Chapter 1, 17 June 1932

Title

Chapter 1, 17 June 1932

Subject

Igor Stravinsky

Creator

Nadia Boulanger

Date

17 June 1932

Source

Paul Sacher Stiftung

Type

Letter

Extracted Text

1932 – 1937
Boulanger to Igor Stravinsky
36 rue Ballu 9th
Téléph: Trinité 90-17
June 17, 1932
My dear Friend,
How gladly I would have liked to greet you tomorrow, to join myself with those who love you
and to show you my inexpressible affection.
You are such a great light for us. You give me joy that is renewed each day—and you wish to
honor me with a friendship [and] a trust that is most precious to me.
Difficulties of the sort that you can imagine prevent us—my students and I—from sending you
the souvenir we reserved for you. I would like to hope that we will succeed in the end, because
losing this chance to do something for you is very hard on us.
Happy birthday, dear friend—and thank you, if only I could tell you what affection, what
admiration I have for you,
Yours,
Nadia Boulanger
1932-1937
Boulanger à Stravinsky
36 rue Ballu 9ème
Téléph:Trinité 90-17
17 juin 1932
Mon cher Ami,
Comme j’aurais aimé vous embrasser demain, me joindre à ceux qui vous aiment et vous
témoigner mon inexprimable attachement.
Vous êtes pour nous une si grande lumière. Nous vous devons des joies qui se renouvellent
chaque jour—et vous voulez bien m’honorer d’une amitié, d’une confiance que [sic] me sont
précieuses entre toutes.
Des difficultés d’un ordre que vous devinez, nous empêchent, mes élèves et moi, de vous
envoyer le souvenir que nous vous destinions. Je veux espérer que nous finirons par réussir, car
perdre cette opportunité de faire quelque chose pour vous, nous est très cruel.
Bonne fête, Cher Ami –et merci si je pouvais vous dire avec quelle affection, quelle admiration
je suis,
Votre
Nadia Boulanger

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Nadia Boulanger, “Chapter 1, 17 June 1932,” Digital Exhibits, accessed May 5, 2024, https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/items/show/2642.

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