Nadia Boulanger

Nadia Boulanger (September 16, 1887 – October 22, 1979) was an influential composer, conductor, and music professor. She taught many of the most important composers and conductors of the 20th century.

Method

Boulanger's teaching method emphasized score reading at the piano, Species Counterpoint, and mastery of sight singing (fixed-do). Her students were also expected to memorize Bach's Well Tempered Clavier Book 1, and learn to improvise fugues (as Bach often did).

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