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The first collection ever of essays and reviews by the renowned pedagogue, composer, and conductor, providing fresh perspectives on her musical influence and impact.
The impact of Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979) on twentieth-century music was vast: as composer, keyboard performer, conductor, impresario, and pedagogue. Her extensive musical networks included figures such as Fauré, Stravinsky, and Poulenc, and her advocacy helped establish the compositions of her sister Lili Boulanger.
Few today realize, though, that Boulanger wrote numerous essays and reviews at various times in her career. These offer unparalleled insight into her thinking and illuminate aspects of musical culture in Europe and America from the rare point of view of an internationally prominent female artist.
Nadia Boulanger: Thoughts on Music provides a translation and critical edition of selected writings chosen for their quality and interest. The previously published articles and essays have never been reissued since their original appearance; the remaining materials are presented to readers here for the first time. The volume renders all these materials widely available, providing an important new resource for teaching and scholarship on twentieth-century music as well as an engaging collection of musical essays for the general reader.
The impact of Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979) on twentieth-century music was vast: as composer, keyboard performer, conductor, impresario, and pedagogue. Her extensive musical networks included figures such as Fauré, Stravinsky, and Poulenc, and her advocacy helped establish the compositions of her sister Lili Boulanger.
Few today realize, though, that Boulanger wrote numerous essays and reviews at various times in her career. These offer unparalleled insight into her thinking and illuminate aspects of musical culture in Europe and America from the rare point of view of an internationally prominent female artist.
Nadia Boulanger: Thoughts on Music provides a translation and critical edition of selected writings chosen for their quality and interest. The previously published articles and essays have never been reissued since their original appearance; the remaining materials are presented to readers here for the first time. The volume renders all these materials widely available, providing an important new resource for teaching and scholarship on twentieth-century music as well as an engaging collection of musical essays for the general reader.
Price: $190.00
Pages: 508
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc.
Imprint: University of Rochester Press
Publication Date:
01 August 2020
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9781580469678
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music, Biography: arts and entertainment, MUSIC / History & Criticism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, Composers and songwriters, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, History of music, Music reviews and criticism
An essential guide to the thoughts of an essential woman.
Brooks and Francis have brought together an important body of knowledge that it is equal parts academic and historic. Prefacing over 400 pages of Boulanger's own work is a profound and detailed introduction and raison d'etre for the project. This is a long overdue central component, now finally available to an English speaking audience, of the long lived and influential figure that was Mademoiselle Nadia Boulanger.
Brooks and Francis have brought together an important body of knowledge that it is equal parts academic and historic. Prefacing over 400 pages of Boulanger's own work is a profound and detailed introduction and raison d'etre for the project. This is a long overdue central component, now finally available to an English speaking audience, of the long lived and influential figure that was Mademoiselle Nadia Boulanger.
Introduction
PART 1: JOURNALISM, CRITICISM, TRIBUTES
Le Monde Musical, 1919-1927
Other critical writing, 1913-1929
"La musique religieuse," La Revue musicale (1922)
"L'oeuvre théâtrale d'Albert Roussel," La Revue musicale (1929)
Spectateur, 1946-1947
Tributes, 1924-1978
PART 2: LECTURES, CLASSES, AND BROADCASTS
Course transcripts
Lectures and speeches
Broadcasts
Thinking at the Close
"Propos impromptus: Nadia Boulanger" Le Courrier musical (1978)
Bibliography of Nadia Boulanger's published writing
General Bibliography
PART 1: JOURNALISM, CRITICISM, TRIBUTES
Le Monde Musical, 1919-1927
Other critical writing, 1913-1929
"La musique religieuse," La Revue musicale (1922)
"L'oeuvre théâtrale d'Albert Roussel," La Revue musicale (1929)
Spectateur, 1946-1947
Tributes, 1924-1978
PART 2: LECTURES, CLASSES, AND BROADCASTS
Course transcripts
Lectures and speeches
Broadcasts
Thinking at the Close
"Propos impromptus: Nadia Boulanger" Le Courrier musical (1978)
Bibliography of Nadia Boulanger's published writing
General Bibliography