• 1887, September 16
  Born in Paris to a family of musicians. Grandmother, Juliette Boulanger (1786), celebrated singer. Grandfather, Frederic Boulanger (1778). Father, Ernest Boulanger, Professor at the Paris Conservatory of Music (1815 — 1900). Mother, Russian, Princess Mitchesky (1858 — 1935).



• 1897
  Entered the Paris Conservatory, age 10.



• 1904
  Winner of First Prize in harmony, counterpoint, fugue, organ, and piano accompaniment at age 17.



• 1906
  Winner of second Grand Prix de Rome in Composition.



• 1908 — 1918
  Teacher of Harmony at the Conservatory.



• 1918, March 15
  Death of her sister Lili (born 1893, Marie-JulietteOlga).



• 1921
  Appointed professor of harmony, counterpoint, and composition at the American Conservatory of Music in Fontainebleau. She continued these teaching duties until her death in 1979.
  
  First trip to the United States.
  
  Appointed professor of music history, counterpoint, harmony, and composition at Lecole Normale de la Musique in Paris until 1939.



• 1925, February
  Lecture series at Rice University, Houston TX and publication of her Lectures on Modern Music. First performance of Copland’s Organ Symphony with Boulanger as soloist.



• 1938
  Conducted the first performance of Stravinsky’s Dumbarton Oaks Concerto in Washington DC.



• 1940 — 1946
  Extended stay in the United State. Had already become the first woman to conduct many symphony orchestras including New York, Boston, and Philadelphia. Guest teaching at Longy, Mills, Yale and many other American schools.



• 1950
  Appointed Director of the American Conservatory of Music in Fontainebleau.



• 1958
  Visiting Artist and professor at the Institute for Contemporary Arts in Washington DC. NBC Wisdom series film made on her teaching.



• 1962
  Faure's Requiem with the New York Philharmonic and many honorary degrees from Yale, Harvard, and Oxford.



• 1979, October 22
  Death of Nadia Boulanger.

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