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Nadia Boulanger

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

NADIA BOULANGER

SEPTEMBER 16 1887- OCTOBER 22 1979

CHILDHOOD

  • Her “full name” is Juliette Nadia Boulanger
  • Father: Ernest Boulanger, French Mother:Raissa Myshetskaya, Russian
  • She was born and lived in Paris
  • She always wanted to be the center of attention
  • Sister: Lili Boulanger
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SCHOOLING

  • She was counted a genius in music
  • She had pretty good grades
  • She was self-conscious about music
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MUSIC

  • She composed in the 20th century era
  • Nadia was a teacher
  • A conductor
  • A composer all in her life
  • She composed orchestras

INSTRUMENTS

  • Organ, piano, cello
  • These are the three instruments she played
  • Her best known one is piano
  • She made many compositions with the piano

STYLE

  • Wrote many compositions made for soloist
  • She wrote some orchestras
  • Also wrote some instrumental parts
  • Wrote some nine large- scale vocal works
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HOW NADIA GOT STARTED INTO MUSIC

  • At first Nadia HATED music like she would run away and scream when she heard it
  • But after her sister was born she wanted to learn all about music
  • She worked hard and that is how she became the Nadia we know all because of her sister being born
  • She had always thought her music was rubbish
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FUN FACTS

  • She studied with many famous composers
  • She taught a lot of famous composers
  • She never married
  • She died October 22 1979 in Paris her forever home and she died because her health was deteriorating and she was already deaf
  • She slowed down on composing after her sister (Lili Boulanger) died

FANTAISIE POUR PIANO ET ORCHESTRE

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PRÉLUDE IN F MINOR

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HEURES TERNES

  • https://youtu.be/cqYQ2SXoNzY
  • Was written in 1889 but was first performed in 1910
  • Was composed for voice and piano
  • A French poet wrote some lyrics

WEBSITES

  • Bach Cantatas Website
  • Britannica
  • Wikipedia
  • YouTube