Nadia Boulanger

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/nadia-boulanger

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. When was Nadia Boulanger born?September 16, 1887
2. Where was Nadia Boulanger born?Paris, France
3. When did Nadia Boulanger die?December 22, 1979 (age 92)
4. What is the notable students?Aaron Copland, Quincy Jones, Philip Glass, Burt Bacharach, Astor Piazzolla, Daniel Barenboim
5. Who was Nadia Boulanger?Nadia Boulanger was a brilliant music teacher and composer from Paris who helped shape music for more than 60 years.
6. What made her teaching style special?She mixed strict lessons with encouragement, looking at each student’s strengths and letting them find their own creative voice.

Counterpoint: The art of combining two or more independent melodic lines simultaneously.
Fugue: A complex musical composition where a theme is introduced and then imitated by other voices or instruments.
Pedagogy: The method and practice of teaching, especially as an academic subject or theoretical concept.