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Nadia Boulanger was a 19th-century French musician and teacher. Juliette Nadia Boulanger 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. Read more on Wikipedia →

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“Always remember your days are blessed. You may know how to profit from them or you may not, but they are blessed.”
— Nadia Boulanger
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“The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion.”
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Passion Choice You

“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.”
— Nadia Boulanger
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“A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.”
— Nadia Boulanger
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“Do not take up music unless you would rather die than not do so.”
— Nadia Boulanger
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“Nothing is better than music.... It has done more for us than we have the right to hope for.”
— Nadia Boulanger
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