Tag: Lili Boulanger
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International Women’s Day and the Boulanger Sisters
Today is International Women’s Day! And to celebrate, today’s post is about two sisters who made an international impression during their lives, and after. Lili Boulanger (1893-1918) and Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979) were French natives, and sisters who were born into a musical family and greatly supported by their parents in their musical endeavors. Even from…
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The 1.7 Percent: Distilling the 2008-2009 Repertoire Reports
Stories about “the 1%” abound in the media, but today I would like to shine a light on a far less reported, though far more relevant for this site’s purposes, statistic: the 1.7%. Our own Sarah Baer crunched the numbers (provided by the League of American Orchestras) and determined that out of over 12,000 individual…
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More on Women’s History Month
As I mentioned at the beginning of this month, every month is Women’s History Month at WPA, as it is in every feminist community. There are many concerns and mixed feelings about what it means to separate one month for the recognition of one group – and understandably so. If we remember the works of…
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NY Philharmonic’s Archives Now Available Online
In what I’m sure was, and continues to be, a massive undertaking, the New York Philharmonic is digitizing their archives to make available online to anyone interested. The benefit to researchers, amateur and professional alike, is truly fantastic! The project, which is still underway, currently provides the scores, images, programs and business documents from 1943-1970.…