Lili Boulanger (Marie-Juliette Olga Lili Boulanger, 21 August 1893–15 March 1918) was a French composer, the younger sister of the noted composer and composition teacher Nadia Boulanger. Download high resolution version (1054x1354, 661 KB)TITLE: Lili Boulanger, d. ... August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... Nadia Boulanger (September 16, 1887–October 22, 1979) was an influential composer, conductor, and music professor. ...

A child prodigy, Boulanger's talent was apparent even at the age of two, spotted by her parents, both of whom were musicians themselves and encouraged their daughter's musical education. (Her mother, Raissa Myshetskaya (Mischetzky), was a Russian princess, who married her Paris Conservatoire teacher, Ernest Boulanger; grandfather Frédérick Boulanger had been a noted cellist, and grandmother Juliette a singer.) Boulanger accompanied the ten-year-old 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. In 1913, at the age of 19, she won the Prix de Rome for her Faust et Hélène, becoming the first woman to win the prize; Nadia had given up entering after four unsuccessful attempts and had focused her efforts upon guiding her sister. Conservatoire de Paris, or Paris Conservatoire, has been central to the evolution of music in France and Western Europe. ... Music theory is a set of systems for analyzing, classifying, and composing music and the elements of music. ... This article or section should be merged with Pipe organ The Casavant pipe organ at Notre-Dame de Montréal Basilica, Montreal The organ is a type of keyboard musical instrument, distinctive because the sound is not produced by a percussion action, as on a piano or celesta, or by... Louis Vierne, (1870-1937) was a French organist and composer. ... This article is about the modern musical instrument. ... The violin is a stringed musical instrument that has four strings tuned a perfect fifth apart. ... A cropped image to show the relative size of a cello to a human (Uncropped Version) The cello (also violoncello or cello) is a stringed instrument and a member of the violin family. ... The harp is a chordophone whose strings are positioned perpendicular to the soundboard. ... The Prix de Rome is a scholarship for students of the arts. ...

Lili, first a student of Nadia and then of Paul Fidal, Georges Caussade, and Gabriel Fauré—the last of which who was greatly impressed by the young woman's talents and frequently brought songs for her to read— was greatly affected by the 1899 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 seen in her compositions, and Arthur Honegger was one composer influenced by her innovative work. Portrait with oils of Gabriel Fauré by John Singer Sargent, about 1889 (in the Paris Museum of Music) Gabriel Urbain Fauré ( May 12, 1845 – November 4, 1924) was a French composer. ... Claude Debussy Claude Achille Debussy ( August 22, 1862 – March 25, 1918), composer of impressionistic classical music. ... Arthur Honegger (March 10, 1892 – November 27, 1955) was a Swiss composer, who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. ...

Her life and work were troubled by the chronic illness, beginning with a case of bronchial pneumonia at age two that weakened her immune system, leading to the intestinal tuberculosis (now called Crohn's Disease) that cut short her life at age 24. Though she loved travel, completing several works in Italy after winning the Prix de Rome, her failing health forced her to return home, where she and Nadia organized efforts to support French soldiers in World War I. Her last years were also a productive time musically as she labored to complete works previously left unfinished. Boulanger was buried in Paris, in the Cimetière de Montmartre, leaving unfinished the opera La princesse Maleine on which she spent most of the last years of her life. The definitive biography is The Life and Works of Lili Boulanger (ISBN 0838617964) by the American musicologist Léonie Rosenstiel. Crohns disease is a chronic inflammatory disease of the digestive tract and it can involve any part of it - from the mouth to the anus. ... Missing image Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... Cimetière de Montmartre is a famous cemetery located at 37 Avenue Samson, in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France. ...

Selected works

• Faust et Hélène, cantata for mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, and orchestra (1913)
• D'un matin de printemps, orchestra (1917-18)
• D'un soir triste, orchestra (1917-18)
• Psaume 24, tenor, choir, organ, and orchestra (1916)
• Psaume 130, alto, tenor, choir, organ, and orchestra (1910-17)

References

• Annegret Fauser:"Lili Boulanger". Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy, accessed 9 Apr 05. (subscription access) (http://www.grovemusic.com)
• BBC Radio Composer of the Week archive (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/cotw/pip/t5y5z/)
• Naxos Music Library (subscription access) (http://www.naxosmusiclibrary.com)

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External links

• Women of Note: Nadia and Lili Boulanger (with audio clips) (http://www.ambache.co.uk/wBoulanger.htm)