Nadia Boulanger
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WHO IS NADIA BOULANGER?
- music teacher
- conductor
- composer
- pianist/organist
FAMILY
- father- Earnest Boulanger
- mother- Raissa Myshetskaya, a Russian princess
- sister- Lili Boulanger
Photo by Liv Bruce
lILI BOULANGER
- was very close with Nadia
- first woman to win the Prix de Rome
- family friend, Gabriel Faure, discovered she had perfect pitch when she was two
- She suffered from chronic illness, beginning with a case of pneumonia at age two, leading to the intestinal tuberculosis that ended her life at the age of 24
- Nadia, Lili, and their parents were all buried in the same tomb
ERNEST BOULANGER
- composer of chronic opera
- choral music composer
- choral group director
- voice teacher
- vocal contest jury member
- married when he was 62 and Raissa was 20
CHILDHOOD
- born in France
- took musical lessons from her mother, who pushed her very hard her studies
- joined the Conservatoire at age 9
- started taking private lessons from Vierne and Guilmant
- gave organ and piano performances as a student
- studied compositions under Faure and Debussy
DEATH
- died on October 22, 1979 at 92
- in her apartment in Paris
- had been in a coma for three weeks
- had been in failing health for over a year
- was blind and in a wheelchair before death
Photo by Wendy Scofield
FANTAISIE POUR PIANO ET ORCHESTRE
- https://youtu.be/_TVON0HwRCI
- written in 1912
- performed all across Europe in early 20th century
- dedicated to pianist Raoul Pugno
- remains unpublished to this day
Photo by Arindam Mahanta
FUN FACTS!
- studied with Joe Raposi, musical creator for the Muppets
- taught/influenced Aaron Copland
- began career as a composer, but gave it up to pursue teaching
- in 20th century era
- was the first woman to conduct the New York Philharmonic Orchestra in a full concert
- She liked to be known as “Mademoiselle”
- hated music until Lili was born
