Talk:Lili Boulanger

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This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 07:12, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Text "intestinal tuberculosis (now called Crohn's disease)"[edit]

The Wikipedia article on Crohn's disease distinguishes it from intestinal TB. If the Crohn's article is correct, the "(now called ...)" is incorrect. I'm not a medic, so I did a bit of "Googling" to check. A (very) few "hits" do suggest that IT is one form of CD, but the vast majority made a clear distinction between the two. Many discuss differentiating in diagnosis; https://www.karger.com/Article/Pdf/335431 is typical of these. It seems fairly clear that the "(now called ...)" is incorrect, so I have deleted it. Wyresider (talk) 11:05, 14 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Crohn's disease was not identified until 1932 ([1]), so I think it is fair to say that we simply do not know whether Lili died of intestinal TB or Crohn's disease. I modified the article to reflect this and removed the "disputed" template. Peter S. Shenkin (talk) 04:23, 4 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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"during her performance she collapsed" is misleading and untenable[edit]

The idea that she collapsed "during her performance" is a widespread misrepresentation. Lili Boulanger entered the Prix de Rome in 1912 for composition. The composers were not expected to perform or even conduct these compositions, and indeed, such a work could not be performed by any single person. She fell ill during the competition, the final round of which requires that the contestants to be sequestered in a room at the Chateau for 2 weeks (some sources say a month) while they compose a fully orchestrated 30-minute work on a given topic. Sources: Justin Davidson of the New York Magazine in The Lost Canon, Jan 7, 2020 "It’s Time We All Heard the Music of Lili Boulanger" and explained by @Inside the Score "Music's Greatest Loss: Why Listen to Lili Boulanger" who cites Nadia and Lili Boulanger - Caroline Potter, Lili Boulanger - Paul Landormy and Frederick H. Martens and Lili Boulanger - Annegret Fauser.

It seems that during this composition phase, she fell ill and was unable to finish her work. What I find terribly interesting yet difficult to answer is why there was no award given that year. I can only presume that after seeing her partially completed work, the entire competition was halted. Eeosalel (talk) 07:32, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]