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Lili Boulanger
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Lili Boulanger grew up in a Parisian family of musicians and was the younger sister of Nadia Boulanger, later a renowned teacher of composition. In 1913, with her cantata Faust et Hélène, she became the first woman to win the Prix de Rome for composition. She was ill all her life and died in 1918, at the age of twenty-four. In that short time she wrote music with a dark colour of its own, such as the great psalm setting Du fond de l'abîme.
Listening
Listening tip. Listen to the beginning of Du fond de l'abîme and hear how low, heavy instruments build up a dark sound before the choir enters.
Psaume 130: Du fond de l'abîme (Orchestre Lamoureux, Igor Markevitch) · Lili Boulanger, 1917
D'un matin de printemps (London Symphony Orchestra, Jonathon Heyward) · Lili Boulanger, 1918
Nocturne (Janine Jansen, Itamar Golan) · Lili Boulanger, 1911
Discography
Studio albums
- 1960Du fond de l’abîme / Psaume 24 / Psaume 129 / Vieille prière bouddhique / Pie Jesu
- 1977Faust et Helene
- 1979Chamber Works by Women Composers
- 1983Piano & Chamber Music
- 1992Du fond de l'abîme / Psaumes 24 & 129 / Vieille prière bouddhique / Pie Jesu / 3 Pièces pour violon et piano
- 1993In Memoriam Lili Boulanger
- 1994Clairières dans le ciel / Les Sirènes / Renouveau / Hymne au soleil / Soir sur la plaine / Pour les funérailles d'un soldat
- 1998Les Mélodies
- 19993 Psaumes / Vieille prière bouddhique / Pour les funérailles d’un soldat / D’un soir triste / D’un matin de printemps
- 1999Faust et Hélène
- 2002Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms / Boulanger: Du fond de l'abîme, Psalms 24 & 129, Vieille prière bouddhique
- 2007Debussy: Trio en sol majeur / La damoiselle élue / Boulanger: D'un soir triste / D'un matin de printemps
- 2008Chansons grises
- 2013Den Männern ebenbürtig
- 201520th-Century Women Composers
- 2015From a Tender Age
- 2018Hymne au Soleil
- 2019BBC Music, Volume 27, Number 11: Ravel: Shéhérazade / Boulanger: Faust et Hélène / Debussy: Nocturnes
- 2020Clairières: Songs by Lili & Nadia Boulanger
- 2020Les Saisons Francaises
- 2020Mélodies
- 2020The Sound of Trees
- 2021Sakura: Spring!
- 2021Sisters: Complete Piano Works
- 2022A New Dawn
- 2022Lennox in Paris
- 20231919: Coda
- 2023Femmes de légende
- 2023Les Heures claires: The Complete Songs
- 2023Piano Works
- 2023Poétesses symphoniques
- 2024A Room of Her Own
- 2025Angélus
- 2025Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique / Boulanger: D’un soir triste
- 2025Horizons: French Mélodies
- 2025Threads of Eternity
See also
Categories: ArtistsImpressionism