Nadia Boulanger and the Stravinskys
«Reveals for the first time the full extent of the Boulanger-Stravinsky correspondence and allows us to set aside the errors and erroneous interpretations that [Robert] Craft introduced when he published forty of the letters in 1982. An indispensable complement to [Francis's] deeply researched study [Teaching Stravinsky]. . . . The translations from French into English are excellent. . . . The book has been well and carefully produced. H-FRANCE Full review: https://h-france.net/vol19reviews/vol19no258dufour.pdf»
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Published for the first time: a rich epistolary dialogue revealing one master teacher's power to shape the cultural canon and one great composer's desire to embed himself within historical narratives.
Nadia Boulanger and Igor Stravinsky began corresponding in 1929 when Stravinsky sought someone to supervise the musical education of his younger son, Soulima.
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Nadia Boulanger and Igor Stravinsky began corresponding in 1929 when Stravinsky sought someone to supervise the musical education of his younger son, Soulima. Boulanger accepted the position and began what would prove to be a warmand lasting dialogue with the Stravinsky family. For fifty years, Boulanger exchanged letters with Igor Stravinsky. An additional 140 letters exist written to Boulanger from Stravinsky's immediate family: his wife Catherine, hismother Anna, and his sons Théodore and Soulima.
Nadia Boulanger and the Stravinskys: A Selected Correspondence makes available a rich selection from this many-sided dialogue. The letters are published here in English translation (most for the first time in their entirety or at all). The little-known French originals are available on the book's companion website. The letters allow us to follow the conversation shared between Boulanger andthe Stravinskys from 1929 until 1972, the year following Igor Stravinsky's death. Through the words they exchanged, we see Boulanger and Stravinsky transition from respectful colleagues to close friends to, finally, distant icons, with music serving always as a central topic. These letters are a testament to one master teacher's power to shape the cultural canon and one composer's desire to embed himself within historical narratives. Their words touch upon matters professional and personal, musical and social, with the overall narrative reflecting the turmoil of life during the twentieth century and the fragility of artists hoping to leave their mark on the modernist period.
Kimberly A. Francis is Associate Professor of Music at the University of Guelph, Canada.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- University of Rochester Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 348
- ISBN
- 9781580465960
- Utgivelsesår
- 2018
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
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«Reveals for the first time the full extent of the Boulanger-Stravinsky correspondence and allows us to set aside the errors and erroneous interpretations that [Robert] Craft introduced when he published forty of the letters in 1982. An indispensable complement to [Francis's] deeply researched study [Teaching Stravinsky]. . . . The translations from French into English are excellent. . . . The book has been well and carefully produced. H-FRANCE Full review: https://h-france.net/vol19reviews/vol19no258dufour.pdf»
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