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Nadia Boulanger

1887 - 1979

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Juliette Nadia Boulanger (French: [ʒyljɛt nadja bulɑ̃ʒe] ; 16 September 1887 – 22 October 1979) was a French music teacher, conductor and composer. She taught many of the leading composers and musicians of the 20th century, and also performed occasionally as a pianist and organist. From a musical family, she achieved early honours as a student at the Conservatoire de Paris but, believing that she had no particular talent as a composer, she gave up writing music and became a teacher. In that capacity, she influenced generations of young composers, especially those from the United States and other English-speaking countries. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nadia Boulanger is the 92nd most popular musician (up from 109th in 2019), the 606th most popular biography from France (up from 717th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular French Musician.

Nadia Boulanger was a French composer and conductor. She is most famous for her work as a teacher of composers and music directors.

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Among musicians, Nadia Boulanger ranks 92 out of 3,175. Before her are Django Reinhardt, Glenn Gould, Jamiroquai, Jon Lord, David Oistrakh, and Giorgio Moroder. After her are Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, Dave Grohl, Cosima Wagner, Sia, Avicii, and Alice Cooper.

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Among people born in 1887, Nadia Boulanger ranks 26. Before her are Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, Leonard Bloomfield, James B. Sumner, Henry Moseley, Saint-John Perse, and Heitor Villa-Lobos. After her are Georg Trakl, Chūichi Nagumo, Georgia O'Keeffe, Felix Yusupov, Ruth Benedict, and Jack Phillips. Among people deceased in 1979, Nadia Boulanger ranks 15. Before her are Dennis Gabor, Herbert Marcuse, Jean Renoir, Jean Monnet, Sándor Kocsis, and Talcott Parsons. After her are Mika Waltari, Shin'ichirō Tomonaga, Hafizullah Amin, Ludvík Svoboda, Robert Burns Woodward, and Mustafa Barzani.

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In France

Among people born in France, Nadia Boulanger ranks 606 out of 6,770. Before her are Blanche Monnier (1849), Hector Malot (1830), Niki de Saint Phalle (1930), René of Anjou (1409), Édouard Lalo (1823), and Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne (1611). After her are William Wyler (1902), Marcel Lefebvre (1905), Peter II of Courtenay (1155), Claude Chabrol (1930), Marcel Mauss (1872), and Marine Le Pen (1968).

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Among MUSICIANS In France

Among musicians born in France, Nadia Boulanger ranks 3. Before her are Jean-Michel Jarre (1948), and Richard Clayderman (1953). After her are Thomas Bangalter (1), David Guetta (1967), Arnaut Daniel (1150), Paul Mauriat (1925), Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813), Stéphane Grappelli (1908), Jean-Marie Leclair (1697), Georges Prêtre (1924), and Louis Vierne (1870).

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