Nadia Boulanger and the Stravinskys

Published for the first time: a rich epistolary dialogue revealing one master teacher''s power to shape the cultural canon and one great composer''s desire to embed himself within historical narratives.

Nadia Boulanger and Igor Stravinsky began corresponding in 1929 when Stravinsky sought someone to supervise the musical education of his younger son, Soulima. Boulanger accepted the position and beg...