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Wanda Landowska was a Polish-born harpsichordist and musicologist who was a major figure in the revival of early music. She was born on July 5, 1879 in Warsaw, Poland, to a Jewish family. She studied piano and composition at the Warsaw Conservatory, and later studied with the renowned French harpsichordist and composer, Charles-Marie Widor.
In 1906, Landowska moved to Paris, where she established a successful career as a harpsichordist and teacher. She was a pioneer in the revival of early music, and was the first to record Bach's Goldberg Variations on the harpsichord. She also wrote several books on the harpsichord and its history.
In 1939, Landowska fled Paris with her husband, Henry Lew, and settled in the United States. She continued to perform and teach, and was a major influence on the development of early music in the United States. She died in 1959 in Lakeville, Connecticut.
At the time of her death, Landowska had an estimated net worth of $2 million.
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Wanda Aleksandra Landowska |
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soundtrack,music_department |
Age |
80 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Cancer |
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5 July, 1879 |
Birthday |
5 July |
Birthplace |
Warsaw, Poland |
Date of death |
August 16, 1959 |
Died Place |
Lakeville, Connecticut, United States |
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Poland |
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Wanda Landowska Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Wanda Landowska's Husband?
Her husband is Henry Lew (1900 - 1919) ( his death)
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Wanda Landowska Net Worth
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She settled in Lakeville, Connecticut in 1949, and re-established herself as a performer and teacher in the United States, touring extensively. Her last public performance was in 1954. Her partner, Denise Restout, was editor and translator of her writings on music, including Musique ancienne, and Landowska on Music, published posthumously in 1964.
Her 1942 performance of Bach's "Goldberg Variations" at New York's Town Hall was the first occasion in the 20th century when the piece was played on the harpsichord, the instrument for which it had been written.
When the German Army invaded France, Landowska fled with her student and domestic partner Denise Restout. After leaving Saint-Leu in 1940, sojourning in Banyuls-sur-Mer, a commune in southern France, where her friend, sculptor Aristide Maillol was living, they sailed from Lisbon to the United States. Believing the Nazi threat to be temporary she had left with only two suitcases. She arrived in New York on 7 December 1941, the date of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Her home in Saint-Leu was looted, and her instruments and manuscripts were stolen, so she arrived in the United States essentially with no assets.
A number of important new works were written for her: Manuel de Falla's El retablo de maese Pedro (Master Peter's Puppet Show) marked the return of the harpsichord to the modern orchestra. Falla later wrote a harpsichord concerto for her, and Francis Poulenc composed his Concert champêtre for her. She taught at the Curtis Institute of Music from 1925 until 1928. In 1925, she established the École de Musique Ancienne based in Paris: from 1927, her home in Saint-Leu-la-Forêt became a center for the performance and study of old music. During this time Landowska frequented the salon of Natalie Clifford Barney, to both socialize and perform.
She later taught harpsichord at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik (1912–1919). When World War I started in 1914, she was interned on the grounds that she was a foreign national. After WWI ended, her husband died in a car accident. She had her American debut in 1923, touring major cities with four Pleyel Grand Modele de Concert harpsichords, which were huge seven-and-a-half foot long instruments with foot pedal-controlled registers. These were large, heavily built harpsichords with a 16-foot stop (a set of strings an octave below normal pitch) and owed much to piano construction.
She decided to devote her career to the harpsichord rather than the piano, against the wishes of her friends, who thought she had a promising future as a pianist. In 1908–09, she toured Russia with a Pleyel harpsichord, similar to the 1889 model that the firm displayed at the Paris Exposition. After eloping with and marrying Polish folklorist and ethnomusicologist Henry Lew in 1900 in Paris, she taught piano at the Schola Cantorum there (1900–1912).
Landowska was born in Warsaw to Jewish parents. Her father was a lawyer, and her mother a linguist who translated Mark Twain into Polish. She began playing piano at the age of four, and studied at the Warsaw Conservatory with the senior Jan Kleczyński and Aleksander Michałowski. She was considered a child prodigy. She studied composition and counterpoint under Heinrich Urban in Berlin, and had lessons in Paris with Moritz Moszkowski. She began her performing career in Paris, where her recitals in that city and other European cities garnered praise from critics. She was interested in the music of J. S. Bach, whose works for harpsichord were included in her recitals by 1903, earning praise from Albert Schweitzer.
Wanda Landowska was born on July 5, 1879 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire. She was married to Henry Lew.