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Nadia Boulanger: Thoughts on Music Published online by Cambridge University Press Eastman Studies in Music Ralph P. Locke, Senior Editor Eastman School of Music Additional Titles of Interest Aaron Copland and the American Legacy of Gustav Mahler Matthew Mugmon Aaron Copland’s Hollywood Film Scores Paula Musegades French Music, Culture, and National Identity, 1870–1939 Edited by Barbara L. Kelly From Boulanger to Stockhausen: Interviews and a Memoir Bálint András Varga The Karl Muck Scandal: Classical Music and Xenophobia in World War I America Melissa D. Burrage Music and Musical Composition at the American Academy in Rome Edited by Martin Brody Nadia Boulanger and the Stravinskys: A Selected Correspondence Edited by Kimberly Francis The New York Composers’ Forum Concerts, 1935–1940 Melissa J. de Graaf Stravinsky’s “Great Passacaglia”: Unifying Elements in the Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments Donald G. Traut Widor on Organ Performance Practice and Technique John R. Near A complete list of titles in the Eastman Studies in Music series may be found on our website, www.urpress.com. Published online by Cambridge University Press Nadia Boulanger: Thoughts on Music Edited and Translated by Jeanice Brooks and Kimberly Francis Published online by Cambridge University Press Copyright © 2020 by the Editors All rights reserved. Except as permitted under current legislation, no part of this work may be photocopied, stored in a retrieval system, published, performed in public, adapted, broadcast, transmitted, recorded, or reproduced in any form or by any means, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. First published 2020 University of Rochester Press 668 Mt. 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Cover design: riverdesignbooks.com Published online by Cambridge University Press Contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Editorial Apparatus and Critical Notes xiii Note on Translations xv List of Abbreviations xvii Timeline of Nadia Boulanger’s Life xix Introduction Thinking about Music: Nadia Boulanger’s Pensées 1 Frameworks 14 Themes and Debates 51 Part One: Journalism, Criticism, Tributes Le Monde musical, 1919–27 “Concerts Colonne-Lamoureux” (January 1919) 71 “Simples Réflexions” (March 1919) 82 “Concerts Colonne-Lamoureux” (May 1919) 91 “Concerts Colonne” (November 1919) 97 “Concerts Colonne” (December 1919) 105 “Walter Damrosch et le New-York Symphony Orchestra à Paris” (May 1920) 117 “Le Jubilé de W. Mengelberg” (June 1920) 123 “Concerts Colonne” (December 1920) 130 “Concerts Colonne” (March 1921) 146 “Concerts Colonne” (April 1921) 152 Published online by Cambridge University Press vi contents ❧ “Salle Gaveau: Flonzaley Quartet” (October 1921) 156 “Concerts Colonne” (November 1921) 159 “Concerts Koussevitzky” (November 1921) 173 “L’Heure Espagnole” (December 1921) 175 “Concerts Koussevitzky” (December 1921) 180 “Concerts Koussevitzky” (November 1923) 186 “Le Traité de’improvisation de Marcel Dupré” (January 1926) 191 “Le Chevalier à la Rose” (February 1927) 193 Other Critical Writing, 1913–29 “La Musique religieuse,” La Revue musicale (1922) 201 “L’Oeuvre théâtrale d’Albert Roussel,” La Revue musicale (1929) 208 Spectateur, 1946–47 “Le miracle de Toscanini” (June 18, 1946) 233 “Voici revenue la saison des concerts” (October 1, 1946) 235 “Concerts symphoniques: Premières auditions” (October 22, 1946) 238 “La symphonie d’Igor Strawinsky” (November 26, 1946) 241 “Les concerts symphoniques” (December 10, 1946) 243 “Les concerts symphoniques” (January 7, 1947) 252 “Les premières auditions” (January 21, 1947) 257 “Les concerts symphoniques: Un nouveau chef-d’œuvre d’Igor Strawinsky” (February 11, 1947) 260 “Igor Markevitch, Dinu Lipatti, Jean Françaix” (March 11, 1947) 263 “Karol Szymanowsky: Les grands concerts” (April 1, 1947) 267 “Les concerts symphoniques” (April 8, 1947) 274 “Les grands concerts, Béla Bartok” (April 22, 1947) 277 “Les grands concerts, Figure humaine de Francis Poulenc” (June 10, 1947) 280 “Les grands concerts” (June 24, 1947) 282 “Fin de saison” (July 11, 1947) 285 Tributes, 1924–78 In Memoriam: Tribute and Speech for the State Funeral for Gabriel Fauré (1924) 289 “Le professeur.” Auguste Chapuis (1934) 292 Published online by Cambridge University Press contents vii ❧ In Memoriam: Speech on the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Gabriel Fauré’s Death (1949) 295 In Memoriam: Dinu Lipatti (1952) 298 In Memoriam: Roger-Ducasse (1955) 302 Tribute: Igor Markevitch (1959) 304 In Memoriam: Jean Binet (1961) 306 In Memoriam: Marie-Blanche, Comtesse Jean de Polignac (1965) 308 “Un soir inoublié.” Tribute: Yehudi Menuhin (January 1967) 310 In Memoriam: André Caplet (1978) 312 Part Two: Lectures, Classes, Broadcasts Course Transcripts “La Musique moderne.” Le Monde musical (1926) 317 “La visite de l’Ecole Normale de Musique.” Conferencia (1933) 337 “Le Piano.” Le Monde musical (1936) 345 Lectures and Speeches Houston Lectures, Stenographies of Original English (1925) “Claude Achille Debussy,” Rice Institute Lecture no. 1 353 “French Music, Modern and Ultramodern,” Rice Institute Lecture no. 2 364 “Igor Stravinsky,” Rice Institute Lecture no. 3 375 “Teacher’s Lecture” 387 Lecture on Gabriel Fauré (undated [between 1940–49]) 399 On Hearing (undated) 407 Broadcasts Lecture for the BBC, “French Choral Music” (1936) 409 Lecture for the BBC, Music of the Week (1937) 414 Lecture for the BBC, Music of the Week, [“Dumbarton Oaks Concerto”] (1938) 417 “La Musique et la vie quotidienne.” The Listener (1938) 421 Script for a program of Bach cantata excerpts for the Club d’Essai (1947) 425 Script for a program of Haydn trios for the Club d’Essai (1948) 431 Published online by Cambridge University Press viii contents ❧ Thinking at the Close “Propos impromptus: Nadia Boulanger.” Le Courrier musical (1978) 435 Bibliography of Nadia Boulanger’s Published Writing 441 General Bibliography 445 Index 455 Published online by Cambridge University Press List of Illustrations Figures 1 Nadia Boulanger ca. 1910. Photo Henri Manuel. Centre International Nadia et Lili Boulanger. 3 2 Press photo of Boulanger, 1925. Photo Edmond Joaillier. Bibliothèque Nationale de France. 4 3 Nadia Boulanger and her students in her apartment at 36 rue Ballu, 1923. From left to right: Eyvind Hesselberg; unidentified; Robert Delaney; unidentified; Nadia Boulanger; Aaron Copland; Mario Braggiotti; Melville Smith; unidentified; Armand Marquiset. Library of Congress, Aaron Copland Collection, 478/2. 6 4 Boulanger’s draft for her December 1920 column for Le Monde musical, written on old stationery from her wartime charity work for the Comité Franco-Américain. Centre International Nadia et Lili Boulanger. 10 5 Program for the Concerts Colonne, with Nadia Boulanger’s notes about the performance. The concert on 14 December 1919, conducted by Willem Mengelberg, featured works by Weber, Dukas, Liszt and Beethoven. Bibliothèque Nationale de France. 19 6 Press photograph of the state funeral of Gabriel Fauré, November 1924. Boulanger was the only female speaker for the tributes to the composer. Bibliothèque Nationale de France. 33 7 Boulanger’s draft for her 1936 BBC broadcast, with musical notation to indicate aspects of delivery. Centre International Nadia et Lili Boulanger. 45 8 Nadia Boulanger in her home at 36 rue Ballu, 1958. Photo Charles Leirens. © Charles Leirens: Rights reserved. 50 Published online by Cambridge University Press x illustrations ❧ Examples “L’Oeuvre théâtrale d’Albert Roussel” 1 Padmâvatî, p. 1 213 2 Padmâvatî, p. 40 215 3 Padmâvatî, p. 60 216 4 Padmâvatî, p. 64 217 5 Padmâvatî, p. 71 217 6 Padmâvatî, p. 76–77 218 7 Padmâvatî, p. 90 219 8 Padmâvatî, p. 127 220 9 Padmâvatî, p. 129 221 10 Naissance de la lyre, p. 20 226 11 Naissance de la lyre, p. 24 227 12 Naissance de la lyre, p. 81 227 13 Naissance de la lyre, p. 6–7 228 14 Naissance de la lyre, p. 44 228 “Le Piano” 1 Mozart, Sonata in D Major, K. 284 348 2 Mozart, Sonata in G Major, K. 283 349 3 Mozart, Sonata in F Major, K. 280 350 4 Mozart, Sonata in A Minor, K. 310 351 Published online by Cambridge University Press