Nadia Boulanger: Choice, Love, Passion…in music and life.
“The essential conditions
of everything you do
must be choice,
love,
passion.”
~Nadia Boulanger, composer, conductor and musician~
Wickipedia note: Nadia Boulanger (September 16, 1887 – October 22, 1979) was an influential French composer, conductor, and music professor. An outstanding music educator at the highest level, she taught many of the most important composers and conductors of the 20th century.
You can read personal recollections of Nadia Boulanger by Albert Alan Owen here.
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Hi Janet,
What a great quote…it’s going on my fridge…so true, so true…
And a question…what happens when we lose touch with choice, love and passion? I feel a link here…to what I was talking about on my blog this last week. What do you think?
Susan