MUSICIAN

Nadia Boulanger

1887 - 1979

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Juliette Nadia Boulanger (French: [ʒyljɛt nadja bulɑ̃ʒe] ; 16 September 1887 – 22 October 1979) 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. From a musical family, she achieved early honours as a student at the Conservatoire de Paris but, believing that she had no particular talent as a composer, she gave up writing music and became a teacher. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nadia Boulanger has received more than 951,446 page views. Her biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Nadia Boulanger is the 109th most popular musician (down from 108th in 2019), the 717th most popular biography from France (down from 698th in 2019) and the 5th most popular French Musician.

Nadia Boulanger was a French composer and conductor. She is most famous for her work as a teacher of composers and music directors.

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  • 950k

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  • 65.41

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  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Nadia Boulanger ranks 109 out of 3,175. Before her are Gheorghe Zamfir, Ludovico Einaudi, Ice-T, João Gilberto, Glenn Miller, and David Guetta. After her are Jascha Heifetz, Henryk Wieniawski, Joe Hisaishi, John Bonham, Barry Gibb, and Mariss Jansons.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Nadia Boulanger ranks 29. Before her are Felix Yusupov, Georg Trakl, Henry Moseley, Georgia O'Keeffe, Ruth Benedict, and Leopold Ružička. After her are Wolfgang Köhler, Nikolai Vavilov, Gustav Ludwig Hertz, Lothar Rendulic, August Macke, and Erich Mendelsohn. Among people deceased in 1979, Nadia Boulanger ranks 22. Before her are Mustafa Barzani, Nelson Rockefeller, Sonia Delaunay, Hafizullah Amin, Hanna Reitsch, and Shin'ichirō Tomonaga. After her are Sid Vicious, Werner Forssmann, Bertil Ohlin, Robert Burns Woodward, Nur Muhammad Taraki, and Agostinho Neto.

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In France

Among people born in France, Nadia Boulanger ranks 717 out of 6,770. Before her are Madame Roland (1754), Charles III, Duke of Bourbon (1490), Charles, Duke of Vendôme (1489), Robert Hossein (1927), Gilbert Bécaud (1927), and Pierre Boulez (1925). After her are Samuel de Champlain (1567), Michel Legrand (1932), Robert Bresson (1901), Jean Meslier (1664), Michèle Mercier (1939), and Charlotte of Savoy (1441).

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Among MUSICIANS In France

Among musicians born in France, Nadia Boulanger ranks 5. Before her are Jean-Michel Jarre (1948), Richard Clayderman (1953), Paul Mauriat (1925), and David Guetta (1967). After her are Thomas Bangalter (1), Arnaut Daniel (1150), Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813), Jean-Marie Leclair (1697), Stéphane Grappelli (1908), Émile Waldteufel (1837), and Georges Prêtre (1924).

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