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Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979) was arguably one of the most iconic
figures in twentieth-century music, and certainly among the most
prominent musicians of her time. For many composers-- especially
Americans from Aaron Copland to Philip Glass--studying with
Boulanger in Paris or Fontainebleau was a formative moment in a
creative career. Composer, performer, conductor, impresario, and
charismatic and inspirational teacher, Boulanger engaged in a vast
array of activities in a variety of media, from private composition
lessons and lecture-recitals to radio broadcasts, recordings, and
public performances. But how to define and account for Boulanger's
impact on the music world is still unclear. Nadia Boulanger and Her
World takes us from a time in the late nineteenth century, when
many careers in music were almost entirely closed to women, to the
moment in the late twentieth century when those careers were
becoming a reality. Contributors consider Boulanger's work in the
worlds of composition, musical analysis, and pedagogy and explore
the geographies of transatlantic and international exchange and
disruption within which her career unfolded. Ultimately, this
volume takes its title as a topic for exploration--asking what
worlds Boulanger belonged to, and in what sense we can consider any
of them to be "hers."
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