Klarinet Archive - Posting 000430.txt from 2003/03

From: Kenneth Wolman <kenneth.wolman@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Anger / Frustration
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 11:09:29 -0500

At 10:36 AM 3/10/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Boulanger knew. When I was there in the 60's, she was making at least
>$1000.00 per week from lessons and master classes - at age 80. The
>interesting thing is that she was not a particularly great performer
>(except upon the organ) or conductor. She just got people to think music.

Check the online list of her students:

http://www.nadiaboulanger.org/nb/amstudents.html

It is absolutely staggering. Not everyone is a household name (no matter
how small your household) but there are a few that most musicians (and many
writers) will recognize: Robert Russell Bennett, Marc Blitzstein, Paul
Bowles, Aaron Copland...and the alphabet goes on from there.

Didn't we have this conversation several years ago--about how some
less-than-great players (Leon Russianoff's name won't leave my head)
nevertheless can be great teachers who "midwife" generations of great players?

Ken

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