Nadia Boulanger taught … everyone.

Nadia Boulanger taught Burt Bacharach, Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez, Donald Byrd, Aaron Copland, Philip Glass, Quincy Jones, Michel Legrand, Gian Carlo Menotti, Astor Piazzolla, Robert Shafer, Virgil Thomson, and many more. A musical biography by Oscar Osicki.

More:

“The greatest music teacher who ever lived,” Clemency Burton-Hill, BBC Culture

“She Was Music’s Greatest Teacher. And Much More.” William Robin, New York Times

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Musical Moments from Chopin

“Musical Moments from Chopin” (aka “Chopin’s Musical Moments”) a 1946 Walter Lanz “Cartune” featuring Andy Panda. and Woody Woodpecker. Directed by Dick Lundy. Music by Darrell Calker. (and Frédéric Chopin, natch). Nominated for an Academy Award for best short subject.

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Gymnopédies

Gymnopédies d’Erik Satie, réalisées par des chats et des animaux de basse-cour. Une vidéo de Florent Ghys.

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