#ClassicsaDay #Boulanger Week 1

 This July, the Classics a Day team celebrates the remarkable legacy of Nadia Boulanger. The French composer taught approximately 600 pupils throughout her 69-year career. What makes Boulanger unique isn't the number of students she taught, but who they were. 

Many of the leading 20th-century composers studied with Boulanger at some point. The challenge for this month is to post performances of works by Boulanger pupils. It's an impressive list.

Here are my posts for the first week of the #ClassicsaDay theme #Boulanger.

07/01/25 Douglas Allanbrook (1921-2003): Symphony No. 1

Allanbrook studied with Boulanger when she came to Brown University in the 1940s. Allanbrook was also an important harpsichordist. 

07/02/25 Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969): Cello Concerto No. 1

When Bacewicz studied with Boulanger in 1932, she was known primarily as a violinist. An automobile accident soon put her career on a different course. 

07/03/25 Elliott Carter (1908-2012): Piano Sonata

Carter studied with Boulanger in Paris in the 1930s. His ultra-modernist style inspired many contemporary composers. 

07/04/25 Ingolf Dahl (1912-1970): Sinfonietta for Band

Dahl attended Boulanger master classes in the 1940s after emigrating to the U.S. He found success both in film and in the concert hall.