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Boulanger

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Bou·lan·ger  (b-lä-zh), Nadia Juliette 1887-1979.
French music teacher of several modern American composers, including Virgil Thomson and Aaron Copland.

Boulanger (French) [bulɑ̃ʒe]
n
1. (Biographies / Boulanger, Georges (1837-1891) M, French, MILITARY: general, POLITICS: statesman) Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1837-91, French general and minister of war (1886-87). Accused of attempting a coup d'état, he fled to Belgium, where he committed suicide
2. (Biographies / Boulanger, Nadia (Juliette) (1887-1979) F, French, EDUCATION: teacher of musical composition) Nadia (Juliette) (nadja). 1887-1979, French teacher of musical composition: her pupils included Elliott Carter, Aaron Copland, Darius Milhaud, and Virgil Thomson. She is noted also for her work in reviving the works of Monteverdi


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Madelle) Boulanger of Spencer; a brother, Edward F.
At the age of 10, she received a special government scholarship under the Law for Exceptionally Talented Children, which enabled her to study first in Ankara with Mithat Fenmen and Ahmed Adnan Saygun, and two years later at the Paris Conservatory, where her teachers were Pierre Sancan, Monique Haas, Pierre Fiquet and Nadia Boulanger.
Boulanger has participated actively in the ongoing development of GIPS for over ten years.
 
 
 
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