Nadia Boulanger and Her Role in Polish Music – in the Light of Zygmunt Mycielski’s Writings1

Beata Bolesławska-Lewandowska

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Nadia Boulanger and Her Role in Polish Music – in the Light of Zygmunt Mycielski’s Writings1

Polski Rocznik Muzykologiczny

Volume 20 (2022): Issue 1 (December 2022)

By: Beata Bolesławska-Lewandowska

Open Access

|Mar 2023

Abstract

Nadia Boulanger and Her Role in Polish Music – in the Light of Zygmunt Mycielski–s Writings

Zygmunt Mycielski (1907–1987), a composer and writer on music, was one of the pupils of Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979). In his writings he often stressed the role which this eminent French teacher played in the development of a whole generation of Polish (and not only Polish) composers. Not only did Mycielski owe a lot to her personally, but he also clearly saw the significance of her teaching to the further fate of Polish music. He remained her friend, introduced her to Poland, and often mentioned both his education under her wings and the importance of her teaching. The article presents the figure and role of Nadia Boulanger in the light of the writings of Zygmunt Mycielski.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/prm-2022-0001 | Journal eISSN: 2719-7891

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Language: Polish, English, French

Page range: 38 - 52

Published on: Mar 10, 2023

Published by: Polish Composers’ Union

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Keywords:

Nadia Boulanger,

Zygmunt Mycielski,

Nadia Boulanger and Polish music,

Polish 20^th-century music,

French-Polish musical relations

Related subjects:

Cultural studies,

Genres and media in cultural studies,

Music,

Music, general,

Philosophy,

Aesthetics,

Philosophy of culture

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