NADIA BOULANGER

Nadia's parents were Ernest Boulanger and Raissa Myshetskaya. She was born is Paris. As a young child, Nadia would run away when her parents played music. But when Raissa became pregnant again when Nadia was 5, her appreciation for music changed.

One day, Nadia heard a fire bell and instead of running away, she tried to copy the noise. Her parents were a amazed. She began to listen to her fathers music lessons and learned the rudiments of music. When Raissa came home after birth to Nadia's new little sister Lili, she was not allowed to see them because LilI had just been born and her mom was tired. Her dad asked her take part in Lili's life and watch out for her.

At the age of 7, Nadia and her sister studied hard to get into the Conservatoire, a music school, at a later date. When she did join, she got forth place in a competition she participated in.When Ernest, Nadia's fathered passed away in 1900, money became a problem for Nadia and her family.

In 1903, Nadia got first place in harmony at the same competition. She had started to get money from performing. When she was at an exam, she met Raoul Pigno, a French composer who took interest in Nadia's career. Nadia put a hold on her career to try and win the Prix de Rome.

Nadia's sister grew ill and died in 1918. LilI was also a composer and her death affected Nadia a lot. In 1919, Nadia performed 20 songs and she started to compose again. Nadia was also a teacher. She taught many composers we've grown to know today, one of them being Aaron Copland.

Nadia toured in America and many other places. When she left America and came back to Paris, she join the Conservatoire once more. She at stayed there until her death in 1979.

FUN FACTS

• Most of her songs were made for piano of organ
• She always said she could teach her students how to read and write music, she couldn't bestow creativity onto them
• She liked to be called "Mademoiselle"

LUX AETERNA

• http://youtu.be/Eh6oPghFnt0

PRÉLUDE IN f MINOR

• http://youtu.be/T12qCU-ZEp4

VERS LA VIE NOUVELLE

• http://youtu.be/ZqnELfXTAe8
• Made in 1918
• Played on the organ
• I liked her creativity.

WEBSITES I USED

• Wikipedia.com
• Brittanica.com
• Biography.com