Lili Boulanger
Lili Boulanger | |
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Boulanger at the residence organ of Louis Vierne, 1913 | |
| Born | Marie-Juliette Boulanger 21 August 1893 9th arrondissement of Paris, France |
| Died | 15 March 1918 (aged 24) Mézy-sur-Seine, Yvelines, France |
| Cause of death | Complications from intestinal tuberculosis coupled with possible Crohn's disease |
| Burial place | Montmartre Cemetery |
| Alma mater | Conservatoire de Paris |
| Occupation | Composer |
| Style | Symbolism; Impressionism |
| Father | Ernest Boulanger |
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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 who was the first female winner of the Grand Prix de Rome composition prize. Her older sister was the noted composer and composition teacher Nadia Boulanger; their father was the composer Ernest Boulanger.