Lili Boulangeraus expressionism
Lili Boulanger (* 21 August 1893 in Paris as Marie-Juliette Olga Boulanger; † 15 March 1918 in Mézy-sur-Seine (Yvelines department) near Paris) was a French composer.
Early years
As a Parisian-born child prodigy, Boulanger’s talent was apparent at the age of two, when Gabriel Fauré, a friend of the family discovered she had perfect pitch. Her parents, both of whom were musicians, encouraged their daughter’s musical education. Her mother, Raissa Myshetskaya (Mischetzky), was a Russian princess who married her Paris Conservatoire teacher, Ernest Boulanger (1815–1900), who won the Prix de Rome in 1835. Her father was 77 years old when she was born and she became very attached to him. Her grandfather Frédéric Boulanger had been a noted cellist and her grandmother Juliette a singer.
Boulanger accompanied her ten-year-old sister Nadia to classes at the Paris Conservatoire before she was five, shortly thereafter sitting in on classes on music theory and studying organ with Louis Vierne. She also sang and played piano, violin, cello and harp. Her teachers included Marcel Tournier and Alphonse Hasselmans for harp, Mme Hélenè Chaumont for piano and Fernand Luquin for violin.
Career
In 1912, Boulanger competed in the Prix de Rome but during her performance she collapsed from illness. She returned in 1913 at the age of 19 to win the composition prize for her cantata Faust et Hélène, becoming the first woman to win the prize. The text was written by Eugene Adenis based on Goethe’s Faust. The cantata had many performances during her lifetime. Because of the prize, she gained a contract with the publisher Ricordi.
Nadia Boulanger had given up entering after four unsuccessful attempts and focused her attention on her role as assistant in Henri Dallier’s organ class at the Conservatoire, where Lili studied harmony, counterpoint and composition with Paul Vidal and Georges Caussade, under the Consevatoire’s Director Gabriel Fauré—the last of whom was greatly impressed by her talents and frequently brought songs for her to read. Boulanger was greatly affected by the 1900 death of her father; many of her works touch on themes of grief and loss. Her work was noted for its colorful harmony and instrumentation and skillful text setting. Aspects of Fauré and Claude Debussy can be heard in her compositions, and Arthur Honegger was influenced by her innovative work.
According to Caroline Potter, “The two sisters were both influenced by Debussy, and it appears they had similar literary tastes to the elder composer. Both sisters set poems by Maurice Maeterlinck, who was of course the author of the play Pelléas and Mélisande and also of Princesse Maleine; in February 1916, Maeterlinck authorized Lili to set the latter play as an opera. Allegedly, Lili had almost completed the opera before her death, though only the short score of act 1, scene 2, two versions of the libretto, and a sketchbook have survived.”
Illness and death
She suffered from chronic illness, beginning with a case of bronchial pneumonia at age two that weakened her immune system, leading to the intestinal tuberculosis that ended her life at the age of 24. Although she loved to travel and completed several works in Italy after winning the Prix de Rome, her failing health forced her to return home, where she and her sister organised efforts to support French soldiers during World War I. Her last years were also a productive time musically as she labored to complete works. Her death left unfinished the opera La princesse Maleine on which she had spent most of her last years.
Boulanger died in Mézy-sur-Seine and was buried in a tomb in the Cimetière de Montmartre, located in the southwest corner of section 33 close to the intersection of Avenue Saint-Charles and Chemin Billaud. In 1979, her sister Nadia Boulanger was buried in the same tomb. It also contains the remains of their parents.
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Discography
Sheet music
Score for choire
Sous bois (SATB/Piano)for 4-stimmig4 part, Gemischter Chormixed choir; Klavierpiano
for 4-stimmig4 part, Gemischter Chormixed choir; KlavierpianoPsalm 24 für Chor und Orchester (Klavierauszug)for 4-stimmig4 part, Chor & Orchesterchoir and orchestra, Gemischter Chormixed choir; Klavierpiano
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Edition: Klavierauszugpiano reduction
Psalm 24for 4-stimmig4 part, Gemischter Chormixed choir; Klavierpiano
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Psalm 24for 4-stimmig4 part, Chor & Orchesterchoir and orchestra, Gemischter Chormixed choir;
for 4-stimmig4 part, Chor & Orchesterchoir and orchestra, Gemischter Chormixed choir; Hymne au soleil LB 24for 4-stimmig4 part, Gemischter Chormixed choir; Klavierpiano
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Psalm 129for 4-stimmig4 part, Gemischter Chormixed choir;
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for 4-stimmig4 part, Gemischter Chormixed choir; Edition: Orchesterpartiturorchestral score
Pour les Funérailles d'un Soldatfor 4-stimmig4 part, Gemischter Chormixed choir; Klavierpiano
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Edition: Chorpartiturchoral score
Psalm 24 'La terre appartient à l'Éternel'for 4-stimmig4 part, Chor & Orchesterchoir and orchestra, Gemischter Chormixed choir;
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for 4-stimmig4 part, Chor & Orchesterchoir and orchestra, Gemischter Chormixed choir; Edition: Orchesterpartiturorchestral score
Psalm 24 'La terre appartient à l'Éternel'for 4-stimmig4 part, A-Cappellaa cappella, Gemischter Chormixed choir;
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for 4-stimmig4 part, A-Cappellaa cappella, Gemischter Chormixed choir; Edition: Chorpartiturchoral score
Du fond de l'abîme, Psaume CXXXfor 4-stimmig4 part, Chor & Orchesterchoir and orchestra, Gemischter Chormixed choir;
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Psalm 24for 4-stimmig4 part, A-Cappellaa cappella, Gemischter Chormixed choir;
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Edition: Chorpartiturchoral score
Hymne Au Soleil (Hymn to the Sun)for 4-stimmig4 part, Gemischter Chormixed choir; Klavierpiano
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- Hymne Au Soleil
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Renouveau | Springfor 4-stimmig4 part, Gemischter Chormixed choir; Klavierpiano
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Edition: Chorpartiturchoral score
Psalm 24 'La terre appartient à l'Éternel'for 4-stimmig4 part, Chor & Orchesterchoir and orchestra, Gemischter Chormixed choir;
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for 4-stimmig4 part, Chor & Orchesterchoir and orchestra, Gemischter Chormixed choir; Edition: Klavierauszugpiano reduction
Psalm 24 für gem Chor und Orchesterfor 4-stimmig4 part, Chor & Orchesterchoir and orchestra, Gemischter Chormixed choir;
for 4-stimmig4 part, Chor & Orchesterchoir and orchestra, Gemischter Chormixed choir; Psaume 129for 4-stimmig4 part, Chor & Orchesterchoir and orchestra, Gemischter Chormixed choir;
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Edition: Chorpartiturchoral score
Psalm 24 LB 36for 4-stimmig4 part, Gemischter Chormixed choir; Klavierpiano
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for 4-stimmig4 part, Gemischter Chormixed choir; KlavierpianoEdition: Chorpartiturchoral score
Hymn to the Sunfor 4-stimmig4 part, Gemischter Chormixed choir; Klavierpiano
for 4-stimmig4 part, Gemischter Chormixed choir; KlavierpianoSoleils De Septembrefor 4-stimmig4 part, Gemischter Chormixed choir; Klavierpiano
Sous Boisfor 4-stimmig4 part, Gemischter Chormixed choir; Klavierpiano
Vieille prière bouddhiquefor 4-stimmig4 part, Chor & Orchesterchoir and orchestra, Gemischter Chormixed choir;
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for 4-stimmig4 part, Chor & Orchesterchoir and orchestra, Gemischter Chormixed choir; Edition: Orchesterpartiturorchestral score
Psaume 130 Du Fond De L'Abimefor A-Cappellaa cappella, Frauenchorwomens choir;
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for A-Cappellaa cappella, Frauenchorwomens choir; Edition: Chorpartiturchoral score
Du fond de l'abime für Soli, gem Chor,for 4-stimmig4 part, Chor & Orchesterchoir and orchestra, Gemischter Chormixed choir;
for 4-stimmig4 part, Chor & Orchesterchoir and orchestra, Gemischter Chormixed choir; Pendant La Tempetefor 3-stimmig3 part, Männerchormale choir; Klavierpiano
Vieille Priere Bouddhique, Pour Tenor, Choeurfor 4-stimmig4 part, Chor & Orchesterchoir and orchestra, Gemischter Chormixed choir; Klavierpiano
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for 4-stimmig4 part, Chor & Orchesterchoir and orchestra, Gemischter Chormixed choir; KlavierpianoEdition: Klavierauszugpiano reduction
Psaume 130 Du Fond De L'Abimefor A-Cappellaa cappella, Männerchormale choir;
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for A-Cappellaa cappella, Männerchormale choir; Edition: Chorpartiturchoral score
Psaume XXIV (24) : La Terre Appartient A L'Eternelfor 4-stimmig4 part, Gemischter Chormixed choir; Klavierpiano
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Edition: Klavierauszugpiano reduction
Soir sur la Plaine (Evening on the Plain)for 4-stimmig4 part, Gemischter Chormixed choir; Klavierpiano
Psalm 24 LB 36for 4-stimmig4 part, Gemischter Chormixed choir; Klavierpiano
Vieille Priere Bouddhique, Pour Tenor, Choeurfor 4-stimmig4 part, Chor & Orchesterchoir and orchestra, Gemischter Chormixed choir; Klavierpiano
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Edition: Klavierauszugpiano reduction
Les Sirenes (The Mermaids)for 3-stimmig3 part, Gemischter Chormixed choir; Klavierpiano
Psalm 130 – De profundisfor 4-stimmig4 part, Gemischter Chormixed choir; Klavierpiano
La Sourcefor 4-stimmig4 part, Gemischter Chormixed choir; Klavierpiano
Hymne au soleil LB 24for 4-stimmig4 part, Gemischter Chormixed choir; Klavierpiano
Psaume 130 – Du fond de l'abîmefor 4-stimmig4 part, Chor & Orchesterchoir and orchestra, Gemischter Chormixed choir;
Edition: Klavierauszugpiano reduction
Edition: Klavierauszugpiano reduction
Score for chamber music
First Solos: Songs by Women Composers (H)for Klavierpiano
- Mary Harvey: In Vain Fair Cloris You Design
- Margaret Essex: The Butterfly
- Margaret Ruthven Lang: Irish Love Song Op. 22
- Liza Lehmann: There Are Fairies at the Bottom of the Garden
- Carrie Jacobs-Bond: Her Greatest Charm
- Amy Beach: Fair Lullaby Op. 37
- Marion Bauer: How Doth the Little Crocodile
- Lily Strickland: Dreamin’ Time
- Corona Elisabeth Schröter: Für Männer uns zu plagen
- Isabella Colbran: Già la notte s’avvicina
- Charlotte Duchambge: Adieu tout
- Pauline Viardot-Garcia: Zwei Rosen
- Clara Schumann: Das Veilchen
- Lili Boulanger: Chanson
Impressionfor Fagottbassoon, Klavierpiano
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Cortegefor Klavierpiano, Violineviolin
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Nocturnefor Flöteflute, Klavierpiano
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Prélude in Db majorfor Klavierpiano
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Introduction – Cortègefor Klavierpiano, Violineviolin
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Introduction – Cortègefor Flöteflute, Klavierpiano
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Psaume 129 Baryton-Piano (Fr-Angl) (Ton Originalfor Klavierpiano
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Nocturnefor Klavierpiano, Violineviolin
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D’un matin de printempsfor Klavierpiano, Violineviolin
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D' un vieux Jardinfor Klavierpiano
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D'un matin de printempsfor Flöteflute, Klavierpiano, Violineviolin
for Flöteflute, Klavierpiano, Violineviolin
Pie Jesufor Cellocello, Harfeharp, Orgelorgel, Streicherstrings, Violineviolin
for Cellocello, Harfeharp, Orgelorgel, Streicherstrings, ViolineviolinD'un matin de printempsfor Flöteflute, Klavierpiano
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Pie Jesufor Cellocello, Harfeharp, Orgelorgel, Streicherstrings, Violaviola, Violineviolin
for Cellocello, Harfeharp, Orgelorgel, Streicherstrings, Violaviola, Violineviolin
Cortege (Procession)for Klavierpiano
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Piècefor Flöteflute, Klavierpiano
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D’un vieux jardinfor Klavierpiano
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Piècefor Klavierpiano, Violineviolin
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D'un jardin clairfor Klavierpiano
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D'Un Matin De Printempsfor Klavierpiano, Violineviolin
- D’un Matin De Printemps
Les lilas qui avaient fleuri
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D'un vieux jardinfor Klavierpiano
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D'un vieux jardinfor Klavierpiano
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Pie Jesufor Cellocello, Harfeharp, Orgelorgel, Streicherstrings, Violineviolin
Nocturnefor Klavierpiano, Violineviolin
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Three Nocturnesfor Flöteflute, Klavierpiano
- Nocturne (Lili Boulanger)
- Nocturne, Op. 9, No. 2 (Fréderic Chopin)
- Nocturne in B Flat (John Field)
Faust et Hélènefor Klavierpiano
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Edition: Klavierauszugpiano reduction
Die Flötenwerkefor Flöteflute, Klavierpiano
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Nocturnefor Flöteflute, Klavierpiano
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Die Violinwerkefor Klavierpiano, Violineviolin
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2 Morceaux: Nocturne and Cortègefor Klavierpiano, Violineviolin
- Nocturne
- Cortege (Vn/Pno) Boulanger L
Die Flötenwerkefor Flöteflute, Klavierpiano
- D´un matin de printemps (1917/1918)
- Nocturne. Pièce courte (1911)
- Introduction – Cortège (1914)
- Pièce (1910)
D' un soir tristefor Cellocello, Klavierpiano, Violineviolin
- D’Un Soir Triste
D'un matin de printempsfor Cellocello, Klavierpiano, Violineviolin
Flötenmusik von Komponistinnenfor Flöteflute, Klavierpiano
- Vorwort
- Biographische Notizen
- Anna Amalia von Preußen (1723-1787): Sonate F-Dur für Flöte und b.c.
- Anna Bon di Venezia (um 1740
- nach 1767): Sonate G-Dur für Flöte und b.c. op. 1/6
- Leopoldine Blahetka (1809-1887): Variationen für Flöte und Klavier op. 39
- Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944): Sérénade aux Etoiles für Flöte und Klavier op. 142 (1911)
- Mélanie Bonis (1858-1937): Pièce für Flöte und Klavier op. 189
- Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983): Forlane für Flöte un Klavier (1972)
- Lili Boulanger (1893-1918): Nocturne für Flöte und Klavier (1911)
- Barbara Heller (geb. 1936): Parlando für Flöte und Klavier (1993)
- Gloria Coates (geb. 1938): Phantom für Flöte und Klavier (1988/2004)
- Dorothee Eberhardt (geb. 1952): Träume für Flöte und Klavier (2002)
- Caroline Ansink (geb. 1959): Epitaph für Marius für Flöte und Klavier (2002)
- Annette Schlünz (geb. 1964): tastend, tränend für Flöte und Klavier (2001)
- Christine K. Brückner (geb. 1967): Tsetono für Flöte und Klavier (2004)
Score for orchestra
Psalm 24for Bläserwind section, Orgelorgel, Pauketimpani
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for Bläserwind section, Orgelorgel, PauketimpaniEdition: Orchesterpartiturorchestral score
D'un matin de printemps' pour grand orchestre
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