Period: Early 20th Century
Born: Tuesday, May 14, 1872 in Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
Died: 1953 in Los Angeles, California (USA)
Nation of Origin: United States
Major Works:
Music for silent films
Other Information:
John Stepan Zamecnik was a student of Anton Dvorak and a prolific writer of music for silent film orchestras. For complete information, see his biography linked below.
General Bibliography:
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN: 0198691629
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc., January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group, December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
Slonimsky, Nicolas, Music Since 1900, Schirmer Books, July 1994, ISBN: 0028724186
Links to essays at other sites:
![]() Twentieth Century Music: An Introduction by Eric Salzman |
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Biography by Rodney Sauer
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