Screen LibraryNadia Boulanger and her world /
"Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979) was arguably one of the most iconic figures in twentieth-century music, and certainly the most prominent woman musician of her time. Her reputation was such that for any composer, but especially American composers--from Aaron Copland to Philip Glass--a pilgrimage to...
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The University of Chicago Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Chicago, IL : |
| Publication Dates: | 2020. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: |
English French |
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The Bard music festival
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| Summary: |
"Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979) was arguably one of the most iconic figures in twentieth-century music, and certainly the most prominent woman musician of her time. Her reputation was such that for any composer, but especially American composers--from Aaron Copland to Philip Glass--a pilgrimage to Paris to study with her was obligatory. But how to define and account for Boulanger's impact on the music world is still unclear. Composer, performer, conductor, impresario, as well as a teacher of great personal charisma and inspirational effect, Boulanger engaged in a vast array of activities in a variety of media, from composition to performance, from private lessons and lecture-recitals to radio broadcasts, conducting, and recording. Her life takes us from a time in the late nineteenth century when it was hardly conceivable for a woman to make a career in music to the moment in the late twentieth century when those careers were imaginable, thanks in great part to the example of Boulanger and others of her generation. Ultimately, this volume takes its title as a topic for exploration-looking at the geography of transatlantic and international exchange and disruption within which her career unfolded and asking what worlds Boulanger belonged to, and in what sense we can consider any of them to be "hers.""-- |
| Item Description: |
Several contributions translated from French. Includes some texts by Nadia Boulanger. |
| Carrier Form: | xvi, 364 pages : illustrations, portraits, music, facsimiles ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780226750682 022675068X 9780226750712 022675071X |
| Index Number: | ML423 |
| CLC: | J605.565 |
| Call Number: | J605.565/N136 |
| Contents: |
Preface : The only woman in the picture -- The strange fate of Boulanger and Pugno's La ville morte / Serious ambitions : Nadia Boulanger and the composition of La ville morte / From the trenches : extracts from the final issue of the Paris Conservatory Gazette / From technique to musique : the institutional pedagogy of Nadia Boulanger / Nadia Boulanger's 1935 Carte du tendre -- 36 rue Ballu : a multifaceted place / "What an arrival!" : Nadia Boulanger's New world (1925) -- Modern French music : translating Fauré in America, 1925-1945 / For Nadia Boulanger : five poems by May Sarton -- Friend and force : Nadia Boulanger's presence in Polish musical culture / "What awaits them now?" : a letter to Paris / A letter from Professor Nadia Boulanger / The Beethoven lectures for the Longy School / Boulanger and atonality : a reconsideration / Why music? Aesthetics, religion, and the ruptures of modernity in the life and work of Nadia Boulanger / |