Mademoiselle : conversations with Nadia Boulanger / Bruno Monsaingeon ; translated by Robyn Marsack.

Author/creator Monsaingeon, Bruno
Other author Boulanger, Nadia.
Format Book
Publication InfoBoston, MA : Northeastern University Press, 1988, ©1985.
Description141 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction -- Overture a la francaise. Love at first sight ; Works and days ; Fontainebleau ; Drunk on music -- The cardinal virtues. Attentiveness ; Desire ; Memory -- Craftsmanship. Two attitudes ; Awakening sounds ; On teaching ; A mentor ; A lecture course ; Technique and masterpieces -- Presences. Pupils from the new world ; Pupils from the old world ; Lipatti ; Markevitch ; Lili ; Stravinsky ; A pause for curiosity ; Princess de Polignac -- Talents and explanations. Interpretation ; Interpreters (Busoni ; Ysaye and Pugno ; Francis Plante ; Poulenc) ; Change and permanence -- Tributes. Leonard Bernstein ; Lennox Berkeley ; Doda Conrad ; Hugues Cuenod ; Yehudi Menuhin ; Jeremy Menuhin ; Murray Perahia ; Pierre Schaeffer ; Paul Valery -- Chronology.
Abstract Collected interviews and excerpts from her writings document the life, family, and work of the often controversial music teacher who instructed such diverse talents as Aaron Copland, Philip Glass, Virgil Thomson, and Quincy Jones.
General noteTranslation of: Mademoiselle.
General noteIncludes index.
Bibliography noteDiscography: pages 136-137.
LCCN 87028307
ISBN1555530265 :

Availability

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Music Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk ML423.B52 M613 1988 ✔ Available Place Hold