Landowska

Landowska
/lan dawf"skeuh, -dof"-/; Pol. /lahn dawf"skah/, n.
Wanda /won"deuh/; Pol. /vahn"dah/, 1879-1959, Polish harpsichordist, in the U.S. after 1940.

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  • Landowska, Wanda — (1877–1959)    Polish musician. Landowska grew up in Poland, settled in Paris in 1900, and emigrated to the United States in 1941. She was internationally renowned as a harpsichord player and teacher, and an authority on old music …   Who’s Who in Jewish History after the period of the Old Testament

  • Landowska — biographical name Wanda Louise 1879 1959 Polish pianist …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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