3 10 81 https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/a8cc81c4646d152a29f36be7c9d17af3.pdf dd5b0d7b53244283ae0f4c1adf16c129 https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/2ab9fca30ab398d3dbeede40a6335a90.pdf 6c59da8f0319b0977747a6eaa1a48e51 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 August 1944 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 August 1944 Type The nature or genre of the resource Letter 1944 Abbot Fortier Antoine Saint-Exupéry Author: Nadia Boulanger Edmond Teste Igor Location: California Jean Papineau Couture Nadia Location: Edgewood College Recipient: Igor Stravinsky Sonata for Two Pianos Vera Stravinsky https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/202080f81d60f53fc7d3402b95ee5f24.pdf 7d26b7ad10aa5ec3854d4adb1ed8a845 https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/167ca05b8dde3aad401fdb336f747c3e.pdf 520104cfb70db60786750173268fec6e 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, 31 January 1945 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 31 January 1945 Type The nature or genre of the resource Letter 1945 Author: Nadia Boulanger Mildred Woods Bliss Nadia Location: Montecito Recipient: Igor Stravinsky Vera Stravinsky https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/c95ba90c7307916863ef4a1670e75ecb.pdf 9910e4487bd2b8d41cf9083dd0ab1e97 https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/e56fe982d6e392a0750fe7f4ab99aaf0.pdf 62acf4d175e1f56b9d11345b69661bff 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, 14 June 1945 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 Bibliothque Nationale De Paris Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 14 June 1945 Type The nature or genre of the resource Letter UG Extracted Text Soulima Stravinsky to Boulanger 56, rue de Bourgognue, Paris June 14, 1945 Dear Nadia, How can I tell you all that your very kind letter brought to us? What you wrote about yourself, my father, and Vera moved me so deeply . . . And what happiness to feel that despite this abyss of six terrifying years we still speak the same language, and we understand each other implicitly despite the distances. It is so nice to know that you are often close to my father and Vera. In each of their letters, they speak of you to me, of their happiness to have you at their place. I know what you mean to them and what they mean to you. I received a package from you and am embarrassed despite all the joy that I had in opening it. Embarrassed to have caused you daily tasks, because I know that over there nothing is easy either. Let me express my deepest gratitude for your great kindness and for everything. And you tell me that you’ve sent other things as well as some letters. It is disheartening—I never received anything, at least nothing beyond this package some weeks ago from Mrs. Sachs, to whom I wrote. You make us hope for your coming return among us. I don’t dare believe, and yet Vera wrote to me again that you are leaving them for Boston and probably Paris. You will find here all those who cherish you, worship you, and await you. But I fear you will face great disappointment in seeing what all these years of horror and misery have produced: pettiness, selfishness, and meanness. As for our poor music, as for everything that we hold dear, let us not speak of that. It is chaos. It would seem that the most elementary of values has been lost. We are involved in some distressing performances, whose echoes, perhaps, have already reached you. A “Strawinsky Quarrel” that has no other pretext than to enhance certain mediocre artists; they have trouble camouflaging their desire to take Strawinsky’s place (anything but that!). It is ridiculous, but the flippancy, the impudence of possible demonstrations is significant and worrisome. The monthly radio festivals should have brought us joy in hearing pretty much the entirety of his work. Unfortunately, it is nothing more than a series of shaky, tiresome, pathetic, and most often inexcusably poor performances. And to think, Mr. Rosenthal, to whom we owe all this, had the nerve to violently oppose the committee’s initiative when they wanted to invite Strawinsky to conduct all these festivals himself! You have felt, very dear Nadia, that happiness has returned to me, you understand so well what Françoise means to me, what our life is. And it is with a grateful acknowledgment that we welcome the kind, warm words you sent for our child. �I still have so many things to tell you, one letter does not suffice. Give us the pleasure of seeing you soon and being able to continue a bond that all these draining years could not break. Françoise joins with me to tell you how deeply moved she was in reading your letter, I am most fondly, and with deepest and most devoted affection. Your Sviétik � Soulima Stravinsky à Boulanger Paris le 14 juin 1945 Chère Nadia, Comment vous dire tout ce que votre si bonne lettre nous a apporté ? Ce que vous nous écrivez de vous, de mon père, de Vera m’a ému si profondément…Et quel bonheur de sentir que malgré ce gouffre de six années effroyables, nous parlons toujours le même langage, nous nous comprenons, de si loin, à demi-mot. Il m’est doux de savoir que vous êtes souvent près de mon père et de Vera. Dans chacune de leurs lettres, ils me parlent de vous et du bonheur de vous avoir chez eux. Je sais ce que vous êtes pour eux et ce qu’ils sont pour vous. J’ai reçu un colis de vous et en suis confus malgré toute la joie que j’ai eue à l’ouvrir. Confus de vous avoir occasionné des démarches quotidiennes, car je sais que là-bas tout n’est pas facile non plus. Laissez-moi vous embrasser de tout mon cœur pour votre grande gentillesse et pour tout. Et vous me dites en avoir expédié d’autres ainsi que des lettres. C’est désespérant—je n’ai jamais rien reçu, à moins qu’il ne s’agisse d’un colis reçu il y a quelques semaines de Mrs. Sachs à qui j’ai écrit. Vous nous faites espérer votre prochain retour parmi nous. Je n’ose y croire et cependant Vera m’écrit encore que vous les quittez pour Boston et probablement Paris. Vous trouverez ici tous ceux qui vous chérissent, vous vénèrent, et vous attendent. Mais je crains votre grande déception à voir tout ce que ces années d’horreur et de misère ont produit de mesquinerie, d’égoïsme et de bassesse. Quant à notre pauvre musique, quant à tout ce qui nous est cher, n’en parlons pas. C’est le cahos [sic]. On a perdu, semble-t-il, le sens le plus élémentaire des valeurs. Nous assistons à des spectacles affligeants dont, peut-être, les échos vous sont déjà parvenus. Un « querelle Strawinsky » qui n’est autre chose qu’un prétexte à certaine médiocrités de se mettre en valeur ; elles camouflent à peine leur désir de supplanter Strawinsky (rien que cela!). Ce n’est que ridicule, mais la désinvolture, l’impudence de possibles manifestations est significative et inquiétante. Des festivals que la Radio donne un[e] fois par mois devaient nous apporter la joie d’entendre à peu près toute son œuvre. Hélas, ce n’est qu’une série d’éxécutions [sic] boiteuses, pénibles, lamentables, et le plus souvent inexcusablement mauvaises. Et songez que M. Rosenthal à qui nous devons cela a en le front de s’opposer avec violence contre l’initiative du comité qui désirait inviter Strawinsky à diriger lui-même tous ces festivals ! �Vous avez senti, très chère Nadia, le bonheur qui me remplit, vous comprenez si bien ce qu’est Françoise pour moi, ce qu’est notre vie. Et c’est avec une tendre reconnaissance que nous avons accueilli bonnes et chaudes paroles pour notre enfant. J’aurais encore tant de choses à vous dire. Une lettre n’y peut suffire. Donnez-nous vite la joie de vous voir et de pouvoir continuer un contact que les années écoulées n’ont pu rompre. Françoise se joint à moi pour vous dire toutes ses pensées émues à la lecture de votre lettre, je vous embrasse de ma plus profonde et dévouée affection. Votre Sviétik � 1945 Author: Soulima Stravinsky Manuel Rosenthal Recipient: Nadia Boulanger Soulima Stravinsky Sviétik Vera Stravinsky https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/e55dd91277a73c90d0cfaa331998b4c8.pdf 2c8fcf49062c992a18bdabf0951a8d8e https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/fd1fec3ec37bd83c05d3165b68997941.pdf d51ac8b06779479655c099288cf5f163 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 June 1945 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Nadia Boulanger Subject The topic of the resource Igor & Vera 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 June 1945 Type The nature or genre of the resource Letter UG Extracted Text Boulanger to Igor and Vera Stravinsky Featherhill Ranch Montecito Santa Barbara, California From 20–26 c/o Baroness R. Boël 1675, 31st Street Washington, DC Thereafter: 122 Bay State road, Boston 15 Mass. June 17, 1945 It is not easy to leave you, dear Igor, darling Vera, and I do not know what to say, because . . . I do not want to whine. Once again the page turns. I am reunited with very dear Friends here, their welcome touches me, but . . . I will not see you again for a long time, and that disappointment occupies all my thoughts. Thank you for everything, you do not know the good that your affection does me. For both of you, very fondly, Nadia B � Boulanger à Stravinsky Featherhill Ranch Montecito Santa Barbara, California Du 20 au 26 c/o Baroness R. Boël 1675, 31st Street Washington, DC Après 122 Bay State road, Boston 15 Mass. 17 juin 1945 Pas facile de vous quitter, Cher Igor, Chère Véra, et je ne sais que vous dire, car…je n’ai envie que de me lamenter. Encore une page tournée. Je retrouve ici de bien chers Amis, leur accueil me touche, mais…Je ne vous verrai plus, pour longtemps, et ce chagrin domine toutes mes pensées. Merci de tout, vous ne savez pas le bien que me fait votre affection. A tout, bien tendrement, Nadia B � 1945 Author: Nadia Boulanger Nadia Location: Montecito Recipient: Igor Stravinsky Recipient: Vera Stravinsky Vera Stravinsky https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/a0700bd1cddd7cc53953afa5e5c2561e.pdf 07624b210374e83b23fef8dd02fd0b10 https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/b7e5145f6bdc9cdb05bd1153767a77ec.pdf bdc2848dde3017378732badf48d6968c 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, 20 September 1945 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 20 September 1945 Type The nature or genre of the resource Letter UG Extracted Text Boulanger to Stravinsky 122 Bay State Road Boston, Mass. Tel. Kenmore 7277 Mr Igor Strawinsky 1260 Wetherly Drive Hollywood 46 California September 20, 1945 Dear Friend, What a magnificent surprise, what happiness, and what satisfaction. You are an angel! I cannot tell you about this exceedingly beautiful piece. I feel unworthy. This is the sixth letter I’ve started. My praise seems to me so small, so awkward—courage will soon return to me, I hope, but not today. I read, I reread. What success on the whole and in each detail, and . . . and again I don’t know [what to say]. I am not going too fast! But I know what this symphony represents. I love it and you. It is just too sad to not see you anymore, to not be near you at the piano, to not have you hear me play it for you. This separation is awful. It weighs on me heavily. Leaving for Montreal. Will write you upon my return. Jealous of all who have seen Vera’s boutique, they tell me it is so stunning—not being able to go to Hollywood is a death sentence. Received an interesting, kind letter from Sviétik. He seems happy, everyone writes to me about him with much musical confidence. Everyone finds Françoise so kind. Saturday is his birthday. I hope that my package will be there for that day. I really want to speak with you about the finale. I cannot think of more to tell you about other things and yet, I do not see how I might demonstrate to you that I understood! But I have understood, I believe, and heard—and I feel very proud of myself! You are too great for me to forget it, especially when I am not close to you and my old incorrigible shyness is as strong as ever. Thank you. You have given me the nicest double-present you could imagine and the two aspects of the score follow the same line of thinking[:] an order established by one is definitively expressed by the other. I love you so much, admire you, and miss you. To you, to Vera, very fondly, NB � Boulanger à Stravinsky 122 Bay State Road Boston, Mass. Tel. Kenmore 7277 Monsieur Igor Strawinsky 1260 Wetherly Drive Hollywood 46 California 20 septembre 1945 Cher Ami, Quelle magnifique surprise, quel bonheur, et quelle satisfaction. Vous êtes un ange! Je ne peux pas vous parler de ce morceau si beau. Je m’en sens indigne. Voilà la 6è lettre que je commence. Mes effusions me semblent si pauvrettes, si gauches—le courage me viendra bien, je l’espère, mais pas aujourd’hui. Je lis, relis. Quelle réussite de l’ensemble, de chaque détail, et…Je ne connais encore rien. Je ne vais pas si vite! Mais je sais ce qu’est la Symphonie. Je l’aime et vous aime. Seulement c’est trop triste de ne plus vous voir, ne d’etre [sic] pas près de vous, au piano, de ne pas vous l’entendre me la jouer, pour moi. C’est bête, cette séparation. Elle me pèse bien lourdement. Pars pour Montréal. Vous écrirai dès mon retour. Suis jalouse de tous ceux qui ont vu la boutique de Vera, si étonnante me dit-on—ce n’est plus vivre que de ne plus prendre la route de Hollywood. Reçu une lettre de Sviétik, intéressante, gentille. Il semble heureux, tout le monde m’écrit à son sujet avec tant de confiance musicale. Chacun trouve Françoise si gentille. Samedi, son anniversaire. J’espère qu’il aura mon paquet pour ce jour-là. Ai tant envie de vous parler du Final. Que je ne trouve plus rien à vous dire d’autre et pourtant, je ne vois pas vous démontrant que j’ai compris! Mais j’ai compris, je crois, et entendu –et je me sens toute fière ! Vous êtes trop grand pour que je puisse l’oublier surtout quand je ne suis pas près de vous, et ma vieille incorrigible timidité bat son plein. Merci. Vous m’avez fait le plus beau double cadeau qui se puisse rêver, et les deux aspects de la partition font suivre le cheminement de la pensée l’ordre ramassée de l’un, définitivement exposé de l’autre. Que je vous aime, vous admire, et que vous me manquez. À vous, à Vera bien tendrement, NB � 1945 Author: Nadia Boulanger Igor Location: California Nadia Location: Boston Recipient: Igor Stravinsky Soulima Stravinsky Sviétik Symphonie Concertante Symphony in Three Movements Vera Stravinsky https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/dc11b8cdb361a4dbf856c407702c23df.pdf 45dd7e9200bb0393e99a0b4b30252fec https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/dc467a917de9cb79e6b5c6db8eaf1c76.pdf 2509bc10f4c4c6190ead4a5a063c392a 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, 7 November 1945 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 7 November 1945 Type The nature or genre of the resource Letter UG Extracted Text Boulanger to Vera Stravinsky 122 Bay State Road Boston, MA November 7, 1945 What a great letter. What a delightful announcement. Were I only there! We must pay a sacrifice for certain joys. Dear Vera! I could not find a way to delay my departure, but I am also sad. And to not see you again is a heavy sorrow. I will try to have Sezna do the musical phrase for Igor—I am exhausted. Have lessons from morning till night, all the rehearsals, parts to correct, things to buy for France, etc., etc., etc. This is all to say that I pray to God not to collapse. It is very difficult, but that’s all right. I embrace you both with the tenderness you know. I am happy that I will soon see little Jean! This birth and all it represents is marvelous! Your Nadia � Boulanger à Vera Stravinsky 122 Bay State Road Boston, MA 7 novembre 1945 Quelle bonne lettre. Quelle charmante annonce. Que ne suis-je là! Que de sacrifices coûtent certains bonheurs. Chère Vera! Je ne saurais remettre mon départ, mais je suis triste aussi. Et ne pas vous revoir est un lourd chagrin. Je tâcherai de faire faire la phrase pour Igor par Seznec—je suis à bout de forces. Ai des journées de leçons du matin au soir, toutes les répétitions, le matériel à corriger, les affaires à acheter pour la France, etc. etc. etc. C'est-à-dire que je demande vraiment à Dieu de ne pas tomber. C’est très dur, Mais bien. Je vous embrasse tous deux avec La tendresse que vous savez. Que je suis heureuse de voir Bientôt le petit Jean! C’est ébloussant [sic] cette naissance qui implique tant de choses ! A vous Nadia � 1945 Author: Nadia Boulanger Nadia Location: Boston Recipient: Igor Stravinsky Vera Stravinsky https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/b55da0e2a853eb6d2d5f761e833ba68f.pdf 4b1d76b22ba24a413649a4a6e98a4c85 https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/a21348c96b6a2ff7d57ce9fff20a1423.pdf b1c9ffffa26ae6b0fb1e688364d905ce 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, 25 December 1945 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Nadia Boulanger Subject The topic of the resource Igor & Vera 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 25 December 1945 Type The nature or genre of the resource Telegram UG Extracted Text Boulanger to Igor and Vera Stravinsky BOSTON, MA MR AND MRS IGOR STRAWINSKY 1260 NORTH WETHERLY DRIVE DECEMBER 25, 1945 SO SAD BEING FAR AM SAILING DECEMBER 31 WILL SEE AT ONCE SVETIK HOPE MILENE WILL SOON BE WITH YOU WISHES DEAR VERA LOVE TO BOTH NADIA � Boulanger to Igor and Vera Stravinsky BOSTON, MA MR AND MRS IGOR STRAWINSKY 1260 NORTH WETHERLY DRIVE 25 DECEMBER 1945. SO SAD BEING FAR AM SAILING DECEMBER 31 WILL SEE AT ONCE SVIETIK HOPE MILENE WILL SOON BE WITH YOU WISHES DEAR VERA LOVE TO BOTH NADIA � 1945 Author: Nadia Boulanger Igor Location: California Nadia Location: Boston Recipient: Igor Stravinsky Recipient: Vera Stravinsky Soulima Stravinsky Sviétik Vera Stravinsky https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/87cee93243a0a0cce63be6a864836cde.pdf 749f1e1e559ef4190f7e6d2f8e5d9e5d https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/80698070a172e0a600944eac9726c40c.pdf 671ec5d906098aef96c4da71cd64c8f7 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 January 1946 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Nadia Boulanger Subject The topic of the resource Igor & Vera 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 January 1946 Type The nature or genre of the resource Letter UG Extracted Text Boulanger to Igor and Vera Stravinsky 122 Bay State Road Boston, Mass. Tel. Kenmore 7277 Mr. Igor Strawinsky 1260 Wetherly Drive Hollywood 46 California January 3, 1946 Dear Igor, Dear Vera, These last few hours I have been so sad to leave you that after having asked for your number, I hung up, not having the courage to hear your voices. But I will soon kiss the cheeks of Jean, Sviétik, Françoise, maybe Milène. Who knows, [perhaps] I will return sooner than I think. Finally, may God keep you, my dearest ones. I love you, and when I consider just how much, the thought of this long-awaited return costs me very dearly. And to miss the Symphony! Know all that these last-minute lines bring to you, and speak of me often. I need to feel you close by my side. Your Nadia B. [P.S.] I will speak to Sviétik and Françoise about the baptism. Again, all my love, Dear Igor, Dear Vèra! �� Boulanger à Igor et Vera Stravinksy 122 Bay State Road Boston, Mass. Tel. Kenmore 7277 Monsieur Igor Strawinsky 1260 Wetherly Drive Hollywood 46 California 3 janvier 1946 Cher Igor, Chère Vera, Les toutes dernières heures suis si triste de vous quitter qu’après avoir demandé votre numéro, j’ai annulé, pas le courage d’entendre votre voix. Mais embrasserai bientôt Jean, Sviétik, Françoise, peut-être Milène. Qui sait, reviendrai plus tôt que je ne pense. Enfin, que Dieu vous garde, mes très chers. Je vous aime, il me semble seulement mesurer combien et ce retour tant attendu, me coûte bien cher. Et manquer la symphonie! Sentez tout ce que ces lignes de la dernière minute vous portent, et parlez souvent de moi, j’ai besoin de vous sentir à mes côtés. Votre Nadia B. [P.-S.] Dirai à Sviétik et Françoise à propos du baptême. Encore ma tendresse, Cher Igor, Chère Vèra ! � 1946 Author: Nadia Boulanger Françoise Stravinsky Igor Location: California Milène Stravinsky Nadia Location: Boston Recipient: Igor Stravinsky Recipient: Vera Stravinsky Soulima Stravinsky Sviétik Vera Stravinsky https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/7da3a608121e1828c4af329adec845cf.pdf 06b081e58daed7a36ceeac29a61ebc3b https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/original/ae92bbfc74017064b8d737682006a0e5.pdf 43f9933a4159cb3381a4795bc9736e99 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, 27 January 1946 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Nadia Boulanger Subject The topic of the resource Igor & Vera 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 27 January 1946 Type The nature or genre of the resource Letter UG Extracted Text Boulanger to Igor and Vera Stravinsky 36 rue Ballu, 9ème , Paris Téléph: Trinité 90–17 Mr. and Mrs. I. Strawinsky 1260 N. Wetherly Drive Hollywood 46 California January 27, 1946 At last, the first letter, and it is only a small note! Dear Igor, Dear Vera, not a day goes by without speaking of you, but, at first it was so cold that I refused to write . . . and then [refused to do] anything. I don’t know how to explain. Life is full of checking, looking, recognizing! Nevertheless, do I need to add that there isn’t a day without speaking of you, without listening to you, without waiting for you (in a manner of speaking). Went to see Jean after disembarking, so as to instantly tell you my first impressions, and I truly believed I was going to write to you that evening, on January 20!! How shameful. He is so beautiful, so strong and so imperious—no need to ask if he knows what he wants. But he is also so soft and gentle, happy—not a baby like any other, he is already himself, 100% Strawinsky. Sviétik and Françoise are beaming. Happy and so well adjusted! Sviétik works a lot, writing very clean, very clear, good music. Excellent spirits, finally, all is well. Their apartment is very nicely set up and would please you—the taste, the order, and the space. By all respects, things seem to be sorting themselves out! Sviétik has sound friends, and Françoise is perfect. I’d like to give you an idea of the situation here. I do not feel able to judge anything concerning politics. Everything is too fluid and complex. But the young people we talk to clearly fall into distinctive groups—spouting grand, vague, destructive theories. There is, as far as I can tell, a small number—[as opposed to the] majority, quite a clear majority—a sensible minority that sees things with a sense of order, loves what should be loved, fights for what is worth saving. Certain places haven’t changed. The same habits, the same gossip, the same jokes. Only the outfits have changed a bit, and yet everything is still so difficult. I saw Souvtchinsky, and he looked well. Met Cingria, how cultured, what finesse, and his manner of speaking, just striking. Missed Mavra the other evening . . . I didn’t know . . . ! I console myself in saying the performances were poor. But I cannot be consoled. You are well, as you ought to be, Dear Igor, the only one to whom the real youths attach themselves. But enough for today, you will be discouraged by these scribbles. Désormière will perform the symphony, what joy! �With all my heart, I love you both madly, NB � Boulanger aux Stravinskys 36 rue Ballu, 9ème , Paris Téléph : Trinité 90-17 Monsieur et Madame I. Strawinsky 1260 N. Wetherly Drive Hollywood 46 California 27 janvier 1946 Enfin, la première lettre, et ce n’est qu’un billet ! Cher Igor, Chère Vera, pas un jour passé sans vous parler, mais, d’abord il faisait si froid qu’écrire. Était…refus. Puis, tout. Je ne sais comment expliquer. La vie prise par revoir, regarder, reconnaître ! Dois-je ajouter que pourtant pas un jour sans vous parler, sans vous écouter, sans vous attendre en quelque sorte. Été au débarqué vois [sic] Jean, pour vous dire aussitôt mes impressions, et je croyais vraiment que j’allais vous écrire ce soir-là, vers le 20 janvier !! Quelle honte. Il est si beau, si fort, si impératif—pas besoin de se demander s’il saura ce qu’il veut. Mais aussi si doux et gentil, gai—et pas un bébé comme un autre, déjà lui, 100% un Strawinsky. Sviétik et Françoise béats d’admiration [sic]. Heureux et si bien accordés ! Sviétik travaillant beaucoup, écrivant de la musique très propre, très claire, bien. Etat d’esprit excellent, enfin, tout bien. Leur ap. jouissant arrangé, vous plairait—du gout, de l’ordre, et de l’espace. À tous égards, les choses semblent s’arranger ! Sviétik a des amis surscc [sic], et Françoise est parfaite. Voudrais vous donner une idée de la situation ici. Ne me sens pas en mesure de rien juger en ce qui concerne la politique. Tout est trop fluide et complexe. Mais les jeunes avec lesquels on parle tout nettement classes en—donnant dans de grandes théories vagues, destructives. C’est pour autant que j’en puisse juger, le petit nombre—une majorité, comme est la majorité sans grande douleur—un autre nombre bien dirigé, voyant les choses avec le sens des hiérarchies, aimant ce qu’il faut aimer, luttant pour ce qui vaut d’être sauvé. Certains milieux n’ayant pas bougé. Les mêmes tics, les mêmes potins, les mêmes plaisanteries. Seuls leurs habits ont un peu changé et encore, tout est encore si difficile. Vu Souvtchinsky, en forme. Rencontre Cingria, quelle culture, quelle finesse, et la parole dirée [sic], frappant juste. Manqée Mavra l’autre soir…n’ai pas su… ! Me console en laissant [sic] dire exécutions mauvaise [sic]. Mais ne me console pas. Vous êtes bien, comme il se doit Cher Igor, le seul auquel se rattachent les vrais jeunes. Mais assez pour aujourd’hui vous vous découragerez de ce [sic] gribouilles. Désormière va donner la symphonie quel bonheur ! �Vous embrasse tous deux et vous aime à la folie. NB � 1946 Author: Nadia Boulanger Charles-Albert Cingria Françoise Stravinsky Igor Location: California Mavra Nadia Location: 36 rue Ballu Pierre Souvtchinsky Recipient: Igor & Vera Stravinsky Soulima Stravinsky Sviétik Vera Location: California Vera Stravinsky 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