27 10 1009 https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/ce84fd8980e2821947d3eebace13b204.pdf 9d213d07bd08bbfd9e43733572d683bb https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/ebfb3db9e0b933f5acd5c889ae72782d.pdf c91ea0eae8486432e25edaef68c6a5ba 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 4 Description An account of the resource English translation and transcription of French originals from Chapter 4 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 4, 30 October 1949 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 30 October 1949 Type The nature or genre of the resource Letter UG Extracted Text Boulanger to Stravinsky 36 rue Ballu Paris, IXème Mr Igor Strawinsky 1260 N. Wetherly Drive Hollywood, California U.S.A. October 30, [1949?] Dear Friend, One of my most treasured dreams has finally been realized. I conducted Apollon, Dumbarton Oaks and the Mass in London. I had missed all the performances of them. It was therefore, for me, my first real, living contact with [the work]. I cannot tell you what the rehearsals were like— not only was I myself going through discovery after discovery, better understanding the value of each note, but [also] the musicians [were] dazzled because you permitted them to do such things with notes that at first seemed so simple—they understood, and played with an ever-growing joy. They went to the trouble of really doing what you asked of them: breaths, phrases, silences, ratios (rapports de quantité), and at the end of the performance, they all came to tell me of the extraordinary feeling they had about the result you allowed them to achieve. The choirs were good, with women, unfortunately, but the English sound production was not shocking. The soprano and the contralto solos were well done, the tenor and bass less so. In the Gloria, I had to hurry the tempo after the opening, because it was bad, the voices were unstable. Everything became shaky. I therefore deliberately inserted a mistake in order to obtain something close to correct, glossing over, in a manner of speaking and with decency, a few measures before the Hosanna. [Stravinsky’s annotation: What does this mean?] Since then, I’ve wanted to write to you, but, what could I say? I believe truly that I understood everything, that the concert was as good as possible without you. Now, speaking of the Mass seems presumptuous and impossible. Silence suits it better. I send my love, I thank you, and I know that once again, you have succeeded. You have renewed the old, betrayed, misunderstood, and forgotten tradition. But not by looking behind you, by moving forward. What admirable music, what spirit. But, I stray and in my own turn betray. What you have given this Mass is of an immeasurable significance. Now, no one has the right to ignore it, and [will see in it] what they ought not to do, and what they ought to. The path is newly opened. Everyone seems to have understood—how happy I am. We’ve performed Apollon again in Birmingham three times in two weeks. It is also thanks to you that the Brandenburg [Concertos] have been played with their [proper] rhythms, because I could show what I wanted, what is required in Bach, thanks to what you accomplished in Dumbarton. It’s always the present that clarifies the past and vice versa, the real meaning of the tradition. �I admire you, love you, and thank you a little more each day because you always open new paths for me. Your Nadia [P.S.] My love to Vera � Boulanger à Stravinsky * Annotations de Stravinsky 36 rue Ballu Paris, IXème Monsieur Igor Strawinsky 1260 N. Wetherly Drive Hollywood 46 Californie U.S.A. 30 octobre [1949?] Cher Ami Un de mes plus chers rêves s’est enfin réalisé. J’ai dirigé à Londres Apollon, Dumbarton Oaks et la Messe. J’en avais manqué toutes les auditions. C’était donc pour moi le premier contact avec elle, vivante, réelle. Je ne peux vous dire ce qu’ont été les repétitions [sic], car non seulement j’allais moi-meme [sic] de découverte en découverte, comprenant mieux la valeur de chaque note, mais les musiciens éblouis parce que vous leur permettez de faire avec des notes en apparence si simples, ont compris, se sont donnés avec une joie sans cesse grandissante, la peine de faire vraiment ce que vous demandiez, respirations, phrasés, silences, rapports de quantité, et ils sont tous venus, à la fin de l’exécution me dire quel extraordinaire impression ils avaient ressentie devant le résultat que vous leur permettiez d’atteindre—les chœurs, bons, des femmes hélas, mais avec l’émission anglaise pas choquant. Le sopr et le contralto solos, bien, tenor et basse, moins bien. J’ai du dans le Gloria, presser leurs mesures après le début, car c’était mauvais, voix pas stables. Tou[t] devenait vacillant. J’ai donc, délibérément faute de pouvoir obtenir quelque chose de propre, glisser en quelques sorte quelques mesures avant l’Hosanna, mais, avec décence. ([Stravisnky a écrit] What does it mean?) Depuis, je veux vous écrire, mais, que puis-je vous dire. Je crois vraiment que j’ai tout compris, et que l’exécution a été aussi bien que possible sans vous. Maintenant, parler de la Messe. Cela me semble outrecuidant et impossible. Le silence convient mieux. Je vous embrasse, je vous remercie, et je sais qu’une fois de plus, vous avez réussi. La veille tradition oubliée, trahie, méconnue, vous l’avez renouvée [sic]. Mais pas en regardant en arrière, en allant en avant. Quelle musique admirable, quel esprit. Mais, je m’égare et à mon tour trahis. Que vous ayez donné cette Messe est d’une signification sans mesure. Maintenant personne n’a plus le droit d’ignorer, et ce qu’il ne faut pas faire, et ce qu’il faut faire. Le chemin est à nouveau ouvert. Tout le monde semblait comprendre, que je suis heureuse. Avons redonné Apollon à Birmingham, donc 3 fois en 15 jours. C’est aussi grâce à vous que les Brandebourgeois ont été joués avec leur rythme car j’ai pu montrer ce que je voulais, ce qu’il fallait dans Bach, grâce à ce que vous avez réalisé dans Dumbarton. Toujours le présent qui éclaire le passé et réciproqu[em]ent vrai sens de la tradition. �Je vous admire, vous aime, et vous remercie chaque jour un peu mieux car vous m’ouvrez toujours de nouveaux chemins. Votre Nadia [P.-S.] Tendresses à Véra � 1949 Apollon Musagètes Author: Nadia Boulanger Dumbarton Oaks Concerto Igor Location: California Mass Nadia Location: 36 rue Ballu Recipient: Igor Stravinsky https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/d55ead488638d4f7fffadd3bb998e353.pdf d13af58e5d7970ce568be067cbb7973b https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/89aabc11b758167c935b987c92a27bc3.pdf 62f77b3f454201d9a865b5478a7bb113 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 4 Description An account of the resource English translation and transcription of French originals from Chapter 4 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 4, 4 May 1949 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Soulima Stravinsky Subject The topic of the resource Nadia Boulanger Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Bibliothèque Nationale De Paris Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 4 May 1949 Type The nature or genre of the resource Letter 1949 Arthur Sachs Author: Soulima Stravinsky Claude Debussy Dinu Lipatti Françoise Stravinsky Recipient: Nadia Boulanger Soulima Stravinsky Location: California Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/59176fc46b15d15435983a0f46961307.pdf 66989420de40e7fe4d33bf0f32066077 https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/11a1d0a0dd1850369a05054d2df073db.pdf 41f8bea74281e317ee600e929479fe0b 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 4 Description An account of the resource English translation and transcription of French originals from Chapter 4 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 4, 5 June 1946 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 15 June 1946 Type The nature or genre of the resource Letter UG Extracted Text Boulanger to Stravinsky 36 rue Ballu Paris 9ème Mr. Igor Strawinsky 1260 N. Wetherly Drive Hollywood, 46 California June 15, 1946 Dear Igor, Tuesday is your birthday . . . and the world [is] between us—what sorrow, sorrow every day. I miss you so much! For your birthday, I send my fondest wishes to Vera and you and pray that we will see one another again soon. If I were to begin to write in earnest, I would have so much to tell you—a newspaper’s-worth. Rest assured, a crazy work schedule [stops me]. Thursday is a concert of your works. Svétik has made marvelous transcriptions. Another the following week, Bach, then you again. Pasquier is replaying the Elegy that made such an impression at the Sorbonne. The competitions, the students, my sick maid. Well, nothing can harm you. Otherwise, this little note brings you so much fondness! You would be touched, I believe, to see the reaction of the orchestra musicians at the thought of seeing you again. Music here, much of it bad as always, with the young university students making a rather significant effort to the university to listen, understand, and take part. Missed a radio broadcast of Mavra and Renard. The reaction of the youth who interest us was as it should be, the others [are] lost in the mystic-chromatic clouds that bring the old-fashioned to tear. Remind Berman of me, and all your friends who still remember me, and know that you are endlessly—and you do know it—a part of my life and my heart and my spirit. To you both affectionately, NB � Boulanger à Stravinsky 36 rue Ballu Paris 9è Mr. Igor Strawinsky 1260 N. Wetherly Drive Hollywood, 46 California 15 juin 1946 Cher Igor, mardi, votre anniversaire…et le monde entre nous—quel chagrin, chagrin de tous les jours. Vous me manquez tant ! Pour votre fête, je vous dis mes vœux, je vous embrasse, Véra et vous, et prie pour que nous nous retrouvions bientôt. Si je commençais à vous écrire vraiment, j’aurais tant à vous raconter—un journal. Rassurez- vous, un travail fou, jeudi un concert de vos œuvres. Sviétik a fait de merveilleuses transcriptions. Un autre la semaine prochain[e], Bach, puis vous encore. Pasquier rejoue l’Elégie qui a fait une telle impression à la Sorbonne. Les concours, les élèves, ma domestique malade, enfin, vous ne risquez rien. Sinon ce petit mot qui vous porte tant et tant de tendresse ! Vous seriez touché, je crois, de voir la réaction des musiciens d’orchestre, à la pensée de vous revoir. Musique ici, beaucoup de mauvaise, comme toujours, avec un effort très significatif de la jeunesse universitaire pour entendre, connaître, et prendre part. Raté Mavra et Renard donné par la radio. Réaction des jeunes qui nous intéressent, comme il se doit, les autres perdus dans des nuages mystico-chromatiques avant tous démodés à pleurer. Dites mon souvenir à Berman, à tous ceux de vos amis qui se souviennent encore de moi, et sachez que vous êtes sans cesse, et vous le savez, mêlé à la vie de mon cœur et de mon esprit. A vous deux tendrement NB (pour le 18 juin 46) � 1946 Antoine Saint-Exupéry Author: Nadia Boulanger Elegy Eugene Berman Igor Location: California Mavra Nadia Location: 36 rue Ballu Olivier Messiaen Pierre Pasquier Recipient: Igor Stravinsky Renard Soulima Stravinsky Sviétik Vera Stravinsky https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/6cac4ed71aa39c56fc9cf50eddc3a427.pdf 3e1a89bdd8f25e7dd7e8b8b79763df64 https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/98415e1cd81254a957c9b336d9b9c231.pdf 7a3372ad3a85a3af49d418da0de5e00d 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 4 Description An account of the resource English translation and transcription of French originals from Chapter 4 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 4, 5 June 1948 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 5 June 1948 Type The nature or genre of the resource Letter UG Extracted Text Boulanger to Stravinsky 36 rue Ballu June 5, 1948 You cannot know, Dear Igor, the joy the package you sent brings me. Everything is such a source of astonishment, joy, and amazement in this Orpheus. The more I understand you, the less I dare say it to you. How [can I] judge myself worthy of speaking about something you dominate so much. Yet, from the first to the last notes I believe I heard everything. We play Orpheus from morning until night, and without a doubt in a few days you will have put more than one young musician back on the right path. You don’t know how they wait for you. They immerse themselves in your music with a sort of greed. They come from far away and begin to understand the influences they have escaped. I would like to proceed measure by measure and tell you all of my little notes: such an arrangement, such harmony, such connection—and to not seem ridiculous to you, show you for yourself all of the beauty, all of what touches us in your score, every time . . . [but] enough, it must bore you to death. I embrace you, thank you, and am crazy with joy at the thought of seeing you again. You know that I once again see all of the pleasant and the weighty hours with you and you never leave my thoughts. How I await your arrival. It is an indescribable impatience. To Vera, Milène, to André, and to you wholeheartedly, Nadia P.S. Would you please tell me what I owe you for the score? I would be too embarrassed if I didn’t pay for it. Thank you again. � Boulanger à Stravinsky 36 rue Ballu 5 juin 1948 Vous ne pouvez pas savoir, Cher Igor, la joie que me cause votre envoi. Tout est une telle source d’étonnement, de joie et d’émerveillement dans cet Orpheus. Plus je vous comprends, moins j’ose vous le dire, comment se juger digne de parler de ce qu[e] vous dominez ainsi. Pourtant dès les premières notes jusqu’aux dernières je crois avoir tout entendu. Nous jouons Orpheus du matin au soir, et sans doute aurez-vous en quelques jours remis dans la bonne direction plus d’un jeune musicien. Vous ne savez pas comment ils vous attendent. Ils se plongent dans votre musique avec une sorte d’avidité, ils le[sic] viennent de loin et commencent à comprendre [à] quelles influences ils ont échappé. Je voudrais aller mesure par mesure et vous dire toutes mes petites remarques : telle disposition, tel accord, tel rapport—et quitte à vous sembler ridicule, vous montrer à vous-même toutes les beautés, tout ce qui nous touche dans votre partition, chaque fois…assez, tu es assommante. Je vous embrasse, vous remercie et suis folle de joie à la pensée de vous revoir. Vous savez que je revis avec vous toutes les heures douces et lourdes et que ma pensée ne vous quitte jamais. Comment attendre votre arrivée. C’est une impatience indescriptible. A Vera, à Milène, à André, et à vous du meilleur de mon cœur, Nadia P.S. Voulez-vous bien me dire ce que je vous dois pour la partition. Sans cela, je me sentais trop gênée. Merci encore. � Author: Nadia Boulanger Françoise Stravinsky Lisa Sokoloff Orpheus Recipient: Igor Stravinsky Soulima Stravinsky https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/d4556985b4b25db22553f3effaeeb3f3.pdf 11c787e65a3c77a8dce97fb7ff6ff528 https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/2a9b33edabef8bffb18ae5fafdea23b0.pdf 3ff86626a728c087e93848aa515f455d 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 4 Description An account of the resource English translation and transcription of French originals from Chapter 4 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 4, 5 May 1947 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Igor Stravinsky Subject The topic of the resource Nadia Boulanger Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Bibliothèque Nationale De Paris Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 5 May 1947 Type The nature or genre of the resource Letter UG Extracted Text Stravinsky to Boulanger Hollywood May 5, 1947 My very dear Nadia, we are now back, Very beautiful performance of the whole program before a room* filled with Mr. and Mrs. Bliss’s invited guests—you can imagine their reaction and the nature of their applause. Imagine when they thanked me for their ettiquette. It’s really all we should expect from people who don’t know better. Is it true that the U.S.A. will see you again this year? Say yes. Your I Str. *Two rooms (April 25 and 26) [P.S.] We impatiently await your response to my letter dated April 19 and your signature. � Stravinsky à Boulanger Hollywood 5 mai 1947 Très chère Nadia, nous voila de retour Très belle éxecution [sic] de tout le programme devant une sale* pleine d’invités de Mr. et Mme Bliss—Vous voyez leur réaction et le caractère des applaudissements. Songez quand ils me reconnaissent pour leur politesse. C’est au fond ce qu’on devrait demander aux ignorants. Est-ce vrai que l’U.S.A. va vous revoir cet année ? Dites oui. Votre I Str. *deux sales (le 25 et 26 avril) [P.-S.] Nous attendons votre réponse à ma lettre du 19 avril et vos signatures avec impatience. � 1947 Author: Igor Stravinsky Igor Location: California Mass Mildred Woods Bliss Recipient: Nadia Boulanger https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/d70916949dd760af80888865e11a6f55.pdf c7a3c91f834ead5fc50ce61b23887bbc https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/89e397abcea8d16620fbd8529eacf09d.pdf 44fabedf79053d076733a4acd68ee6d1 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 4 Description An account of the resource English translation and transcription of French originals from Chapter 4 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 4, 5 May 1947 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 5 May 1947 Type The nature or genre of the resource Letter UG Extracted Text Boulanger to Stravinsky 36 rue Ballu Paris IX Monsieur Igor Strawinsky 1260 N. Wetherly Drive Hollywood, California U.S.A. May 5, 1947 Dear, Dear Friend, my silence weighs on me a million times more than it is worth. Thinking of you constantly and never telling you, what an aberration! It’s true that you hold such a place in everyday life, that sometimes I seem to have written you everything that is said about you here! Sorry for not having sent you the paperwork yet, but I have been to the embassy three times and waited an hour, and had to give up. I will try on Wednesday. It has to be done in person, and there is [always] a crowd. It is not my fault. Your decision was a deep disappointment—and an immense relief—to me. We would have killed you! But it’s too bad. For you, it’s something irrevocable. For the young people, it’s catastrophic. All that they hear is done to make them stray from the right path. Nothing can guide them. And they awaited you so greedily. Thank you for the Ode. I am so happy to reread this score, which I love so much—where everything is so right, so beautiful. I beg of you, on my knees, [to send] the Kyrie. I only have the Gloria! Thank you. Jean Françaix and I played Bach and Strawinsky in Tours, and even in this tiny, old provincial village it’s taking hold! On the 17th, we are doing it again in Roubaix and then at the Cité Universitaire for the students. Svétik has recently made stunning progress. His tour of Italy is a real success. The little one is adorable and already someone. You will be crazy about him. So happy that Milène and André are finally near to you. With her serious, peaceful and intense face, little Kitty is a child who does not resemble other children her own age. I could talk with you about her for hours. Her happiness at being with Théodore and Denise [is apparent]. Take Vera in your arms and kiss her for me. My God, how I miss the marvelous time when we looked at each other so seriously. I believe that you and I no longer love [word missing?] and that puts the world between us. Love to both of you, NB [P.S.] Thank you for the program from Washington. What memories! � Boulanger to Stravinsky 36 rue Ballu Paris IX Monsieur Igor Strawinsky 1260 N. Wetherly Drive Hollywood, California E.U.A. 5 mai 1947 Cher, Cher Ami, mon silence me pèse mille fois qu’il ne vaut. Penser à vous sans cesse, ne jamais vous dire—quelle aberration ! Il est vrai que vous tenez une telle place dans la vie de chaque jour que je me figure parfois vous avoir écrit tout ce qui se dit ici, de vous ! Pardon de ne pas encore vous avoir envoyé le papier, mais 3 fois j’ai été à l’Ambassade ai attendu une heure, et ai du renoncer. J’essaierai mercredi. Il faut faire cela en personne, et il y a toute. Ce n’est pas ma faute. Votre décision m’a causé une profonde déception, et un immense soulagement. Nous vous aurions tué ! Mais quel dommage. Pour vous quelque chose d’irréparable. Pour les jeunes, catastrophique. Tout ce qu’ils entendent est fait pour leur faire perdre la bonne route. Rien ne peut les diriger. Et ils vous attendaient avec une telle avidité. Merci pour l’Ode. Je suis si heureuse de relire cette partition que j’aime tant. Où tout est si juste, et si beau. Je vous en supplie à deux genoux : le Kyrie. Je n’ai que le Gloria ! Merci. Avons joué à Tours, Jean Françaix et moi, Bach, Strawinsky, même dans cette vieille ville province, cela mord ! Recommençons à Roubaix le 17 puis à la Cité Universitaire pour les étudiants. Sviétik a fait récemment des progrès étonnants. Sa tournée en Italie est un vrai succès. Le petit est adorable et déjà quelqu’un. Vous en seriez fou. Bien heureuse que Milène et André soient enfin près de vous. La petite Kitty avec son visage sérieux, paisible et ardent, est une enfant qui ne ressemble pas aux enfants de son âge. Pourrais vous parler d’elle pendant des heures. Son bonheur d’être avec Théodore et Denise. Prenez Véra dans vos bras et embrassez-la pour moi. Mon Dieu que je regrette ce merveilleux temps où nous nous voyions si sérieux. Je crois que nous n’aimons plus à partir, vous ni moi, et cela fait le monde entre nous. Vous embrasse tous deux de tout cœur NB P.-S. Merci pour le programme de Washington. Quelle nostalgie !! � 1947 36 rue Ballu André Marion Author: Nadia Boulanger Denise Stravinsky Igor Location: California Jean Françaix Milène Marion Milène Stravinsky Nadia Location Ode Recipient: Igor Stravinsky Roubaix Soulima Stravinsky Sviétik Théodore Stravinsky Theodore Strawinsky Vera Stravinsky https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/37d86b51a6b04983ab3be010248dcfb5.pdf 9184fea0add51a67d52c6c520335db7a https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/322a655d507fb95eeb94b0e8eee4a0e7.pdf d362756853fd0cbcd50f287d4c93aa49 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 4 Description An account of the resource English translation and transcription of French originals from Chapter 4 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 4, 5 September 1948 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Igor Stravinsky Subject The topic of the resource Nadia Boulanger Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Bibliothèque Nationale De Paris Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 5 September 1948 Type The nature or genre of the resource Letter UG Extracted Text Stravinsky to Boulanger Hollywood September 5, 1948 How to thank you for your nice letter and for the program (Bryant [sic] Summer School) with this impressive collection of signatures. I am very touched by them. I would so like to write to you (volumes!)—but when? All my time (three months already) has been devoted to composing the opera The Rake's Progress—three Acts, eight tableaux. And I am still [working on] the end of the first tableau (it is true, it's the longest). Soprano, alto, tenor, and two basses as characters and a small orch. (same as in The Marriage of Figaro), small choir, Recit.—Harpsichord or Piano. Forgive me* and accept, very dear Nadia, a very affectionate kiss from Your I Str., who loves you *for not having written you a longer letter. � Stravinsky à Boulanger Hollywood 5 septembre 1948 Comment vous remercier pour votre bonne lettre et du programme (Bryant Summer School) avec cette impressionnante collection de signatures. J’en suis bien touchée. Je voudrais tellement vous écrire (des volumes !)—mais quand ? Tout mon temps s’en va (depuis déjà 3 mois) à la composition de l’opéra The Rake's Progress—3 Actes, huit tableaux. Et j’en suis encore à la fin du premier tableau (c’est vrai, c’est le plus long). Soprano, Alto, Tenor et two Basses comme personnages et un petit orch. (pareil aux Noces de Figaro), petit chœur, Recit—Harpsichord ou Piano. Pardonnez-moi* et acceptez, très chère Nadia, un very affectionate kiss de Votre I Str., qui vous aime *de ne pas vous écrire plus longuement. � 1948 Author: Igor Stravinsky Igor Location: California Recipient: Nadia Boulanger The Marriage of Figaro The Rake's Progress Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/15b143bd722992efbceaec3fb7bef57f.pdf c0899de1809362623996b46918de5b24 https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/ab94aecef59dd70ef4f32e1c5acf20fb.pdf 4c45441e1208894855bc226b09e49b8a 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 4 Description An account of the resource English translation and transcription of French originals from Chapter 4 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 4, 6 June 1951 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 Bibliothèque Nationale De Paris Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 6 June 1951 Type The nature or genre of the resource Letter UG Extracted Text Boulanger to Stravinsky 36 rue Ballu Paris IX Mr Igor Stravinsky 1260 N. Wetherly Drive Hollywood 46 California U.S.A. June 6, 1951 Such memories go with S. K. I imagine, Dear Igor, your sadness, and am so close to you. Useless, isn’t it, to say what we think when the heart and mind are in agreement. He reached so deep within himself and gave so much. What sadness to survive [ . . . ] Could it be true that you are not coming and that your work will not be given on September 9? I beg of you, send a card—everything is hanging on this project. Impossible to imagine such a disappointment! With such tenderness for Vera and you, Your Nadia � Boulanger à Stravinsky 36 rue Ballu Paris IX Monsieur Igor Stravinsky 1260 N. Wetherly Drive Hollywood 46 Californie U.S.A. 6 juin 1951 Que de souvenirs s’en vont avec S.K. Je devine, Cher Igor, votre peine—et suis si près de vous. Inutile, n’est-ce-pas, de dire ce que nous pensons en plein accord de cœur et d’esprit. Il avait tant tiré de lui-même—et tant donné. Quelle tristesse de survivre […] Pourrait-il être vrai que vous ne venez pas et que votre ouvrage ne soit pas donné le 9 sept. ? Je vous supplie, une carte—tout est suspendu à ce projet. Impossible d’imaginer une telle déception ! Avec quelle tendresse je vous embrasse, Vera et vous, Votre Nadia � 1951 Author: Nadia Boulanger Igor Location: California Nadia Location: 36 rue Ballu Recipient: Igor Stravinsky Sergei Koussevitzky Vera Stravinsky https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/b60702a21a81de75cddef84c5c48d451.pdf 6b64770c6deaa3dcd492370bcb2f1964 https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/eb821fdf5ad3e965c81dcb439851cf64.pdf a882935e9dea53db1b69f6fc60c3481d 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 4 Description An account of the resource English translation and transcription of French originals from Chapter 4 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 4, Undated 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 Undated Type The nature or genre of the resource Letter UG Extracted Text Boulanger to Stravinsky 36 rue Ballu Paris, IXème [N.D.] Dear Friend, How can I tell you what these rehearsals and concert were like. The Symphonie en ut, Orpheus, the Chant du Rossignol. A perfect performance: clean, honest, intelligent. Another rehearsal, and relaxation (l’aisance) would have given a je ne sais quoi that was lacking in places. But on the whole, good. All of us . . . we all rediscovered Rossignol (outstanding soloists), the Symphonie, and we all discovered Orpheus. How marvelous, what a sound. Everything was surprising, everything was obvious. You know better than I the extraordinary quality of this material, which determines the entire character of the work by its very nature. We are continually surprised at each interval, with each instrument, each connection seems new. And the sound, because never again [will it] be assembled just so, placed just so. Everything is found, everything is known, everything is discovered. One feels the joy you must have had, you must have known how to seize and organize [it]. You are extremely lucky. I don’t have the time to try to impress you, without a doubt. I told you everything I heard note by note. And you’ll see that I believe nothing has escaped me. Only, every time I pick up the score it is the same, stunning delight. It will always be the first time, because this music preserves the freshness of its surprises and its evidence. How I love this score, how beautiful, harmonious, alive, [and] unexpected it is. But enough—I feel ridiculous and I know that I am, [because] to speak to you about things that surpass me in all respects is inconceivable. Orchestra was dazzled by the richness of Rossignol, [which] was dominated by simplicity, the melodies of Orpheus, of the Symphony, and the new shape it is clearly taking. The harpist understood, admirably, after being shocked at seeing so few glissandi markings. But she played better than anyone, and understood everything and succeeded. Ah, how I so want to say: here and there, this and that. I want to dazzle you but no, I want to thank you. What direction, what style, what a benefit from this music . . . . It is difficult to leave you, but this letter is poorly written . . . and if I continue I will just be setting my confused and disorganized effusions next to the transparency and balance [of your music]. My affection, and my deep pride in loving you so much, Your faithful Nadia P.S. My affection to Vera and to all. How I would like to see you!!! � Boulanger à Stravinsky 36 rue Ballu, 9 Téléph. Trinité 90-17 Cher Ami, Comment vous dire ce qu’ont été ces repétitions [sic] et ce concert. La Symphonie en Ut, Orpheus, le Chant du Rossignol. Exécution bien mise au point, propre, honnête, intelligente. Encore une répétition, et l’aisance aurait donné ce je ne sais quoi qui manquait par endroits. Mais ensemble bien. Nous, tous…tous de retrouver Rossignol (solistes épatants) la Symphonie, tous de découvrir Orpheus. Quelle merveille, quelle sonorité, tout surprenant, tout évident. Vous savez mieux que moi l’extraordinaire qualité de cette matière—qui détermine par son être même, tous le caractère de l’œuvre. On passe de surprise en surprise chaque intervalle, chaque instrument, chaque rapport semble neufs [sic]. Et le son—car jamais encore ainsi assembler[sic], ainsi placés. Tout est trouvé, tout est connu, tout est découverte. On sent la joie que vous avez dû avoir, que vous avez su saisir, et organiser. Vous avez une chance folle, je n’ai pas le temps, sans cela, pour vous épater, sans doute. Je vous disais, note par note tout ce que j’ai entendu. Et vous verriez que je crois que rien ne m’a échappé. Seulement, chaque fois que je reprends la part[ition] c’est le même ravissement étonné. Ce sera toujours la 1ère fois, parce que cette musique garde, fraîches, ces surprises, ces évidences. Que j’aime cette partition, qu’elle est belle, harmonieuse, vivante, imprévisible. Mais assez, je me sens ridicule, et sais l’être, parler de ce qui vous dépasse de toutes parts, et à vous, c’est inconcevable. Orchestre ébloui par la richesse de Rossignol dominé par la simplicité, les mélodies d’Orpheus de la symphonie, et du nouvel aspect qu’il se voit prendre. La harpiste a compris, admirablement, après s’être étonnée de l’écriture si peu « glissandi ». Mais elle a joué on ne peut mieux, et à tout compris, et réussi. Ah—que j’ai envie de dire : ici—et là, et ceci, et cela, j’ai envie de vous éblouir mais non, j’ai envie de vous remercier. Quelle direction, quel style –quel bienfait qu’une telle musique…Difficile de vous quitter, mais ces mots sont mal composés…et je vais seulement faire jaillir à coté de cette transparence, de cet équilibre la confusion des enthousiasmes désordonnés ! Je vous embrasse, et me sens très fière de tant vous aimer Votre fidèle Nadia P.-S. Ma tendresse à Vera et à tous ! Que je voudrais vous voir !!! � 1946 Author: Nadia Boulanger Le Chant Du Rossignol Nadia Location: 36 rue Ballu Orpheus Recipient: Igor Stravinsky Vera Stravinsky https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/2de599192e59e09c31fb20a567bb6eb2.pdf df34a2838bfe85ab44f9d7e032516f52 https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/453064aa3edc53aaea1eb8cae94afebb.pdf c2ea4bef50a8a3479713a8505a95efca 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 4 Description An account of the resource English translation and transcription of French originals from Chapter 4 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. 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Title A name given to the resource Chapter 4, Undated Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Igor Stravinsky Subject The topic of the resource Nadia Boulanger Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Bibliothèque Nationale De Paris Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Undated Type The nature or genre of the resource Telegram UG Extracted Text Stravinsky to Boulanger CLEVELAND, OHIO NADIA BOULANGER 26 RUE BALLU PARIS HOPE NEW YEAR WILL BRING US TOGETHER WISHING YOU HEALTH AND HAPPINESS WITH LOVE= IGOR AND VERA STRAVINSKY � Stravinsky to Boulanger CLEVELAND, OHIO NADIA BOULANGER 26 RUE BALLU PARIS HOPE NEW YEAR WILL BRING US TOGETHER WISHING YOU HEALTH AND HAPPINESS WITH LOVE= IGOR AND VERA STRAVINSKY � 1947 Author: Igor Stravinsky Boulanger Location: 36 rue Ballu Igor Location: Cleveland Ohio Recipient: Nadia Boulanger