Nadia Boulanger
Nadia Boulanger
Juliette Nadia Boulangerwas a French composer, conductor, and teacher. She is notable for having taught many of the leading composers and musicians of the 20th century. She also performed occasionally as a pianist and organist...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth16 September 1887
CityParis, France
CountryFrance
strong art curiosity
Without a strong cup to carry the emotion, it is only a curiosity. Great art can come to us only in strong cups. Without emotion, there is nothing to carry.
art emotion art-is
Art is not emotion. Art is the medium in which emotion is expressed.
music found composer
Music was not invented by the composer, but found.
boredom boring
There is nothing boring in life except ourselves.
music ideas substance
Words created divergencies between beings, because their precise meanings put an opinion around the idea. Music only retains the highest and purest substance of the idea, since it has the privilege of expressing all, whilst excluding nothing.
order joy satisfaction
Without order there can be no inner satisfaction. Without inner satisfaction there can be no freedom. Without freedom there is no joy.
tradition habit adore
I adore tradition. I cannot stand habit. Simply to repeat is nothing, also to destroy is nothing. Tradition is never interrupted, we are always evolving but never interrupted.
dies
Do not take up music unless you would rather die than not do so.
music mistake serious
As far as the execution is concerned ... the most frequent and most serious mistake is to follow the music instead of preceding it.
art profound joy
The art of music is so deep and profound that to approach it very seriously only is not enough. One must approach music with a serious rigor and, at the same time, with a great, affectionate joy.
inspirational worthy gifted
It is one thing to be gifted and quite another thing to be worthy of one's own gift.
music notes forgiven
False notes can be forgiven, false music cannot.
truth effects
Do nothing for effect. Do it for truth.
taken succeed done
It is nothing to succeed if one has not taken great trouble, and it is nothing to fail if one has done the best one could.