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Bou·lan·ger    Audio Help   [boo-lahn-jey; Fr. boo-lahn-zhey] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.Georges Er·nest Jean Ma·rie    Audio Help   [zhawrzh er-nest zhahn ma-ree] Pronunciation Key, 1837–91, French general and politician.
2.Na·dia (Ju·liette)    Audio Help   [nah-dee-uh joo-lee-et; Fr. na-dya zhy-lyet] Pronunciation Key, 1887–1979, French musician and teacher.
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Boulanger, Nadia, 1887-1979, French conductor and musician, b. Paris. Boulanger was considered an outstanding teacher of composition. She studied at the Paris Conservatory, where in 1945 she became professor. Boulanger taught at the École normale de Musique, Paris, and (from 1921) at the American Conservatory, Fontainebleau, becoming its director in 1950. As the teacher of such American composers as Walter Piston, Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson, Roy Harris, and Marc Blitzstein, she has profoundly influenced American music. She often visited the United States, as teacher, lecturer, organist, and guest conductor of the Boston Symphony (1938) and the New York Philharmonic (1939). She was noted for her conducting of choral works. Boulanger's sister Lily (1893-1918) was a distinguished composer. 
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