Bob Kasenchak ([log in to unmask]) wrote: >There were 2 Boulangers, and they were both "hers": Lili & Nadia. >Lili (1893-1918) died young and was the more prolific composer. Nadia >(1887-1979) lived forever and was a great pedagogue, everyone, and I mean >-everyone- seems to have gone to France to study with her at some point, >from Copland to Cowell, the list goes on & on & on So well know was she, that this extract from the 2nd Hoffnung Concert, in fact the pre-performance commentary of Bruno-Heinz Jaja's Punkt-Kontrapunkt contains the following, which needed no explanation.. "Jaja is pure absolute, strict twelve-tone, never tempted, like some of the French composers, to use 13 tones. This, says Jaja, is the baker's dozen, the nadir of boulanger." Deryk Barker [log in to unmask]