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Attente, LB 6 : édition critique

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Critical edition of Attente (LB 6), song for voice and piano by Lili Boulanger on a poem from Maurice Maeterlinck's Serres chaudes, written at Gargenville in 1910. It is her first completed song. It was first performed by Claire Croiza on 9 March 1918, six days before the composer's death, and first published by Ricordi in 1919.

The edition is based on the autograph manuscript (Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ms. 19434) and on the first edition. As the manuscript contains neither dynamics nor slurs, the markings of the Ricordi edition, which appear to reflect Nadia Boulanger's hand, are adopted but remain recognisable: slurs are printed as dotted lines, other additions in parentheses. All discrepancies between the sources are listed in the critical commentary.

Includes a preface and critical commentary in French, English and German.

Version 1.0, also available on IMSLP. More information: https://boulanger.hachem.cc/lb06/

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Attente, LB 6: critical edition

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1910
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References

  • Boulanger, Lili. Attente. Autograph manuscript, [1910]. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département de la Musique, Ms. 19434.
  • Boulanger, Lili. Attente. Paris: Ricordi, 1918 [published June 1919].