ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses Nadia Boulanger's first concert tour of the USA, in January-February 1925, her sister's music appeared on the programme and was well received by critics. Boulanger was the soloist in Copland's Symphony for Organ and Orchestra a part written for her with the New York Symphony Society conducted by Walter Damrosch. As one of the first female professional conductors, Nadia Boulanger also promoted her sister's work in concerts and recordings. An article published in 1928 by Simone Ratel compared Boulanger the conductor to a celibate male, thus erasing her gender and sexuality. Jeanice Brooks cites an interview Boulanger gave to the Boston Evening Transcript in 1939 which sheds light on how she perceived this turning point in her conducting career. Lili Boulanger's death resulted in Nadia Boulanger taking charge of her younger sister's musical legacy. Only one work of Lili's was published, which was published by Durand just before she signed an exclusive contract with Ricordi.
