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Wanda Landowska , 1879-1959, Polish-French harpsichordist and pianist, studied at the Warsaw Conservatory. She taught piano (1900-1912) at the Schola Cantorum, Paris, and harpsichord (1912-19) at the Berlin Hochschule. She established her École de Musique ancienne in Paris in 1925. In 1940, she came to the United States, settling in Lakeville, Conn., where she taught and made recordings. Largely responsible for the revival of interest in the harpsichord and its music, she was the teacher of many noted contemporary harpsichordists. Manuel de Falla and Francis Poulenc wrote (1926 and 1929) the first 20th-century 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 (1877–1959) Polish harpsichordist and pianist who lived in Paris from 1919, and in the USA from 1941. An authority on early music, she founded the École de Musique Ancienne (1925) in Paris. In her teaching and performances, she did much to promote interest in the harpsichord.

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