Wanda Landowska
Wanda Landowska · Arts & Literature
Polish-French harpsichordist who led the 20th-century revival of the harpsichord and of Baroque keyboard music.
1879, Warsaw, Poland (Russian Empire) — 1959, Lakeville, Connecticut, United States
Poland · France · United States
Wanda Landowska is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Polish-French harpsichordist who led the 20th-century revival of the harpsichord and of Baroque keyboard music.
Landowska was a Polish-French harpsichordist and pianist who led the 20th-century revival of the harpsichord, commissioning a modern instrument and recording landmark performances of Bach's Goldberg Variations and Scarlatti. Born into a Jewish family in Warsaw, she fled Nazi-occupied France and settled in the United States; she was Jewish.
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Polish-French harpsichordist who led the 20th-century revival of the harpsichord and of Baroque keyboard music.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanda_Landowska
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