Boulanger to Stravinsky
2 The Grove
Highgate Village
London, N6
June 5, 1967
My Friend,
Everyone pays you homage, only I will keep quiet. I who love you greatly, admire you and, I
believe, know you.
This is perhaps one of the reasons for my silence—having penetrated your thoughts, your most
secret being, could I betray what you never cease to hide. And then, I am incapable of saying the
things that are so serious, so important.
You have opened the doors that give true sense to music, to religion, to love—to courage?
I send my love, I pray to God for you, and express my profound tenderness. My respect cannot
be defined, it surpasses all measure.
Nadia B
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Boulanger à Stravinsky
2 The Grove
Highgate Village
London, N6
5 juin 1967
Mon Ami,
Tous vous rendent hommage, moi seule me serai tue. Moi qui vous aime tant, vous
admire et, je crois vous connais.
C’est peut-être une des causes de mon silence—ayant pénetré vos pensées, votre être le
plus secret. Pouvais-je trahir ce que vous n’avez cessé de cacher. Et puis, je me s[a]is
incapable de dire les choses si graves, si importantes.
Vous avez ouvert des portes qui donnent son vrai sens à la musique, à la religion, à
l’amour—au courage ?
Je vous embrasse, je prie Dieu pour vous, et je vous dis ma profonde tendresse. Ce
respect qui ne peut être défini, il passe toute mesure.
Nadia B
Nadia Boulanger , “Chapter 6, 5 June 1967,” Digital Exhibits, accessed September 7, 2024, https://digex.lib.uoguelph.ca/items/show/2602.
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