Landowska, Wanda (Alexandra)
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Landowska, Wanda (Alexandra) (
b Warsaw, 1877;
d Lakeville, Conn., 1959). Polish-born harpsichordist and pianist. Settled in Paris 1900, touring Europe and USA in recitals of baroque mus. on pf. and hpd. Head of hpd. class, Berlin Hochschule, 1913 (interned during 1914–18 war). First in 20th cent. to play continuo of
St Matthew Passion on hpd. (Basle, 1919). Returned to Fr. 1919–38 as teacher and to give concerts of early mus. Falla (1926) and Poulenc (1929) comp. hpd. concs. for her. Author of
Musique Ancienne (1909).
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Creating Madame Landowska.(essay)(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Women & Music; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...FAMOUS POLISH HARPSICHORDIST Wanda Landowska has recently been characterized...past seventy years the legend of Wanda Landowska has become firmly enshrined in...recordings of the 1930s. (2) Wanda Landowska's story is one of struggle...
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Music to Her Ears: 'Landowska,' film about the mother of the
Newspaper article from: Jewish Exponent; 5/8/1997; 418 words
; ...08-1997 Music to Her Ears: `Landowska,' film about the mother of the...the early part of the century: Wanda Landowska was a musical wonder woman, more...arrived on screen as a major star: "Landowska" will have its world premiere...
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Arts: A very 20th-century period instrument Once derided as sounding like `two skeletons copulating on a tin roof', the harpsichord has made a remarkable comeback. By Nick Kimberley
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 12/13/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...came when the Polish pianist Wanda Landowska, then living in Paris, turned...Harpsichord Concerto, written for Landowska, features in Cole's programme...both players, particularly Landowska, a huge debt. "Wanda felt it her mission to reclaim...
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THE HEROINE OF THE HARPSICHORD ON VIDEO
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 1/23/1998; ; 700+ words
; `Landowska: Uncommon Visionary" is a new video about the extraordinary woman, Wanda Landowska (1877-1959), who brought the harpsichord...will want to see it. The video presents Landowska playing four short selections on her...
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New opera group opens with Mozart `Abduction'
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 6/18/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Barbara Attie's documentary about Wanda Landowska, the first great harpsichordist...Landowska's 120th birthday. Landowska figured in a May 31 New Yorker...neon in a dream Times Square. "Wanda Landowska," reads a billboard, "World...
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NEARLY GOOD AS GOULD: Perahia's 'Goldberg Variations'.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Commonweal; 11/17/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...in 1933 by Polish harpsichordist Wanda Landowska on her specially built Pleyel instrument...Goldberg Variations shared with Landowska's an acerbic quality, of excluding...as long. Harpsichordists after Landowska, most notably George Malcolm...
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DEVOTED TO BACH
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 6/5/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...his interest to the arrival of Wanda Landowska's harpsichord recording of...Consumer Reports magazine gave Landowska's new recording a double-A...came from those records. I was Landowska's student, whether she knew...
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In New Zealand, Opera Goes From R-Rated to PC; Web Site Puts Bizet's 'Carmen' in a (Politically) Pure Light
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 7/4/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...At 9:30, the documentary "Landowska: Uncommon Visionary" will present...s most influential musicians, Wanda Landowska, who revived the harpsichord as...Harpsichord Concerto. Rare footage of Landowska in performance and interviews is...
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WHO JACK PFEIFFER WAS, JUST FOR THE RECORD; RCA Producer Manned the Controls for Some of the Greats
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/18/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...Gregor Piatigorsky, harpsichordist Wanda Landowska, conductors Charles Munch, Fritz...new album. His first artist was Landowska. "She had begun to record Bach...record her in her home. "Once Landowska accepted you, you were family...
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ROSALYN TURECK, 88; PIANIST OF BACH INTERPRETATION FAME
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 7/24/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...celebrated putdown from the legendary harpsichordist Wanda Landowska ever took place - Landowska is supposed to have said, "You play Bach your...him his." Ms. Tureck professed to admire Landowska, remarking, "She had a real sense of the...
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Landowska, Wanda
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Wanda Landowska Perhaps more than any other single individual, keyboard performer Wanda Landowska (1879 – 1959) was responsible...the many debts of gratitude we owe to Wanda Landowska is for her having viewed music as a...
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Wanda Landowska
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Wanda Landowska , 1879-1959, Polish-French harpsichordist and pianist...harpsichord concertos for her. Bibliography: See her Landowska on Music (1969); documentary film, Landowska: Uncommon Visionary (1999), dir. by B. Attie.
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Landowska, Wanda (Alexandra)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Landowska, Wanda (Alexandra) ( b Warsaw, 1877; d Lakeville, Conn., 1959). Polish-born harpsichordist and pianist. Settled in Paris 1900...
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Moszkowski, Moritz
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
...Wrote opera, ballet, vn. conc., pf. conc., and many songs, but chiefly known for his lighter pf. pieces, esp. his Spanish Dances for pf. duet. Pupils incl. Josef Hofmann, Wanda Landowska, Joaquin Nin, and Joaquin Turina.
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Joaquín María Nin-Culmell
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Bach and of early Spanish music, and he argued against performing this repertoire on the harpsichord, notably with Wanda Landowska in a public exchange of views. His compositions combined Spanish baroque and French impressionist elements. His...
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