#nadia boulanger

[sivavakkiyar]

I think this is interesting mostly because it gives context to Jones ‘The Beatles couldn’t play’ take that’s so controversial

[lesser-known-composers]

Nadia Boulanger (1887 – 1979) - Trois Pièces played on the organ of Sherborne Abbey, Dorset.

1. Prélude: 0:00 2. Petit Canon: 4:39 3. Improvisation: 6:31

Performed in a recital by Daniel Blaze, Junior Organ Scholar of Clare College Cambridge.

[jazzdailyblog]

Gigi Gryce: The Unsung Architect of Modern Jazz

Introduction: In the pantheon of jazz greats, certain figures, despite their immense contributions, often remain overshadowed by more celebrated contemporaries. Gigi Gryce is one such artist—a masterful saxophonist, composer, arranger, and educator who helped shape the sound of modern jazz in the 1950s and 1960s. Although Gryce’s career in the spotlight was relatively brief, his influence…

[yourdailyqueer]

Nadia Boulanger (deceased)

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Lesbian

DOB: 16 September 1887  

RIP: 22 October 1979  

Ethnicity: White - French

Occupation: Music teacher, conductor

Note: First woman to conduct many major orchestras in America and Europe, including the BBC Symphony, Boston Symphony, Hallé, and Philadelphia orchestras.

[originalharmonysalad]

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by BISHI (@bishiofficial)

Calling all classical music nerds, who love AI & Lego. (It’s a vibe) These images have been created by Tarik O’Regan. He’s picked the best pioneers and pieces in my humble opinion.

[opera-ghosts]

Nadia Boulanger talks about Schumann Davidsbündlertänze

[aschenblumen]

Nadia Boulanger, Élégie. Texto de Albert Samain. Melinda Paulsen, mezzosoprano Angela Gassenhuber, piano

[ampazourvskomodino]

[On being asked how it felt to be the first female conductor of the Boston Symphony:] I've been a woman for a little more than fifty years, and I've gotten over my original astonishment.

Nadia Boulanger

[krispyweiss]

Album Review: Kathryn Stott and Yo-Yo Ma - Merci

Though its title translates to thank you and Kathryn Stott and Yo-Yo Ma call Merci a “personal expression of gratitude,” the album is as much an elegy as anything.

The latest fruit borne from the long-running collaboration between pianist Stott and cellist Ma is dominated by the former’s “musical soulmate” Gabriel Fauré, who composed nine of Merci’s 17 pieces.

Atmospherically cohesive compositions from Lili Boulanger (“Nocturne”), Camille Saint-Saëns (“Samson et Dalila”), Nadia Boulanger (“Cantique”) and others round out the 70-plus minutes of sonic meditation.

Contemplative, yes, but never lulling, Merci is friendship and human connection in sound - always engaging, eminently comforting and, indeed, elegiac, perhaps in gratitude to those who came before.

Grade card: Kathryn Stott and Yo-Yo Ma - Merci - A

11/6/24

[julio-viernes]

Quincy Jones, nacido el 14 de marzo de 1933 en Chicago, había dado sus primeros pasos en el mundo del jazz tocando con Bunny Campbell y Preston Sandiford, haciendo un pequeño combo con Ray Charles y más tarde saliendo de gira con la orquesta de Lionel Hampton. En 1954 "Q" se traslado a Nueva York, donde hizo arreglos para Tommy Dorsey, Gene Krupa, Sarah Vaughan, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Dinah Washington, Cannonball Adderley... En 1956 tocó la trompeta en las seis primeras apariciones televisivas de Elvis Presley (acabó diciendo de él que era un racista, y de los Beatles que eran unos inútiles). Ese mismo año "Q" firmó con ABC-Paramount y sacó su primer LP en solitario propiamente dicho, "Go West, Man!". En 1957 se trasladó a París, ciudad con la que tuvo una especial relación de amor. Allí se matriculó en la prestigiosa escuela de música de Fontainebleau para estudiar composición y teoría musical con Nadia Boulanger y Olivier Messiaen. La Sra. Boulanger ha pasado a la historia como una de las profesoras de composición más influyentes del siglo XX, y tuvo como alumnos a Aaron Copland, George Gershwin y Philip Glass. En cuanto al compositor y profesor Messiaen, tuvo como alumnos a Pierre Boulez, Karlheinz Stockhausen y Iannis Xenakis. Jones tocó en el Olympia y se convirtió en director musical del sello Barclay, distribuidor francés de Mercury Records, nuevo sello de Quincy en 1958. En total pasó casi cinco años en Francia y a lo largo de la década estuvo en Europa varias veces de gira con diferentes grupos. En 58 comenzó también su colaboración con Frank Sinatra, para el que acabaría dirigiendo y arreglando el álbum "It Might As Well Be Swing", que contenía la célebre "Fly Me To The Moon".

Todo esto que acabo de contar (un resumen de varios artículos de internet) es sólo una pequeña parte de la vida de "Q" Jones, una aproximación a su figura muy incompleta y muy por encima.

Arriba, "Evening In Paris" de “This Is How I Feel About Jazz”, su segundo LP como artista en solitario. Una composición propia en la que tocaron Herbie Mann, Zoot Sims, Hank Jones y Charles Mingus.

[sunset-supergirl]

Happy birthday Nadia Boulanger

[sivavakkiyar]

[lesser-known-composers]

Nadia Boulanger (1887 – 1979)

[abwwia]

Juliette Nadia Boulanger (16 September 1887 – 22 October 1979) was a French music teacher, conductor and composer. She taught many of the leading composers and musicians of the 20th century, and also performed occasionally as a pianist and organist. via Wikipedia

[artisthomes]

Nadia Boulanger's home at 36 rue Ballu in Paris, France

[contemporaryclassicalfan]

Pianist Antonio Oyarzabal presents new selection of women composers on La muse oubliée II

In 2021, Antonio Oyarzabal launched La muse oubliée, featuring music by thirteen well-known and lesser-known European women from the Baroque to the 20th century. Two years later, on El fin del silencio, he championed an odd 20 women composers from Latin America. The success of the two discs apparently tasted like more, for the Spanish-British pianist recently published La muse oubliée II,…