Lili Boulanger

Lili Boulanger
Lili Boulanger
	Boulanger in 1913
Born	Marie Juliette Boulanger; 21 August 1893; Paris, France
Died	15 March 1918 (aged 24); Mézy-sur-Seine, Yvelines, France
Alma mater	Conservatoire de Paris
Occupations	Composer, musician
Years active	1910-1918
Organization	Franco-American Committee of the Conservatoire
Notable work	Faust et Hélène; D'un matin de printemps;
Style	Symbolism, Impressionism
Father	Ernest Boulanger
Relatives	Nadia Boulanger (elder sister); Marie-Julie Halligner (paternal grandmother); Frédérick Lemaître (paternal granduncle); Frédéric Boulanger (paternal grandfather);

Marie Juliette Boulanger (French: [maʁi ʒyljɛt bulɑ̃ʒe] ^ⓘ; 21 August 1893 – 15 March 1918), professionally known as Lili Boulanger (French: [lili bulɑ̃ʒe]), was a French composer and musician, associated with the Symbolist and Impressionist movements. The first woman to win the Grand Prix de Rome composition competition, her older sister was the composer and composition teacher Nadia Boulanger; their father was the composer Ernest Boulanger.

In spite of her short career, critics, composers and audiences have overwhelmingly lauded her œuvre for its mature, introspective, highly innovative and original characteristics. Her notable works include her three psalms for chorus and orchestra, the song-cycle Clairières dans le ciel (to poems by Francis Jammes), the D'un soir triste and D'un matin de printemps diptych, the Vieille prière bouddhique, Pie Jesu, her Prix de Rome cantata Faust et Hélène and various others.