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- Nadia Boulanger was born on September 16, 1887 in Paris, France. She died on October 22, 1979 in Paris, France.
- Influential French composer, conductor and music teacher at the Paris Conservatoire.
- Pictured on an 85c French commemorative postage stamp issued 16 September 2017.
- Sister of Lili Boulanger.
- A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.
- I've been a woman for a little over 50 years and have gotten over my initial astonishment. As for conducting an orchestra, that's a job where I don't think sex plays much part.
- The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion.
- Life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece.
- Loving a child doesn't mean giving in to all his whims; to love him is to bring out the best in him, to teach him to love what is difficult.
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