The Musical Work of Nadia Boulanger: Performing Past and Future Between the Wars

ISBN-13: 9781316616383 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 306 str.

Jeanice Brooks

Opis

A fresh look at the career of Nadia Boulanger, among the most influential musical figures of the entire twentieth century.

Recenzje

'Brooks' study is underpinned by painstaking archival work, draws usefully throughout on insights gleaned from Boulanger's own critical writing, and is illustrated by copious examples from Boulanger's annotated scores and concert programmes, a good number of which are beautifully reproduced in the text. The companion website provides helpful sound clips which illustrate Boulanger's musical approach. This study presents a new, valuable and fruitful approach to considering Nadia Boulanger. It will contribute tremendously to understanding her near mythical reception and revising the foundations on which her legacy lies.' Laura Hamer, Journal of the Royal Musical Association

Spis treści

Introduction: the works that stand for the time; Part I. The Work in Performance: 1. Nadia Boulanger between the wars; 2. Nadia Boulanger's musical work; 3. Performing the work; Part II. The Work in History: 4. The problem of concerts; 5. New links between them; 6. Tomb or treasure; 7. The art of assembling art; Conclusion.