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English translation and transcription of French originals from Chapter 5 of Kimberly Francis, Nadia Boulanger and the Stravinskys (University of Rochester Press, 2018)
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Chapter 5, 22 November 1954
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Igor Stravinsky
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Nadia Boulanger
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Stravinsky to Boulanger
1260 North Wetherly Drive
Hollywood 46, California
Mademoiselle Nadia Boulanger
36 rue Ballu
Paris 9th, France
November 22, 1954
My dear Nadia,
Received your charming letter . . .
I am sorry not to be able to respond to you favorably, but this jury business in Monaco is
completely impossible for me.
I want to stay in Rome for a few days to rest before going directly to Baden-Baden, where I will
have more work than normal because of Rosbaud's absence at the moment.
On the other hand, I look forward to seeing you in Rome, where I will stay as usual at the
Hassler. We will arrive there on March 31.
All my congratulations on fifty years of teaching . . . What an important number!
I, who am older than you, cannot say the same, because my career as a composer started in 1907
with my first Symphony and my Suite for Voice and Orchestra, Le Faune et la Bergère, for
which Rimsky arranged a performance in the Imperial Court.
See you soon,
Fond and affectionate wishes,
Love,
I. Str.
�
Stravinsky à Boulanger
1260 North Wetherly Drive
Hollywood 46, California
Mademoiselle Nadia Boulanger
36 rue Ballu
Paris 9eme
, France
22 novembre 1954
Chere Nadia,
Votre charmante lettre recue…
Je suis navre de ne pas pouvoir vous repondre favorablement mais cette affaire de jury a Monaco
est tout a fait impossible pour moi.
Je veux rester a Rome quelques jours pour me reposer avant d’aller directement a Baden-Baden
ou j’aurai plus de travail que d’habitude a cause de l’absence de Rosbaud a ce moment.
Par contre je compte vous voir a Rome ou je descendrai comme d’habitude au Hassler. Nous y
arriverons le 31 Mars.
Toutes mes felicitations pour vos 50 ans de professorat… Quel chiffre important !
Moi qui suis plus age que vous je ne peux pas en dire autant puisque ma carriere de compositeur
a commence en 1907 avec ma premiere Symphonie et ma Suite pour Chant et Orchestre, Le
Faune et la Bergere, dont Rimsky avait arrange l’execution dans un concert de la cour imperiale.
A bientôt,
Je vous embrasse bien affectueusement,
Love
I. Str.
�
1954
Author: Igor Stravinsky
Hans Rosbaud
Igor Location: California
Nadia Location: 36 rue Ballu
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Recipient: Nadia Boulanger
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English translation and transcription of French originals from Chapter 5 of Kimberly Francis, Nadia Boulanger and the Stravinskys (University of Rochester Press, 2018)
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Chapter 5, 18 November 1954
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Nadia Boulanger
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Igor Stravinsky
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Boulanger to Stravinsky
Ecoles d’art américaines
Fondation reconnue d’utilité publique
Conservatoire de musique – Ecole des beaux-arts
Palais de Fontainebleau
November 18, 1954
Dear Friend,
What a letter . . . and what good news!!
And it’s given me a bunch of ideas.
I’m going to do the impossible to be in Rome on the 6th, but, again . . . don’t protest before
having finished the paragraph:
The Olympic Games have opened a competition for the composition of a hymn intended for the
1955 Games. Three minutes of music, a prize of $1000. The jury will meet in Monaco on April
18 (until April 21), invited by the Prince to the Palace, travel included, for example Rome–
Monaco–Baden-Baden. We could begin the 17th (or the 17th to the 20th) (or even 18th to the
19th) (or 16th,17th,18th). It is impossible to tell you how happy I’d be if you agreed to be a part
of this jury. I beg of you to try to to remain open-minded. If the date must be pushed forward a
bit, it will be done.
I will be watching for the mail with utmost impatience!! Tuesday I will conduct a concert that
the radio kindly offered to celebrate my fifty years as a professor. I wouldn’t dare play music in
front of you, but . . . I would love for you to be there, you, who plays such a role in my life.
What success for Vera. I am so happy for her. Truly count on my being there on the 6th. What
hotel are you staying at?
With fond, wholehearted wishes,
Nadia B.
�
Boulanger à Stravinsky
Ecoles d’art américaines
Fondation reconnue d’utilité publique
Conservatoire de musique – Ecole des beaux-arts
Palais de Fontainebleau
18 novembre 1954
Cher Ami,
Quelle lettre…de si bonnes nouvelles !
Et qui me donne des tas d’idées.
Vais faire l’impossible pour être à Rome le 6.
Mais encore…ne protestez pas avant d’avoir fini le paragraphe :
Les Jeux Olympiques ont ouvert un concours pour la composition d’un hymne destiné au jeux
1955. 3 minutes de musique, prix de 1000 dollars—le jury se réussit à Monaco le 18 avril au 21
avril, invité par le Prince au Palais, voyage compris, par exemple de Rome [-] Monaco [-] Baden
Baden [sic]. On pourrait commencer le 17, (ou du 17 au 20), (ou même 18-19), (ou 16, 17,18).
Vous dire ma joie si vous acceptiez de faire partie de ce jury est impossible. Je vous en supplie
tachez de laisser vous attendriez [attendrir]. S’il faut avancer un peu la date, ce sera fait.
Avec quelle impatience, je fais gue[tt]er le courrier !! Mardi je dirige un concert offert très
gentiment par la radio pour fêter mes 50 ans de professorat. Je n’oserais pas faire de la musique
devant vous, mais…j’aurais pourtant aimé que vous fassiez là, vous qui jouez un tel role [sic]
dans ma vie.
Quel succès pour Vera—j’en suis si heureuse. Compte vraiment être là le 6—à quel hotel [sic]
descendez[-]vous ?
Je vous embrasse de tout cœur,
Nadia B.
�
1954
Author: Nadia Boulanger
Nadia Location: Fontainebleau
Recipient: Igor Stravinsky
Vera Stravinsky
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Chapter 5, 14 November 1954
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Igor Stravinsky
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Nadia Boulanger
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Stravinsky to Boulanger
Hollywood
November 14, 1954
Carissima Nadia,
Your kind letter gave me great pleasure. Indeed, we’ve been without news from you for a long
time, but, as you say nothing to me about yourself, being full of discretion, I will not ask you
questions and will try to convince myself that everything is following its normal course. It
depends on one question: am I right? Please respond.
We are going to Europe once again this spring, at the end of March this time, because Vera will
have (at the start of April) her first art show (Galleria Obelisco in Rome). Exciting news, isn’t it?
To make this journey work I have arranged a few concerts. So, we fly from NY to Lisbon to
conduct my first concert in Madrid (March 25), from there to Rome (April 6), then Baden-Baden
(April 22), then Lugano (April 28) and Stuttgart (May 3) from where we go to Copenhagen to
take this new SAS Danish airplane from there that as of today flies to Los Angeles (22 hours
through the Arctic). Will we see one another somewhere in Europe? Please respond.
Happy to have your kind remarks about my In Memoriam. I have already recorded it (Columbia),
yes, just a few days before its premiere in concert (conducted by Bob Craft) in Dylan Thomas’s
memory, this piece was played beside unforgettable works by Purcell, Gabrieli, Schütz, and
Bach. Aldous Huxley also very graciously took part in this, paying homage to the great poet. I
will conduct In Memoriam in Rome (probably Cuénod) with my Cantata (probably Laszlo and
Cuénod); the second half of the program will be Oedipus Rex (probably Laszlo and Peter Pears).
It would be too good so see you at this concert!
Love,
I Str.
�
Stravinsky à Boulanger
Hollywood
14 novembre 1954
Carissima Nadia,
Votre sympathique lettre m’a fait grand plaisir ; en effet, il y a longtemps qu’on est sans
nouvelles de vous mais, comme vous ne me parlez rien de vous-même, plein de discretion je ne
vous pose pas de questions et tache de me convaincre que tout suit son cours normal. Une
question dependant : ai-je raison ? R.S.V.P.
Nous allons de nouveau en Europe ce printemps, fin mars cette fois-ci, car Vera aura (debut
avril) sa premiere exposition de tableaux (galleria Obelisco a Rome). Exciting news, n’est-ce pas
? Pour realiser ce voyage j’ai arrange qq concerts. Donc on vole de NY a Lisbonne pour diriger
mon premier concert a Madrid (25 mars), de la a Rome (6 avril), puis Baden Baden [sic] (22
avril), puis Lugano (28 avril) et Stuttgart (3 mai) d’où en va a Copenhague pour y prendre ce
nouvel avion danois SAS qui commence aujourd’hui meme ces vols a Los Angeles (22 heures
par les regions arctiques). Se verra-t-on quelque part en Europe? R.S.V.P.
Heureux d’avoir vos bonnes paroles sur mon In Memoriam. Je l’ai déjà enregistre (Columbia),
oui, juste qq jours avant sa premiere dans un concert (dirige par Bob Craft) a la mémoire de
Dylan Thomas, ou cette piece était jouee a cote des pages inoubliables de Purcell, Gabrielli ,
Schütz et Bach. Alduous Huxley y pris part tres gracieusement lui aussi rendant hommage au
grand poete. Je vais diriger In Memoriam a Rome (probablement Cuenod) avec ma Cantate
(probablement Laszlo et Cuenod); la seconde moitie du programme sera Oedipus Rex
(probablement Laszlo et Peter Pears). Ce serait trop beau de vous voir a ce concert !
Love
I Str.
�
1954
Aldous Huxley
Author: Igor Stravinsky
Cantata
Cantate
Dylan Thomas
Henry Purcell
Hugues Cuénod
Igor Location: California
In Memoriam Dylan Thomas
Magda Laszlo
Recipient: Nadia Boulanger
Robert Craft
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Chapter 5, 7 November 1954
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Nadia Boulanger
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Igor Stravinsky
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Boulanger to Stravinsky
*Annotations Stravinsky’s
Ecoles d’art américaines
Fondation reconnue d’utilité publique
Conservatoire de musique—Ecole des beaux-arts
Palais de Fontainebleau
36 rue Ballu
Paris IX
Monsieur Igor Strawinsky
1260 N. Wetherly Drive
Hollywood, California
U.S.A.
November 7, 1954
Dear, dear friend,
What a long time has passed without news from you. I dare not ask you to write to me, but . . . I
hope that you have an irresistible desire to do so. The In Memoriam—what music, everything is
there. I would like to speak to you about every note, but . . . you know these truths better than
me. What we have in our hands is real, concrete, and thus we acquire what I will not have the
poor taste to express.
When are you coming to Europe? Where, if you are coming? We all need you furiously, but,
despite my selfishness, I will choose to leave you to your work. Why are the distances so great
and the expenses so high? I would come to see you, but . . . it is only a dream.
We’ve recently had a festival—lots of notes, “impressions,” “emotions,” and little music. Many
systems, without any real technique, and one quickly perceives that these types of complications
are only a crutch.
But, no matter what language they choose . . . the result would be in vain, because they produce
nothing more than the banal and the odd. Desire is what is missing from their music.
Wasn’t able to hear Noces yesterday. Scherchen conducted. It was likely good but dogmatic.
Nothing else to tell you that is worth being said. I send my love, thank you and I believe I benefit
completely from everything you have given us.
With all my heart, your faithful
Nadia B
�
Boulanger à Stravinsky
Ecoles d’art américaines
Fondation reconnue d’utilité publique
Conservatoire de musique – Ecole des beaux-arts
Palais de Fontainebleau
(36 rue Ballu
Paris IX)
Monsieur Igor Strawinsky
1260 N. Wetherly Drive
Hollywood, California
USA
7 novembre 1954
Bien cher Ami,
Que le temps est long qui me laisse sans nouvelles de vous—je n’ose pourtant pas vous
demander d’écrire, mais…Je souhaite que vous en ayez l’irrésistible désir! L’In Memoriam—
quelle musique—tout est là. Je voudrais parler de chaque note, mais…vous savez mieux que moi
ces vérités. On a dans les mains du réel, du concret, et ainsi on atteint ce que je n’aurai pas le
mauvais gout d’exprimer.
Quand venez[-]vous en Europe ? Où, si vous venez ? Nous avons tous un furieux besoin de vous,
mais, malgré mon égoïsme, je choisis de vous laisser à votre travail. Pourquoi les distances si
grandes, les dépenses si élevées ? Je viendrais vous embrasser, mais…c’est là rêver.
Avons eu un festival, dernièrement—beaucoup de notes, « d’impressions », « d’émotions » peu
de musique. Beaucoup de systèmes, sans vraie technique—et vite, on s’aperçoit que ce genre de
complications n’est qu’une facilité.
Mais qu’importe le langage qu’ils choisissent…le résultat serait vain, car ils ne tirent pas plus du
banal que du singulier, c’est la salive qui leur manque.
N’ai pu entendre hier Noces. Scherchen dirigeait. Ce devait être bien, mais dogmatique.
Rien à vous raconter qui vaille [sic] d’être dit. Je vous embrasse, vous remercie et je crois,
profite pleinement de tout ce que vous nous donnez.
De tout cœur votre fidèle,
Nadia B.
�
1954
Author: Nadia Boulanger
Hermann Scherchen
Igor Location: California
In Memoriam Dylan Thomas
Les Noces
Nadia Location: 36 rue Ballu
Recipient: Igor Stravinsky
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Chapter 5, 15 June 1954
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Igor Stravinsky
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Nadia Boulanger
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Stravinsky to Boulanger
1260 North Wetherly Drive
Hollywood California
June 15, 1954
Nadia dear,
Thank you for your kind letter (June 10). We just arrived (with Milène and André) from Lisbon;
what a flight! As fast as it was calm. I won’t forget the Webern arrangement of the Bach
Ricercare: as soon as I find it, I will have it copied for you.
I understand nothing of what you wrote to me about the Scherzo à la Russe and Lugano, where I
conducted a program of chamber music. You must have heard the broadcast from Rome where I
actually played it in my symphonic concert on April 15, and without cuts of course. The idiotic
cut of the First Trio (the canon with the piano and harp) was made, I suppose, by the
broadcasting station for reasons that I can only guess at; either they were short on time (the cut of
this canon would gain them 1 minute), or they didn’t care for the music of the canon, or, perhaps,
the two reasons together. In any case, I had nothing to do with it.
It was good to see you in London. How did your performance of the Septet go?
Love, kisses,
I Str.
�
Stravinsky à Boulanger
1260 North Wetherly Drive
Hollywood California
15 juin 1954
Nadia cherie,
merci [sic] de votre si gentille lettre (10 juin). Nous venons d’arriver (avec Milene et Andre) de
Lisboa; quel vol! aussi rapide que calme. N’oublierai pas l’instrumentation de Webern du Bach
Richercare : des que je la retrouverai je vous la ferai photostater.
N’ai rien compris de ce que vous m’ecrivez au sujet du Scherzo a la russe et de Lugano ou je
dirigeais un programme de musique de chambre. Vous avez du l’entendre transmit de Rome ou
je l’avais joue, en effet, dans mon concert symphonique du 15 avril et sans coupures bien
entendu. Cette coupure idiote du 1er
Trio (le canon du Piano et Harpe) était faite, je suppose, par
la station emettrise pour des raisons que je devine: ou [sic] etaient- ils a court de temps (la
coupure de ce canon leur faisait gagner 1 minute), ou la musique de ce canon leur deplaisait, ou,
encore, les deux raisons ensemble. Moi, en tout cas, je n’y suis pour rien.
C’etait bon de vous avoir eu a Londres. Comment c’est passee votre execution du SEPTET ?
Love, kisses
I. Str.
�
1954
André Marion
Anton Webern
Author: Igor Stravinsky
Igor Location: California
Milène Marion
Milène Stravinsky
Recipient: Nadia Boulanger
Scherzo à la Russe
Septet
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Chapter 5, 10 June 1954
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Nadia Boulanger
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Igor Stravinsky
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Paul Sacher Stiftung
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10 June 1954
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Boulanger to Stravinsky
* annotations Stravinsky’s
36 rue Ballu
Paris, IX
June 10, 1954
[This is] to say that I will not be near you, my dear friend, on the 18th. I would like to come and
bring you all the most beautiful surprises, you who give me so much, all the time.
What joy these days in London have been. But . . . I will control myself, because my effusions
know no limit. In one instant, in one gesture, you render everything clear, inevitable, evident:
what a lesson! But . . . I am not going to explain to you what you know better than I. What I can
tell you is that these performances, this concert have highlighted and put things in order. I will
make fewer mistakes when trying to guide all my students toward your work.
I couldn’t listen to your records of the Septet without hearing what life you have given to the
rhythm. We remain ignorant of its essential character.
On Sunday (June 6) I heard your concert from Lugano (??) which was broadcast everywhere.
Have you definitively deleted the canon from the Scherzo à la Russe (???). I like it so much and
regretted [not hearing it]. I haven’t seen the edition and hope [the omission of the canon] was . . .
just something that happened during the broadcast.
I still have so many things to tell you, but want these wishes to leave tonight. Fond wishes to
you, and to Vera and yourself my deepest attachment.
Thinking of Bob and my affection to Milène,
Your
N
[P.S.] Do not forget the Webern
[P.P.S.] Thank you again for London
�
Boulanger à Stravinsky
*annotations par Stravinsky
36 rue Ballu
Paris, IX
10 juin 1954
Dire que je ne serai pas, mon cher Ami, près de vous le 18. Je voudrais entrer, et vous apporter
toutes les plus belles surprises, vous qui me donnez tant, tous les jours, toujours.
Quelle joie que ces jours de Londres—mais…je me retiens, car mes effusions ne connaissent
aucune limite. En un instant, d’un geste, vous rendez tout clair, inévitable, évident, quelle leçon.
Mais…je ne vais pas vous expliquer ce que vous savez mieux que moi. Ce que je puis vous dire
c’est que ces répétitions, ce concert ont mis de l’ordre, et de la lumière. Je me tromperai moins
en essayant de guider tous mes élèves à travers votre œuvre.
Que n’ai-je pu entendre vos disques du Septet, avant d’avoir entendu ce que vous donnez de vie
à un rythme, on en ignore le caractère essentiel.
Entendu dimanche [Juin 6 [sic]] votre concert de Lugano [??] que tout sonnait, avez-vous
supprimé définitivement le canon du Scherzo à la russe [???]. Je l’aime tant et le regrette, je n’ai
pas vu l’édition et espère que ce n’est…que je ne sais quel incident qui l’a fait sauter de la
transmission.
Mille choses encore à vous dire mais veux que ces vœux partent ce soir. Je vous embrasse et
vous dis à Vera et à vous mon profond attachement.
Mille pensées pour Bob et ma tendresse à Milène
Votre
N
[P.-S.] N’oubliez pas Webern.
[P.P.-S.] Merci encore pour Londres
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1954
Anton Webern
Author: Nadia Boulanger
Milène Marion
Nadia Location: 36 rue Ballu
Recipient: Igor Stravinsky
Robert Craft
Scherzo
Septet
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Boulanger and the Stravinskys, Chapter 5
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English translation and transcription of French originals from Chapter 5 of Kimberly Francis, Nadia Boulanger and the Stravinskys (University of Rochester Press, 2018)
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Chapter 5, 23 March 1954
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Soulima Stravinsky
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Nadia Boulanger
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Soulima Stravinsky to Boulanger
University of Illinois
March 23, 1954
My dear Nadia,
Your words, your thoughts have touched me infinitely. I would like to tell you that we were also
very close to you, we are always, but most especially this month. And soon [we will have] the
joy of seeing you. But will you be in Paris at the end of June? I hope this with all my heart. We
arrive in Paris on June 12 and will stay there until the end of the month. Then we’re going to
spend two months in southern France and will leave again around September 1.
May this letter find you in good health. Wholehearted and fond wishes,
Soulima
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Soulima Stravinsky à Boulanger
University of Illinois
23 mars 1954
Chère Nadia,
Vos lignes, vos pensées m’ont infiniment touché. Je voudrais vous dire que nous étions aussi très
près de vous, nous le sommes toujours, mais plus particulièrement ce mois-ci. Et bientôt la joie
de vous voir. Mais serez-vous à Paris fin juin ? Je l’espère de tout mon cœur. Nous arriverons le
12 juin à Paris et y resterons jusqu’à la fin du mois. Puis nous irons passer deux mois dans le
Midi et repartons autour du 1er septembre.
Que ces lignes vous trouvent en bonne santé. Je vous embrasse de tout cœur.
Soulima
�
1954
Author: Soulima Stravinsky
Recipient: Nadia Boulanger
Soulima Stravinsky Location: Illinois
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Boulanger and the Stravinskys, Chapter 5
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English translation and transcription of French originals from Chapter 5 of Kimberly Francis, Nadia Boulanger and the Stravinskys (University of Rochester Press, 2018)
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Chapter 5, 7 March 1954
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Igor Stravinsky
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Nadia Boulanger
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Stravinsky to Boulanger
Hotel Olympic Seattle, Washington
March 7, 1954
My very dear Nadia —
Thank you for your letter, for having remembered March 2 (not the 3rd) and for the past fifteen
years!
Happy that you are reading my Septet. I conducted its premiere at Dumbarton Oaks. Bob is
conducting it tomorrow in Los Angeles—as for me, I have also conducted a symphonic concert
here. Ask Boosey & Hawkes to send you my new Three Shakespeare Songs, which Bob is also
conducting tomorrow.
I need to be in Rome April 4 and stay there until the 18th, then Turin (Perséphone and the Violin
Concerto), then Lugano*) (radio Monte Carlo) the 27th, then staying with Théodore, then
Cologne and Baden-Baden in May, then London (Royal Philharmonic) May 27, then Lisbon at
the beginning of June, then returning by plane to the U.S.
Is it really possible we will not see one another this time?
Love, kisses,
I Str.
*Septet and chamber music
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Stravinsky à Boulanger
Hotel Olympic Seattle, Washington
7 mars 1954
Très chere Nadia
Merci de votre bonne lettre, de vous être souvenue du 2 mars (pas le 3) d’il y a quinze ans !
Heureux que vous lisez [sic] mon SEPTET. J’en avais dirigé la première à Dumbarton Oaks. Bob
le dirige demain à Los Angeles—moi, j’ai [aussi] diriger [sic] ici un concert symphonique.
Demandez Boosey & Hawkes de vous envoyer mes nouveaux 3 SONGS de Shakespeare que
Bob dirige aussi demain.
Je doit [sic] etre à Rome le 4 Avril y reste au 18, puis Turin (Persephone et Violin Concerto),
puis Lugano *) (radio Monte Carlo) Le 27, puis chez Theodore, puis à Cologne et à Baden
Baden en Mai, puis à Londres (Royal Philharmonic) le 27 mai, puis à Lisbonne commencement
juin, puis retour en avion aux E.U.
Est-ce vraiment possible qu’on ne se voit pas cette fois ?
Love, Kisses,
I Str.
*Septet et music de chambre
�
1954
Author: Igor Stravinsky
Igor Location: Washington
Perséphone
Recipient: Nadia Boulanger
Robert Craft
Septet
Théodore Stravinsky
Theodore Strawinsky
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Chapter 5, 27 February 1954
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Nadia Boulanger
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Igor Stravinsky
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Paul Sacher Stiftung
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27 February 1954
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Boulanger to Stravinsky
36 rue Ballu
Paris IX
Monsieur I. Strawinsky
1260 N. Wetherly Drive
Hollywood 46
California
U.S.A.
Feb. 27, 1954
So many things to tell you, My Dear—but have no fear, time will not allow me.
For the 3rd—I want, I need to tell you that I remember.
For Rome, I need to tell you that I’m sorry—I’m afraid that for complicated reasons, this trip
will be impossible. It’s sad, but . . . what can be done?
I’ve plunged into the Septet. I do not possess the presumptuousness to speak to you about it, how
could I dare. But I marvel before this masterwork that is all it could be.
What am I doing, these vain sentences are becoming threatening. No more.
Won’t you come to Paris[?]. If Bob Craft were an angel—why say if—he would send me your
dates, places, because . . . how can I accept not seeing you at all.
You are tremendously entwined in life here, in our daily thoughts, it seems you know everything
I do not say. And yet—what would it mean to you? You don’t need anyone, but we cannot do
without you.
While you make decisive gestures and write down notes as you want them, so many [others’]
unfortunate attempts lack power. And it isn’t a question of “what” but a question of “who.” What
a lesson.
My love to both of you and know, Dear Igor, my deep and faithful attachment. I love you so, you
whom I admire more than I know how to say.
To you, to Vera, and best wishes to Bob, to Milène, to André,
Your
Nadia
�
Boulanger à Stravinsky
36 rue Ballu
Paris IX
Monsieur I. Strawinsky
1260 N. Wetherly Drive
Hollywood 46
California
USA
27 fév. 1954
Que de choses à vous dire, Bien Cher—mais n’ayez crainte, le temps ne m’est pas laissé de
m’entendre.
Pour le 3—je veux, j’ai besoin de vous dire que je me souviens.
Pour Rome, je veux vous dire mon regret—des raisons compliquées ne vont pas rendre possible,
j’en ai peur, ce voyage. C’est triste, mais…que faire.
Suis plongée dans le Septett [sic]. Je n’aurai pas l’outrecuidance de vous en parler—comment
l’oserais-je. Mais quel émerveillement devant cette maitrise qui peut tout ce qu’elle veut.
Allons, voilà les phrases vaines qui se font menaçantes. Je m’arrête.
Ne viendrez-vous pas à Paris ? Si Bob Craft était un ange—pourquoi ce conditionnel—il
m’enverrait vos dates, lieux, car…comment accepter de ne pas vous voir du tout.
Vous êtes tellement mêlé à la vie, aux pensées de chaque jour qu’il me semble que vous savez
tout ce que je ne vous dis pas. Et puis—qu’avez-vous à en faire. Vous n’avez besoin de
personne, mais nous ne pouvons-nous passer de vous.
Tandis que vous faites les gestes décisifs et inscrivez les notes telles que vous les voulez, des tas
de tentatives malheureuses marquent l’impuissance. Et ce n’est pas « quoi » qui est en question,
mais « qui. » Quelle leçon.
Embrassez-vous les uns les autres et sachez, Cher Igor, mon profond et fidèle attachement. Je
vous aime tant, vous que j’admire plus que je ne sais le dire.
À vous, à Véra, et Mille pensées à Bob, à Milène, à André,
Votre
Nadia
�
1954
André Marion
Author: Igor Stravinsky
Igor Location: California
Milène Marion
Milène Stravinsky
Nadia Location: 36 rue Ballu
Recipient: Nadia Boulanger
Robert Craft
Septet
Vera Stravinsky
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Boulanger and the Stravinskys, Chapter 5
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Chapter 5, 28 September 1953
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Soulima Stravinsky
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Nadia Boulanger
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Soulima Stravinsky to Boulanger
910 W. Oregon
Urbana, Ill
Mlle Nadia Boulanger
36 rue Ballu
Paris, 9th
France
September 28, 1953
Dear Nadia,
Here are my wishes for your birthday, your health and for your priceless work. May you
continue to create around you that unity of thought which is more necessary today than ever.
And it was so comforting to see you, even for such a short amount of time. So many things
weren’t said . . . At least I know that we always speak the same language, that the same values
are dear to us both.
These days I receive excellent news from my father, including the score for his Sextet (Clar.,
Horn, Bassoon, Piano, Viol, Vla, Cello). I read it and reread it, but that isn’t enough for me.
There are always great surprises for the ear with his music. Is it not that which is so often
missing from all other music? I send you fondest wishes, my dear Nadia, with all my affection.
Françoise and Jean join me in my wishes.
Your
Soulima, Str.
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Soulima Stravinsky à Boulanger
Soulima Stravinsky
910 W. Oregon
Urbana, Ill
Mlle Nadia Boulanger
36 rue Ballu
Paris, 9e
France
28 septembre 1953
Chère Nadia,
Voici vous mes vœux pour votre fête, pour votre santé et pour que votre inappréciable activité
continue à créer autour de vous cette unité de pensée plus nécessaire aujourd’hui que jamais.
Et ça été si réconfortant de vous voir, même pour de si courts instants. Tant de choses qui n’ont
pas été dites…Du moins, je sais que nous parlons toujours la même langue, que les mêmes
valeurs nous sont chères.
D’excellentes nouvelles me parviennent ces jours-ci de mon père. Parmi elles la partition du son
Sextet (Clar., Cor, Basson, Piano, Viol, Vla, Cello). Je le lis, et le relis, mais cela ne me suffit
pas. Il y a toujours avec sa musique une immense surprise de l’oreille. N’est-ce pas là ce qui
manque si souvent à toute d’autre musique ? Je vous embrasse, ma chère Nadia, de toute mon
affection. Françoise et Jean se joignent à mes vœux.
Votre
Soulima, Str.
�
1953
Author: Soulima Stravinsky
Recipient: Nadia Boulanger
Soulima Stravinsky Location: Illinois