Bernstein on His Teacher Nadia Boulanger

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Published: 1/17/2022

Leonard Bernstein talks about Nadia Boulanger in this 1977 Bruno Monsaingeon documentary (starts at 7:15).

At his New England country home in Fairfield, Connecticut, Bernstein had a music studio, whose walls hung scores of drawings, paintings and photographs, including one photo showing Boulanger pinning ribbon of officier of the Légion d'honneur on Bernstein’s lapel.

Below are some of the Youtube comments -

  • "His French is no good. Same words and phrases over and over. Pretty bad accent too."

  • "He is limited in vocabulary and ease of expression but he makes no mistakes, none."

  • "Berstein makes the effort to speak French well and that means a lot for the respect he has for the French language and culture! Thank you Mr Berstein!"