26 10 1009 https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/df6ca12d95a6db2d01a34d29f78d89dc.pdf f3d1ee054287081852c5c002e3b92af0 https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/c3a84483e3dc83af895ee293d66bc1c4.pdf 02888fd4772a2a277312875d91fa08ad Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Boulanger and the Stravinskys, Chapter 2 Description An account of the resource English translation and transcription of French originals from Chapter 2 of Kimberly Francis, Nadia Boulanger and the Stravinskys (University of Rochester Press, 2018) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chapter 2, 11 May 1939 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Nadia Boulanger Subject The topic of the resource Igor Stravinsky Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Sacher Stiftung Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11 May 1939 Type The nature or genre of the resource Letter UG Extracted Text Boulanger to Igor Stravinsky Gerry’s Landing Cambridge, Mass Mr. Igor Stravinsky Sancellemoz Haute Savoie France XIV May 11, 1939 Dear, Dear Friend, I cannot tell you the feeling here now that it is known that you’re coming. For me, it is a thing of momentous importance, because I know what you will do for them, and more important, because I know you will have peace in which to work—this is in the foundation’s program. This is why, I tell you, I had such a desire to see you be next year’s “Norton’s Lecturer.” I live in such a rush that I don’t even dare to speak to you. This is not good, but I am always thinking of you. The business with Chicago still isn’t sorted out after everything seemed arranged. But I’m going to Washington next week before leaving for the West to have, finally, a definitive resolution. The forced departure of Mrs. Carpenter seems to have called everything into question, it is really disappointing. Know at least that I will do everything so that things turn out for the best. Sorry! Fondly, I am your Nadia B � Boulanger à Stravinsky Gerry’s Landing Cambridge, Mass Monsieur Igor Stravinsky Sancellemoz Hte Savoie France XIV 11 mai 1939 Cher, Cher Ami, Je ne peux vous dire le sentiment ressenti ici en apprenant votre venue. Pour moi, c’est quelque chose d’une importance capitale, car je sais ce que vous ferez pour eux, et surtout la paix que vous aurez pour travailler, ce qui entre dans le programme de la fondation. C’est vous dire pourquoi j’avais un tel désir de vous voir être le « Norton’s Lecturer » de l’année prochaine. Je vis dans une telle hâte, que je n’ose même pas vous parler. Ce n’est pas bien, aussi, mais je pense à vous, sans cesse. Les histoires Chicago ne sont pas encore en ordre après que tout semblait arrangé. Mais je vais à Washington la semaine prochaine avant de partir pour l’Ouest, afin d’avoir enfin une solution définitive. Le départ forcé de Mrs. Carpenter semble avoir remis tout en question, c’est vraiment décevant. Sachez du moins que je ferai tout pour que les choses s’arrangent au mieux de vos interets [sic]. Pardon! [pour une bavure] Je vous embrasse et suis votre, Nadia B � 1939 Author: Nadia Boulanger Charles Eliot Norton Chair of Poetry Ellen Carpenter Igor Location: Sancellemoz Massachusetts Nadia Location: Cambridge Recipient: Igor Stravinsky https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/8fc4711c5e03fba59afbeeb2cc035b97.pdf c6881a460ba3110edc21b544d3136bba https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/eba56b3c2f0d141844ea2e6262190f39.pdf b5230a3de4591f20e53c757c3cf10563 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Boulanger and the Stravinskys, Chapter 2 Description An account of the resource English translation and transcription of French originals from Chapter 2 of Kimberly Francis, Nadia Boulanger and the Stravinskys (University of Rochester Press, 2018) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chapter 2, 4 June 1939 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Nadia Boulanger Subject The topic of the resource Igor Stravinsky Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Sacher Stiftung Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 4 June 1939 Type The nature or genre of the resource Letter 1939 Author: Nadia Boulanger Chicago Denise Stravinsky Denise Strawinsky Igor Location: Sancellemoz Nadia Location: Cambridge Massachusetts Normandy Recipient: Igor Stravinsky https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/9759410ce8b48dda32654d8840e052f1.pdf 6a1ab00908f86dd680f978b2f952ab15 https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/b8435fe0195fa5486bb6482e50e92548.pdf c7a6e97f44fa63b7a40c9e7fc98b37e2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Boulanger and the Stravinskys, Chapter 2 Description An account of the resource English translation and transcription of French originals from Chapter 2 of Kimberly Francis, Nadia Boulanger and the Stravinskys (University of Rochester Press, 2018) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chapter 2, 4 July 1939 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Nadia Boulanger Subject The topic of the resource Igor Stravinsky Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Sacher Stiftung Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 4 July 1939 Type The nature or genre of the resource Letter 1939 Author: Nadia Boulanger Recipient: Igor Stravinsky Richard Bouwens Richard Copley https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/c28746ee2522dfdb37c5d137d465d75d.pdf 7b244bd79aab2243e1777af91c689aa5 https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/b22cb257c6b8d5a8e6151b75cabb0fb3.pdf 37fa3e994c5e406b1164a91f53e0f435 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Boulanger and the Stravinskys, Chapter 2 Description An account of the resource English translation and transcription of French originals from Chapter 2 of Kimberly Francis, Nadia Boulanger and the Stravinskys (University of Rochester Press, 2018) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chapter 2, 13 December 1939 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Nadia Boulanger Subject The topic of the resource Igor Stravinsky Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Sacher Stiftung Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 13 December 1939 Type The nature or genre of the resource Letter UG Extracted Text Boulanger to Stravinsky Les Maisonettes Gargenville S.O. December 13, 1939 Dear Igor, I am with you in such emotion and tenderness in these days of memorializing. I wanted to go and bring flowers to Mika’s grave on the 30th but I was unsuccessful, I couldn’t go out. But how I think of Her, of Catherine, of your Mother—and how I love you in Them, [as] I love them in you. It is necessary, so as to honor their memory, that you carry on yourself. It was in understanding God’s will, finding strength still, even in your pain. But your heart’s fatigue felt itself carried away by your spirit, by it alone. It’s so beautiful to act, again and until the final hour. I know what you did there. Your radiance and that which you brought to this young girl, anxious to understand you, wishing to be guided by you, illuminated the clarity of your spirit. Good will creates such utopias—and even more ideology. The nineteenth century played with people’s minds by creating false values. The most absurd conception of art, and from there, even the deformation of the physical [body]—eyes that couldn’t see, ears that no longer knew that music is about sound. Your role is limitless. Your action—because through works and words you’ve brought the house back into order. On the one hand sometimes roughly, but . . . the reaction will only be better. I have just written to Miss Holl (Longy School) to confirm to her my desire to come next year. This year I do not wish to leave France. I hope this will happen—and that you will still be there. I’m going to Paris next week and count on seeing Vera. Fondly and wholeheartedly, Your Nadia B. � Boulanger à Stravinsky Les Maisonettes Gargenville S.O. 13 décembre 1939 Cher Igor, Avec quelle tendresse et quelle émotion je suis avec vous, dans ces jours de souvenir. Je voulais aller porter des fleurs sur la tombe de Mika le 30—mal réussi, je n’ai [pas] pu sortir. Mais comme je pense à Elle, à Catherine, à votre vieille Maman——et comme je vous aime en Elles, si [et] les aime en vous. C’était prolonger leur ne que de poursuivre la vôtre [sic]. C’était comprendre la volonté de Dieu, que de trouver des forces encore, dans votre douleur même. Mais la fatigue de votre cœur à se sentir emporté encore par votre esprit, par lui-même. C’est si beau d’agir, encore et jusqu’à la dernière heure. Je sais ce que vous avez fait là-bas. Votre rayonnement, et ce que vous avez apporté à cette jeunesse anxieuse de vous comprendre, désirer d’être guidée par vous—éclairée par la clarté de votre esprit. La bonne volonté crée de telles utopies—et plus encore l’idéologie. Le XIXé s’est joué des esprits, en créant des fausses valeurs. La plus absurde conception de l’art, et delà, la déformation même physique—des yeux qui ne voient plus, des oreilles qui ne savent plus que la musique est du son. Votre rôle est sans limites. Votre action—car, par les œuvres et les paroles, vous avez réunis la maison en ordre. D’une main parfois rude mais . . . . la réaction n’en sera que meilleur. Je viens d’écrire à Miss Holl (Longy School) pour lui donner une confirmation de mon désir de venir l’an prochain. Cette année je voudrais ne pas quitter la France. J’espère que cela se réalisera—et que vous serez encore là. Je vais à Paris la semaine prochaine, et compte bien voir Vera. Je vous embrasse et suis d’un cœur Fidèle votre Nadia B. � 1939 Author: Nadia Boulanger Catherine Stravinsky Nadia Location: Gargenville Recipient: Igor Stravinsky Vera Stravinsky https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/309172d1be6a30cba866d456c56cc2d6.pdf ea73ba9be839a094b2b6d3c859660981 https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/4ea273f74f8a3a0c328792319b61bbe2.pdf cb54b1aed8c1329d4346acd0530e53fc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Boulanger and the Stravinskys, Chapter 2 Description An account of the resource English translation and transcription of French originals from Chapter 2 of Kimberly Francis, Nadia Boulanger and the Stravinskys (University of Rochester Press, 2018) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chapter 2, 18 April 1940 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Nadia Boulanger Subject The topic of the resource Igor Stravinsky Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Sacher Stiftung Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 18 April 1940 Type The nature or genre of the resource Letter UG Extracted Text Stravinsky to Boulanger Igor Stravinsky Hotel Hemenway Boston, Mass, U.S.A. Mademoiselle Nadia Boulanger 36 rue Ballu Paris 9th, France April 18, 1940 My very dear Nadia, I am feeling an irresistible urge to write you, be it only a couple of lines. I hope that you are aware of the news of my marriage to Vera (civil for the moment, in observance of the Orthodox Lent) about which I had sent a telegram to Paris, but I wanted to announce it to you personally. We had to celebrate it earlier than first planned, but the tactlessness of the press since Vera’s arrival in America and my terrible solitude (despite my numerous occupations) made me decide to have her come from Charleston (where she was staying at some friends’) to Boston* to get married—which was done on March 9 in Bedford, 30 km from here, at the house of some Russian friends (a Harvard professor), in the country. A month ago, under the auspices of our ambassador, with the skillful and influential aid of Mr. and Mrs. Bliss, I succeeded in giving a chamber concert in New York benefiting French musicians affected by the war that was successful both from a financial and an artistic point of view. You and Mme Loudon should already be in possession of the large sum of $2,640 that was collected and that the good Mrs. Bliss told me about. I am very proud of this and very happy that it is you, along with Mme Loudon, who are responsible for the distribution, as I was able to understand it from Mrs. Bliss’ letter. We are very distressed by the events, although fully confident in the outcome of this gigantic struggle with evil. I very much want to have some news from you, dear friend—direct news. Sister Edward whom I saw in Chicago had some and not me! We leave for Los Angeles (143 So. Gramercey C/O Dr. A. Kall) in May where we will spend the summer and probably the autumn. Word from you would fill me with joy. Your I. Str. *Where we are living at this moment—the Hotel Hemenway—until the end of my work at Harvard (May 5) [P.S.] Hugs and kisses, dear Nadia—Vera � Stravinsky à Boulanger Igor Stravinsky Hotel Hemmenway [sic] Boston, Mass, U.S.A. Mademoiselle Nadia Boulanger 36 rue Ballu Paris 9ème , France – Très chère Nadia, J’éprouve un besoin irrésistible de vous écrire ne serait-ce que quelques lignes. J`espère qu’on vous a fait savoir la nouvelle de notre mariage avec Vera (pour le moment—civil, vu le grand carême orthodoxe) dont j’ai câblé à Paris, mais j’avais envie de vous l’annoncer personnellement. On a du [sic] le célébrer plus tôt qu’on me le projetait primitivement, mais l’indiscrétion de la presse depuis l’arrivée de Vera en Amérique et ma terrible solitude (malgré mes nombreuses occupations) m’ont décidé de la faire venir de Charleston (où elle s’installa chez des amis) à Boston* pour nous marier—ce qui été fait le 9 mars à Bedford, à 30 km d’ici chez des amis russes (professeur à Harvard), à la campagne. Il y a un mois, sous les hospice [sic] de notre ambassadeur, avec l’aide habil [sic] et puissante de Mr. et Mme Bliss j’ai réussi à donner un concert de chambre à New York au profit des musiciens français éprouvé [sic] par la guerre qui a réussi aussi bien pecunirement[sic] qu’un point de vue artistique. Vous et Mme Loudon devez déjà être en possession de la somme importante de $2640 qu’on a recueillie et dont m’a fait part la bonne Mme Bliss. J’en suis très fier et très heureux que c’est vous avec Mme Loudres qui vous charges [sic] de la distribution comme j’ai pu le comprendre de la lettre de Mme Bliss. Nous sommes très angoissé [sic] par les événements quoique pleins de confiance dans l’issue de cette gigantesque lutte avec le mal. J’ai tellement envie d’avoir de vous [sic] nouvelles, chère amie, des nouvelles directes. Sister Edward que j’ai vu[e] à Chicago en avait et moi non! Nous partons pour Los Angeles (143 so. Gramerey [sic] C/o Dr. A. Kall) en mai où nous passerons l`été et l’automne probablement. Un mot de vous me comblerait de joie. Votre I. Str. *où nous vivons en ce moment à l’Hôtel Hemmenway [sic] jusqu’à la fin de mes occupations à Harvard (5 mai) [P.-S.] Je vous embrasse de tout cœur chère Nadia—Vera � 1940 Alexis Kall Author: Nadia Boulanger Catherine Stravinsky Leo Préger Lydia Loudon Nadia Location: 36 rue Ballu Recipient: Igor Stravinsky Vera Stravinsky https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/1ff9312cb041eafd11aeb26d27a56999.pdf 4401aa7512e63875b19c4a01aa6dec26 https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/29027c4008be45f746bd14e7ac1339fc.pdf 820a1c273189ab7096e08419defe928f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Boulanger and the Stravinskys, Chapter 2 Description An account of the resource English translation and transcription of French originals from Chapter 2 of Kimberly Francis, Nadia Boulanger and the Stravinskys (University of Rochester Press, 2018) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chapter 2, 22 June 1940 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Nadia Boulanger Subject The topic of the resource Igor Stravinsky Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Sacher Stiftung Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 22 June 1940 Type The nature or genre of the resource Letter UG Extracted Text Boulanger to Stravinsky Faugeras 41 Uzerche Corrèze [Letterhead] Mr. Igor Strawinsky c/o Dr. Alexis Kall 143 South Gramercy Place Los Angeles California June 22, 1940 My Dear Friend, No doubt this is the last chance to write to you. I could learn nothing about the children. Could do nothing for them—impossible to communicate. If it is God’s will that we never see each other again, know that you have been one of the greatest lights of my life. My love to you and Vera, Nadia B. [P.S.] How I thought of you on the 18th! What a sad birthday you must have had, so far away. � Boulanger à Stravinsky Faugeras 41 Uzerche Corrèze [Letterhead] Mr. Igor Strawinsky c/o Dr. Alexis Kall 143 South Gramercy Place Los Angeles California 22 juin 1940 Mon Cher Ami, La dernière opportunité sans doute de vous écrire. Je n’ai rien pus[sic] savoir des enfants. Rien faire pour eux—impossible de communiquer. Si Dieu veut que nous ne nous voyions plus, sachez que vous avez été une des grandes lumières de ma vie. Je vous embrasse, Vera et vous Nadia B Comme j’ai pensé à vous le 18 ! Quelle triste fête, si loin, que vous avez eue. � 1940 Alexis Kall Author: Nadia Boulanger Igor Location: California Nadia Location: Corrèze Recipient: Igor Stravinsky Vera Stravinsky https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/3c9db1c799bbf784aa39125febc2aff3.pdf dd6f1ae2c53be1cd009f636fbaff8e6a https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/9c0cc179c646a9b9b4e53b65d6576b74.pdf 7e1fbc5b12309a7bfca52a89fd50dab0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Boulanger and the Stravinskys, Chapter 3 Description An account of the resource English translation and transcription of French originals from Chapter 3 of Kimberly Francis, Nadia Boulanger and the Stravinskys (University of Rochester Press, 2018) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chapter 3, 19 November 1940 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Nadia Boulanger Subject The topic of the resource Igor Stravinsky Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Sacher Stiftung Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 19 November 1940 Type The nature or genre of the resource Letter UG Extracted Text Boulanger to Stravinsky November 19, 1940 Dear, Dear Igor, Sorry for not having written yet [and] not telling you that I had seen Sviétik in Vichy, that they all are as well as possible, courageous, and that he, Sviétik, has a sort of confidence in himself. And then I received your telegram, which was so nice, so good, so necessary. But . . . limited time and above all, personal difficulties. Everything is still so hard! How I would like to see you, you and Vera both. I need to build up my strength again, [I need] to see you. To think that no one had told me: the Symphony in Chicago. I found out two days after! Completely ridiculous. I hope the Forbeses will agree to keep me. The need to be “home,” which I can satisfy a little here, is so great. My God, my heart is heavy, but one must hope, and fight on! I send my love to both of you, and am with all my heart, Your Nadia � Boulanger à Stravinsky 19 novembre 1940 Cher, Cher Igor, Pardon de ne pas vous avoir encore écrit, vous avoir dit que j’avais vu Sviétik à Vichy, qu’ils sont tous aussi bien que possible, courageux, et avec une sorte de confiance en lui-même, Sviétik. Puis, votre télégramme, si gentil, si bon, si nécessaire. Mais…temps limité et surtout, difficultés intérieures. Tout est encore si dur ! Que je voudrais vous voir, Véra et vous, besoin de se retremper, de vous retrouver. Dire que personne ne m’a dit : la Symphonie à Chicago. J’ai su deux jours après ! Trop absurde. J’espère que les Forbes vont consentir à me garder, le besoin d’être « chez soi » que je peux assouvir un peu ici, est si grand. Mon Dieu, que le cœur est lourd, mais il faut espérer, et lutter ! Je vous embrasse, tous deux, et suis de tout cœur, Votre Nadia � 1940 Author: Nadia Boulanger Edward Forbes Recipient: Igor Stravinsky Soulima Stravinsky Sviétik Vera Stravinsky https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/b50c715fed3ce5f8a4ada459e875847a.pdf cf9c13528d4e46bffea61f9d8c602b48 https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/029190ae5f78722748ababb1159e96fb.pdf 848bf9a5532385b5f04d057765d4488f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Boulanger and the Stravinskys, Chapter 3 Description An account of the resource English translation and transcription of French originals from Chapter 3 of Kimberly Francis, Nadia Boulanger and the Stravinskys (University of Rochester Press, 2018) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chapter 3, 10 December 1940 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Nadia Boulanger Subject The topic of the resource Vera Stranvinsky Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Sacher Stiftung Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10 December 1940 Type The nature or genre of the resource Letter UG Extracted Text Boulanger to Vera Stravinsky December 10, 1940. Dear Vera, Thank you—the 23rd at Dick Hammond’s—got it. In Washington on the 4th at Miss Winslaw’s—all of us. Thank you for the lectures. I can do nothing for the program. K[oussevitzky] has left for a week. But it seems impossible this can’t be arranged. So the 23rd—I will attempt to see you before “our” dinner. With all my heart to you both, NB 1941 � Boulanger à Vera Stravinsky le 10 décembre 1940 Chère Véra, Merci—entendu pour le 23, chez Dick Hammond Le 4 à Washington-chez Miss Winslaw, tout cela nous Merci pour les conférences. Je ne peux rien pour le programme. K. est part [sic] pour 8 jours. Mais il semble impossible que cela ne s’arrange pas. Donc au 23—je tâcherai de vous voir avant « notre » diner. De tout cœur à vous deux. NB � 1940 Author: Nadia Boulanger Dick Hammond Recipient: Vera Stravinsky Richard Vera Stravinksy https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/dad207049a5178aa0d318c858e847d77.pdf 6004239879d449f1f167d4aede7f9a64 https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/82b71740ea05ea203fd306c0c0a8165d.pdf 41ff5c2536509aca95b4b2b3cb683aaa Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Boulanger and the Stravinskys, Chapter 3 Description An account of the resource English translation and transcription of French originals from Chapter 3 of Kimberly Francis, Nadia Boulanger and the Stravinskys (University of Rochester Press, 2018) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chapter 3, 3 March 1941 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Nadia Boulanger Subject The topic of the resource Igor Stravinsky Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Sacher Stiftung Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 3 March 1941 Type The nature or genre of the resource Letter UG Extracted Text Stravinsky (postscript by Vera Stravinsky) to Boulanger Hollywood Chateau Marmont March 3, 1941 My dear Nadia, It’s been a bit less than a month since we have had word from you. Would you be so very kind to send us something, if only a postcard? I know that it is not always easy. All the same, we await news and hope that everything is more or less as usual for you. We have already been here for three weeks. My concerts here and in San Diego (after some very hard work, about the same as in Boston but complicated by a bad head cold) were a great success. Now I won’t conduct my symphony again until July, in Mexico City. With regards to the latter: I spoke with Mr. Ernest R. Voigt about this (Associated Music Publishers, Inc., 25 West 45th Street, New York City) and he promised me that he would send you (as soon as he receives the material from here) a part for each instrument as well as the orchestral score. The parts will be untouched, i.e., full of errors, and the orchestral score will be the grey one with which you already are familiar. If you need mine (the black one) I will send it to you, but I prefer to keep it here (I may need it.) There are lots of people here and we are having great difficulty finding a house as a permanent residence—everything is taken and the horrors leftover are priced very high. It is more advantageous to buy one with a nice little mortgage. That’s what we’ll probably do. When will we see you again? Is it completely impossible to see you again here this year? With sincere affection, dear Nadia, Your, I Strawinsky [P.S.] If you have my Ave Maria, my Pater, and my Credo, I would be infinitely grateful if you could send them to me. I am going to make photostats (photocopies) and give them back to you. Thanks in advance [P.P.S.] Please give best regards to the Forbeses from the two of us. [P.P.P.S.] With wholehearted and fond affection for you, dear Nadia—Vera. � Stravinsky à Boulanger Hollywood Chateau Marmont 3 mars 1941 Ma chère Nadia, Il y a peu pres un mois qu’on est sans nouvelles de vous. Vous serez bien gentille de nous envoyer ne serai-ce [sic] qu’une carte postale. Je sais que ce n’est pas toujours facile. Nous l’attendons quand meme et esperons que tout va plus ou moins normalement pour vous. Nous sommes ici depuis deja trois semaines. Mes concerts ici et a San Diego (apres un travail tres dur, a peu pres le meme qu’a Boston mais complique d’un mauvais rhume de cerveau) ont eu un bon succes. Maintenant ce n’est qu’en juillet, a Mexico City, que je dirige ma symphonie. A propos de cette derniere : j’en ai parle a Mr. Ernest R. Voigt (Associated Music Publishers, Inc., 25 West 45th Street, New York City) et il m’a promis de vous envoyer (des qu’il recevra le materiel d’ici) une partie de chaque instrument plus la partition d’orchestre. Les parties serons [sic] vierges c. a d. plaines [sic] de fautes et la partition d’orch. celle que vous connaissez, la grise. Si vous en avez besoin de la mienne (la noire) je vous l’enverrai, mais je prefere la garder ici (j’en aurai peut-etre besoin). Il y a beaucoup de monde ici et nous avons beaucoup de difficulte de trouver une maison comme residence permanente tout est pris et les horreurs qui restent encore sont a des prix tres eleves. Il est plus avantageux d’en acheter avec une bonne petite hypotheque. C’est ce que l’on va probablement faire. Quand vous reverra-t-on? Est-ce tout à fait impossible de vous y revoir cette annee encore ici? Chere Nadia, je vous embrasse tres affectueusement. Votre, I Strawinsky [P.-S.] Si vous avez mon Ave Maria mon Pater et mon Credo je vous serai infiniment reconnaissant de me le faire parvenir. Je vais faire des photostat [sic] (photocopies) et vous les rendrai. Merci d’avanse [sic] [P.P.-S.] Mille choses aux Forbes de nous deux, je vous prie. [P.P.P.-S.] Je vous embrasse, chère Nadia, de tout mon cœur—Vera. � 1941 Author:Igor Stravinsky Ave Maria Edward Forbes Ernest R. Voigt Igor Location: California Pater Noster Recipient: Nadia Boulanger Vera Stravinsky https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/4e4de5442769576a8576c07cdb3a9979.pdf 54e99068f804c997157f000f1af755c6 https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/d61ae8293456dfdc2f52cd88776433e6.pdf 3b22416d3576c236dedada5999c182e6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Boulanger and the Stravinskys, Chapter 3 Description An account of the resource English translation and transcription of French originals from Chapter 3 of Kimberly Francis, Nadia Boulanger and the Stravinskys (University of Rochester Press, 2018) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chapter 3, 17 March 1941 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Nadia Boulanger Subject The topic of the resource Igor Stravinsky Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Sacher Stiftung Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 17 March 1941 Type The nature or genre of the resource Letter UG Extracted Text Boulanger to Stravinsky Gerry’s Landing Cambridge, Massachusetts Throwbridge 78-89 Monsieur Igor Strawinsky Chateau Marmont 3221 Sunset Boulevard Hollywood, Los Angeles California March 17, 1941 My dear friend, I’m ashamed not to have written you earlier, but, if I am very busy, I am also dealing with a heavy moral crisis. It was twenty-three years ago on Saturday that my little Lili died—it will be six on Wednesday since Mother has been gone—it is impossible to do here what we always did in Paris, but at least I had believed it possible. All of this, the feeling of shame I have for having left at such a time, has filled my heart with pain. I should have known, but on the other hand, what else can be done. To help them over there, it was truly necessary to carry out this other work. Ultimately, as you see, it’s not going very well. And it’s not really necessary that things work, if we want to find a balance again. These past few years have been filled by our lost ones and today we pay for it; it’s only right. And it has to be so, because if remorse acts as a springboard for us, we can create new strength in ourselves from it. The trick is to figure out what it is we are ready to give our lives for. And we have several things to give, because even if it is hopeless, we must all still prepare for the end. But just imagine how my despair is paired with an indescribable hope. And I offer my strength to that which requires all of it, but for the time being I have lost my strength, which is absurd. But I didn’t know how much I loved France, how I need her, and how, in her weakness, I feel she is great. How badly we have served her, we other French men and women whose flesh and spirit were crafted by her, her traditions, and her faith. We are suddenly reminded that we descended from those who fought with Joan of Arc, who prayed with Saint Louis, who witnessed the construction of Chartres. And such memories will permit neither weakness nor treason. What have we done with this heritage that was our honor and demanded our responsibility? We suddenly realize when waking up from such an awful nightmare—because that has been our collective existence—that we do not have enough tears to offer up to God. It has nothing to do with sentimentality, but rather the awakening of the conscience—it is well worth going through a serious crisis. So if it takes cruelly seeing one’s self in an unsympathetic mirror, the result is worth the suffering. I do not like to be ashamed, and, thank God, I have not had much shame in my life. I have been selfish, like almost all humans, but haven’t had too many irreparable faults. (I believe in the forgiveness of sins, certainly, but for the past to be erased, it must remain the past.) As for life in general, there are so many concessions to let go of. And the result doesn’t allow us to blame our neighbors—the “guilty ones” (the “guilty ones” are easy to blame)—but it forces us to judge our own actions, our own efforts. And it is not a pretty picture. Everything gets forgotten, it’s that simple. As if we didn’t have parents to whom we must show respect and be accountable. The time has come—but a great country that radiated glory has lost everything in a �few wretched days by the mistakes accumulated over such a long time. We have to think about this first, then next, and for always; we must understand it from every angle, and then—and only then—with our house put back in order—we will (perhaps) be able to set out on a new course, or be left to sleep in the peace of God, having measured [our] faults, and though forgiving [them], fearing them still. Please forgive all of this, which makes no sense other than to me. But I am so alone with this that I must open my heart. And who can understand it like you? What bad luck to be honored by such an overwhelming trust. It doesn’t matter. It is worth something, because how many men, at this very moment, are beating their own breasts? As for the score, I hope that it will not come right now because we are giving a concert for the Polish on April 4 in New York, with Schütz’s Resurrection . . . . One set of parts had to be completely redone since I did not have them anymore, and although Barbara is making copies, that has taken a long time. One would not think, to see this endless and useless letter, that I am short on time. But it is easier to say everything in a jumble than it is to choose, eliminate, reject, and craft. I have not yet found a copy of the prayers. I have just sent a letter on this subject and will keep you informed. Give Vera my love, and, rest assured, I am finished. I send my love. I miss you both terribly, and I hope that we will meet again . . . one day. Yours, Nadia � Boulanger à Stravinsky Gerry’s Landing Cambridge, Massachusetts Throwbridge 78-89 Monsieur Igor Strawinsky Chateau Marmont 3221 Sunset Boulevard Hollywood, Los Angeles California 17 mars 1941 Mon cher ami,quelle honte de ne pas vous avoir encore ecrit,mais,si je suis tres occupee,je passe aussi par une crise morale assez dure.Ces jours d’anniversaires,il y a eu samedi 23 ans que ma petite Lili est morte—il y en aura six mercredi que Maman n’est plus la–l’impossibilite de faire ici ce que nous faisions toujours a Paris,du moins je l’ai cru,tout cela,le sentiment de honte que j’ai d’etre partie dans untel [sic] moment,a pris dans mon esprit de douloureuses proportions.J’aurais du le savoir,mais d(autre [sic] part,que faire autrement.Pour les aider la- bas,il fallait bien remplir cet autre devoir.Enfin,comme vous voyez,cela ne va pas.Et il ne faut pas que cela aille,si nous voulons retrouver un equilibre.Ces dernieres annees avaient ete remplies par nos abandons.Nous payons aujourd’hui: ce n’est que juste.Et c’est necessaire,car si les remords nous servent de tremplin,nous pouvons grace a eux creer en nous de nouvelles forces .Le tout est de bien determiner ce a quoi nous sommes prets a donner notre vie.Et nous avons de quoi en donner plusieurs,car meme si c’est sans espoir,encore faut-il se preparer a la terminaison.Mais figurez-vous que mon desespoir est double d’un espoir indicible.Et c’est a tendre mes forces vers ce qui les demande toutes,que pour le moment je les ai perdues,ce qui est absurde.Mais je ne savais pas combien j’aimais la France,combien j’ai besoin d’elle,et combien,dans sa faiblesse,je la sens grande.Comme nous l’avons mal servie,nous autres francais dont la chair et l’esprit sont formes par elle,ses traditions,sa foi.Il nous souvient soudain que nous descendons de ceux qui ont lutte avec Jeanne d’arc,qui ont prie avec Saint Louis,qui ont vu s’elever Chartres.Et de tels souvenirs ne permettent ni faiblesse ni trahison. qu’avions nous fait de ce patrimoine qui etait notre honneur et engageait notre responsabilite.A se reveiller d’un tel affreux cauchemar,car c’est-ce qu’a ete notre vie nationale,on comprend soudain,et on n’a pas assez de larmes pour offrir a Dieu.Il ne s’agit pas de sentimentalite,mais du reveil de la conscience–cela vaut bien de passer par une lourde crise.Si l’on s’est cruellement vu dans un impitoyable miroir,le resultat vaut bien la souffrance.Je n’aime pas avoir honte,et,j’en benis Dieu, je n’ai pas eu beaucoup honte dans ma vie.De l’egoisme, comme presque tous les humains,mais,pas trop de fautes irreparaples(je crois a la remission des peches,certes,mais le passe pour effacable qu’il soit reste le passe)En ce qui concerne la vie en generale,que de concessions de laisser aller.Et le resultat ne nous permet pas d’accuser le voisin,les « responsables »(qu’ils ont bon dos,les responsables)mais nous force a juger notre propre action,notre propre effort.Et,ce n’est pas joli.Tout oublie,c’est bien simple.Comme si on n’avait pas de parents a qui il faut donner son respect,et rendre des comptes.L’heure est venue—mais,un �grand pays rayonnant de gloire,en quelques pauvers journees a tout perdu,par les fautes accumulees pendant si longtemps.C’est a cela qu’il faut penser d’abord,ensuite,et toujours,l’entendre a tous les domaines et ensuite,mais ensuite seulement,dans la maison remise en ordre,repartir pour un nouvel effort,ou s’endormir dans la paix du Seigneur,ayant mesure ses fautes,et meme pardonne,les craindre encore. Pardon de tout ceci qui n’a aucun sens, sauf pour moi.Mais je suis si seule a cet egard,qu’il me faut bien ouvrir mon cœur.Et qui,comme vous peut comprendre?Mais pas de chance,que d’etre honore d’une si ecrasante confiance.Cela ne fait rien,cela vaut bien quelque chose,car,quel est le nombre d’hommes qui en ce moment meme,se frappent la poitrine? Pour le materiel,j’espere qu’il ne viendra pas maintenant,car nous donnons un concert pour les Polonais le 4 avril a New-York,avec la Resurrection de Schutz…il a fallu refaire tout un materiel,puisque je n’avais plus rien,et bien que Barbara fasse les copies,cela a pris beaucoup de temps.On ne dirait pas,a voir cette interminable et inutile lettre,que je manque de temps.Mais il est plus facile de dire toute,en desordre,que de choisir,eliminer,refuser,et donner forme. Pas encore trouve un exemplaire des prieres.Je viens d’envoyer une lettre a ce sujet,et vous tiendrai au courant. Embrassez Vera,et,rassurez-vous j’ai fini.Je vous embrasse.Vous me manquez tous deux affreusement,et je veux esperer que nousnous reverrons…un jour Votre Nadia � 1941 Author: Nadia Boulanger Ave Maria Barbara Credo Heinrich Schütz Igor Location: California Nadia Location: Cambridge Massachusetts Pater Noster Recipient: Igor Stravinsky Resurrection Vera Stravinsky