Nadia Boulanger: War Years in America and Her Last Decades

This is the first biographical study of the great French master teacher's last half of life. The book includes 227 letters exchanged over four decades between Boulanger and her close friend and disciple Ruth Robbins.

From this unique epistolary record between an extraordinary pedagogue and her student, we gain deep and new insights into Boulanger's beliefs and feelings, and how they changed as she faced the challenges of aging. Another intimate perspective on Boulanger comes from her favorite post-war student Idil Biret who vividly describes her resistance to Boulanger's rigidity.

Author: James Whipple Miller
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Chestnut Hill Press
Published: 09/16/2023
Pages: 380
Weight: 1.5lbs
Size: 9.13h x 5.91w x 1.18d
ISBN: 9798985750089