an event at which a large group of people publicly protest about something
-synonym demonstration demonstration
::Police stood by to stop any pro-independence demos.
an explanation of how something works
-synonym demonstration demonstration
a) AmE an example of a product that is used to show what it is like or how it works
::demo homes on the new development
b) a computer program that shows what a new piece of Software will be able to do when it is ready to be sold
::Click here to download a demo of the new version of our Personal Finance Software.

Slonimsky, Nicolas (sh)




born April 27, 1894, St. Petersburg, Russia
died Dec. 25, 1995, Los Angeles, Calif., U.S.

Russian-born U.S. musicologist, conductor, and composer.

He left the Soviet Union after studies at the St. Petersburg Conservatory and settled in the U.S. in 1923. In the 1930s he conducted premieres of works by Charles Ives, Edgard Varese, and others. In Music Since 1900 (1937) he chronicled the century's musical life day by day. His Lexicon of Musical Invective (1952) collected wrongheaded musical criticism. His Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns (1947) was an inspiration to numerous composers. He edited four editions of Baker's Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1958-92). His commodious scholarship was undertaken with zest and humour, and near the end of his long life he was lionized by Frank Zappa and Other musicians.