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Testimonials of her knowledge and talent are awe-inspiring. I've known or met in passing several composers and musicians who studied with her. She taught so man
by jethkl 4y ago
Testimonials of her knowledge and talent are awe-inspiring. I've known or met in passing several composers and musicians who studied with her. She taught so many of that era. If interested in this sort of thing, there is a list of some of her students [1].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_music_students_by_teacher:_A_to_B#Nadia_Boulanger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_music_students_by_teac...
- seanhunter 4y agoBTW some of the people on that list that might not be household names are none the less completely astonishing. I mean everyone knows Aaron Copland and Quincy Jones but for example, if you have not ever done so, you owe it to yourself to check out Egberto Gismonti[1]. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-YW7I5_3AE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-YW7I5_3AE
- bambax 4y agoAmazing and beautiful piece, thank you.
- petercooper 4y agoThe whole of Antologia is fantastic, brooding, saudade Brazilian jazz. There was a year or two I almost had it on loop while working. It also has some more Sergio Mendes-esque stuff going on like the dramatic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jl8AzELAh4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jl8AzELAh4
- perihelions 4y agoHere's a graph of those students, and the transitive closure of all of their students, too: https://i.ibb.co/hsYjDcg/nadia.png https://i.ibb.co/hsYjDcg/nadia.png (warning: large)