Chapter 1, 5-18 June 1932

Title

Chapter 1, 5-18 June 1932

Subject

Nadia Boulanger

Creator

Igor Stravinsky

Date

5-18 June 1932

Source

Bibliothèque nationale de France

Type

Letter

Extracted Text

Stravinsky to Boulanger
Voreppe (Isère)
June 5–8, 1932
How can I thank you, dear Nadia, for your sketches that are so full of a friendship, which is
particularly precious to me since I know only too well the priceless virtues of your heart and
ears!
But, I beg of you, do not be extravagant in finding me things that I love passionately but which
are, because of the dark times in which we live, unaffordable for us other musicians. Leave those
to the rich, if there are any left.
Most fondly,
Your 50-year-old friend*
Igor Strawinsky
*OK, I know it’s “Quinquagenarian,” but the number sounds better
Stravinsky à Boulanger
Voreppe (Isère)
le 5-18 juin [19]32
Comment vous remercier, chère Nadia, pour vos esquisses pleinne [sic] d’amitié qui m’est tant
particulièrement précieuse puisque je connais trop bien les qualités inestimables de votre cœur et
de votre oreille !
Mais, je vous en supplie, ne faites pas des folies pour me trouver des choses que j’aime
passionnément mais qui sont, par le sinistre temps que nous vivons, inabordables, pour nous
autres musiciens. Laissons cela aux riches s’il y [sic] a.
Je vous embrasse de tout cœur
Votre cinquantenaire*,
Igor Strawinsky
*quinquagenaire [sic], j’admets, mais le nombre sonne mieux

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Igor Stravinsky , “Chapter 1, 5-18 June 1932,” Digital Exhibits, accessed December 22, 2024, https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/items/show/2643.

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