Charles Bleefield collection of Nadia Boulanger correspondence
Scope and Contents
The collection contains manuscript letters and brief notes from Nadia Boulanger to her former student Charles Bleefield, including a letter of recommendation in 1947 and several brief greetings in the two decades that followed. Also included are invitations to two memorial services for Lili Boulanger and an Igor Stravinsky autograph.
Dates
- Creation: 1947 - 1967
Creator
- Boulanger, Nadia (Person)
- Bleefield, Charles (Person)
Language of Materials
Approximately two-thirds of the materials are in French and the rest are in English.
Language of Materials
Materials are in French and English.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for use at the Peabody Archives.
Conditions Governing Use
Single copies may be made for research purposes. Researchers are responsible for determining any copyright questions. It is not necessary to seek our permission as the owner of the physical work to publish or otherwise use public domain materials that we have made available for use, unless Johns Hopkins University holds the copyright. All requests for permission to publish materials in this collection must be submitted in writing to the archivist of the Arthur Friedheim Library.
Biographical / Historical
Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979) was a composer, pianist, conductor, and educator known for teaching many American composers in Paris and Fontainebleau. She was a member of the Peabody Conservatory faculty in 1942.
Charles Bleefield studied with Boulanger in the 1940s and remained in contact with her for two decades. He and Therese Bleefield are the translators of Igor Stravinsky, the Man and His Music, a biography by Alexandre Tansman published in 1949.
Extent
0.19 Cubic Feet (1 expanding letter-size file folder) : Print materials and two microfilms
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Unknown. Found in collections, 2005.
Processing Information
Processed by Matt Testa in 2017.
Subject
- Boulanger, Nadia (Person)
- Bleefield, Charles (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Charles Bleefield collection of Nadia Boulanger correspondence
- Author
- Matt Testa
- Date
- 2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Peabody Archives Repository
Peabody Institute
1 E. Mount Vernon Place
Baltimore MD 21202 USA
peabodyarchives@lists.jhu.edu